PRSRT STD U.S. Postage PAID Martinsburg, WV Cascades PERMIT #86 Attention Postmaster: Time sensitive material. Requested in home 8-21-08 Countryside ❖ Potomac Falls ❖ Lowes Island ❖ Sterling Howard Dean, chairman of the Democratic National Committee, is greeted by supporters while making an appearance at the fifth annual DemocracyFest in Sterling Aug. 16. Classifieds, page 16 Classifieds, ❖ Sports, page 15 ❖ Putting Children First Real Estate, page 14 Real Estate, ❖ News, page 2 Eye on Crime News, page 2 E Section, page 10 ❖ Education in Efficiency Schools, page 4 Faith, page 13 insideinside /The Connection Democracy Takes Center Stage News, page 2 Photo by Robbie Hammer by Photo www.ConnectionNewspapers.com August 20-26, 2008 ❖ Volume V, Number 34 Loudoun/Cascades Connectionwww.connectionnewspapers.com ❖ August 20-26, 2008 ❖ 1 Cascades Connection Editor Jennifer Lesinski News 703-917-6454 or
[email protected] Democrats Celebrate Democracy Howard Dean comes to Sterling for fifth annual DemocracyFest. By Mike DiCicco tered, according to organizers, and about The Connection 80 were present to hear Dean speak. Dean’s 2004 bid for the Democratic presi- s she introduced keynote dential nomination was famous for its bot- speaker former Vermont tom-up model and unprecedented use of the AGov. Howard Dean, Marcia Internet for fund raising. “He trusted us and Moody of the New Hamp- empowered us as no one has before or shire House of Representatives praised since,” Moody told the crowd before Dean’s the former governor for his record but speech Saturday night. said Dean’s greatest achievement was building a sense of community AFTER CONGRATULATING Virginia on through the Internet.