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LAWS SeeksNew ShelterNews, page 3

HolidayDisplays Return

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By Martin Casey

The Connection

Tim Hemstreet, Loudoun County’snew County Administrator, steppedinto his new office, vacated last

spring by Kirby Bowers, and began Mon-day last week to learn the details of thecounty’s operations.

By Friday, he told reporters that his im-mediate issue would be to “get through the

next budget cycle.” The county, its Board ofSupervisors and staff, faces an estimated$156.8 million shortfall in fiscal 2011.Hemstreet, who met last week with each ofhis department heads, already knew thatthe budget would have to be his top prior-ity.

His job will be to assure that the electedBoard of Supervisors continues to have thetools they need to make decisions —whether about the budget, decisions about

property taxes or county services.Hemstreet, 41, who now lives in

Leesburg, expects to bring his wife and theirboys aged 3 and 8, to join him here in Juneafter school is out in Miami Beach, Fla.,where he has served since April 2001 asassistant city manager, and since March2005 as assistant executive director of thatcity’s Redevelopment Agency.

“I’m excited about coming back to North-ern Virginia,” he said, noting that he grew

up in Herndon and worked as a pizzadeliveryman while graduating fromHerndon High School. Later he earned abachelor’s degree in political science and amaster’s in public administration fromJames Madison University in Harrisonburg,Va.

“I can remember when Route 28 was adirt road,” he commented with a grin.

New County Administrator Officially Takes Control

See Hemstreet, Page 5

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See Supervisors, Page 11

See Loudoun, Page 11

By Martin Casey

The Connection

The Loudoun AbusedWomen’s Shelter(LAWS), which pro-vides emergency shel-

ter in Loudoun County for batteredwives and their children, is in needof a new shelter and the organiza-tion hopes that Santa, or someoneelse, will soon offer them a largehouse, or land on which to buildone.

The tax-exempt, non-profit or-ganization is also creating a build-ing fund to which donors may con-tribute.

LAWS, founded in 1985, pro-vides temporary emergency shel-ter, food and emotional support forwomen and their children who arefacing domestic violence andabuse.

The organization’s current shel-ter, located in a rural part of thecounty, is too small for theorganization’s current needs, saysBill Berry, a member of the LAWSboard of directors. “It is also farfrom public transit and communityservices,” making it difficult forsurvivors working to rebuild theirlives after escaping domesticabuse.

“We are hoping for one gener-ous individual who has a piece ofproperty that he or she would liketo donate to a worthy and re-spected community nonprofit tobe used for a good purpose,” saidBerry. “LAWS helps people whohave survived truly terrible andabusive situations who need helpgetting back on their feet and re-starting their lives,” he added.

THE ORGANIZATION’S direc-tors expect that a fund-raisingcampaign $500,000 to $700,000may be needed to build a newshelter if the land is donated.

Anyone interested in making adonation of land or funds may callLAWS Executive Director SueCurtis at 703-771-3398, or [email protected].

LAWS offers a range of servicesto more than 1,500 LoudounCounty citizens annually. Preven-tion and education programs arepresented throughout the countyin efforts to reduce the incidenceof domestic violence, sexual as-sault and child abuse.

For more information visitwww.lcsj.org.

By Martin Casey

The Connection

Following action by theBoard of Supervisors at aspecially called meeting

Thursday, Dec. 10, a nativity scenereturned Friday to the LoudounCounty courthouse grounds intime for Saturday’s Christmas pa-rade in Leesburg.

The nativity scene, along with amenorah, a Christmas tree andother decorations have been tra-ditionally seen on the courthousegrounds for many years, althoughsome have drawn criticism fromresidents who have contended thatthe concept of “separation ofchurch and state” is violated by thetradition.

By Martin Casey

The Connection

The Loudoun Museum,keeper of the artifacts ofhistoric Leesburg and

Loudoun County, today is a victimof its own success. The museumand its collection of some 7,600historic artifacts documenting thetown and county’s past, is in jeop-ardy, and the museum’s adminis-trator and curator say the matteris urgent and they need help fromthe community.

The museum’s historic buildingat Loudoun and Wirt streets inLeesburg dates to the 1840s andis in need of significant repairs.Madigan Construction is alreadyat work laying new flooring inplace of old wrapped wood, butthe overall challenge is muchgreater.

“We need a box,” said CuratorPamela Stewart, “of at least 1,200to 1,400 square feet with flooringthat will support at least 125pounds per square foot.” It’s alsoimportant that this “box” be cli-mate controlled for heat and hu-midity in order to safeguard themuseum’s collection.

LoudounMuseumFaces Crisis

NewShelterSought

HolidayDisplaysReturn

The Loudoun CountyYouth Advisory Council and Loudoun

Youth Inc. hosted the secondin a series of Battle of theBand events on Friday, Dec.11. All bands that want toplay at YouthFest 2010 mustcompete in a Battle of theBands event. The event washeld at AV-COM Visual Arts,45965 Nokes Blvd. in Sterling.

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Grant Mendoza, 16, and Kendra Austin,16, man a table during the night’sperformances.

Helping at the lemonade stand: TraceyAtkinsen, 15, Vanya Aggarwar, 16, andEbony Slaughter-Johnson, 15.

On stage: John Fengya, 16, guitar; Michael Pereria, 16, drums; Adam Bradley, 17,vocals; Evan LoPresti, 16, bass, and Matt Prodanovion, 17, guitar.

Stephen Muccianona andKaitlyn Reineke perform.

Photos by Casey DeStefano/The Connection

Loudoun Connection Editor Steven Mauren

703-778-9415 or [email protected]


News

Loudoun County Public Schools honored its graduating Classof 2010 members who have maintained 4.0 grade point av-erages through their first three years of high school. This year’sExcellence in Education Banquet was Dec. 6 at the National

Conference Center.Listed below are those honored from Broad Run, Dominion, Park View, Potomac

Falls and Stone Bridge high schools, as provided by LCPS.

Potomac FallsHigh School

Megan Ahart, AnastasiaArkhipova, Miles Blunt, Adam Bra-dley, Daniel Callum, Maria Cam-pos, Minh Cao, Thomas Dacanay,Rachael Diniega, Thomas Duke,Megan Garrett, Joanne Guidry,Matthew Gurski, Sarah Heavilon,Ryan Howard, Anna Humpton,Kyle Ilgenfritz, Elisa Kim, LucyKrips, Alicia Kubokawa, AshleyLamb, Christina Lee, John Lee,Leanna Lockhart, Arshia Mahajan,Arash Majdi, Joyce Mireku, Anna-Luisa Mirto, Alvaro Morales, KellyO‘Foran, Bonnie Palmer, BronwynPascal, Shaurya Prakash, LaurenProctor, Maureen Rice, RebeccaSpitz, Adam Staffen, AndreaStanley, Kanchana Sthanumurthy,Alexey Strakovsky, John Thomas,Evan Trippler, Paige Waltz, JustinWashington, Robert Washington,Alexandra Wassenberg, NatalieWright and Kevin Yafuso.

Stone BridgeHigh School

Mona Azadi, Devon Becker, Sa-rah Blanks, Brittany Boone, JohnBrookbank, Joshua Buckingham,Marlee Burroughs, KimberlyDasch, Alexander Di Savino,Nicholas Driskill, Nicolas Esguerra,Vanessa Fang, Theresa Ferguson,Kathryn Gartin, Andre Gigena,Stacy Grolimund, Nabeela Haq,Kevin Hart, Jennifer Huynh, JennaJackson, Molly Jones, RoopaliKulkarni, Christina Le, VictoriaLuu, Stamatia Mayes, MeganMcCabe, Stefanie Muller, DaenukaMuraleetharan, Daniel Nagle, Tay-lor O‘Neal, Hope Paccione, KaitlynPalumbo, Sun Hye Park, RachaelPascale, Jesse Pedroni, CamillePetrillo, Mitchell Phelan, SarahPinney, Travis Rind, Coral Ryan,Meredith Scaggs, Sara Scherer,Shelby Shultz, Rachel Sisk, SaraStancik, Bethany Stephens, An-drew Stilson, Lisa Stogoski, SarahStucke, Matthew Suh, ReedSullivan, William Thompson, LyaTomomatsu, Taylor Werner, JaclynWindsor and John Zambro.

Sting OperationThe Loudoun County Sheriff’s Office has charged

22 people with purchasing alcohol for underage teensin a sting operation in Sterling. Two 19-year-oldwomen working for the Sheriff’s Office asked cus-tomers to purchase alcohol for them. When they did,they were cited by Sheriff ’s deputies. During theoperation deputies also arrested one person for ille-gally carrying a firearm, two persons were chargedwith possession of cocaine, another person wascharged with possession of marijuana, another withhaving drug paraphernalia, while one person wasfound drunk in public, and another with driving with-out a license.

Anti-Gang Funding oOn its Way

The Northern Virginia Anti-Gang Task Force willreceive $3 million, and the Northwest Regional Drugand Gang Task Force will receive another million dol-lars, U.S. Rep. Frank Wolf (R-Northern Virginia) an-nounced last week. The funds are contained in theFY 2010 Commerce-Justice-Science Appropriationsmeasure that the U.S. House of Representatives ap-proved and sent to the Senate.

Sterling StabbingResponding to a report of suspicious activity in the

1220 block of Chase Heritage Circle in the Newberryarea near Sterling Park about 10:45 p.m., Dec. 8,deputies found two persons stabbed and a suspectfleeing upon their arrival. The suspect, a 31-year-old man of Sterling, was charge with two counts ofmalicious wounding.

Arrested for BurglarySheriff ’s deputies arrested a 38-year-old man, of

no fixed address, on a burglary charge Dec. 2 after a

midday burglary in the 21100 block of Midday Lanein the Cabin Branch Forest development of Sterling.Deputies had been called to the residence on a re-port of suspicious activity.

Bank RobbedSheriff’s deputies were investigating a robbery of

the SunTrust Bank in Potomac Run Plaza that oc-curred Dec. 5 shortly after 9 a.m.

A suspect described as a middle-aged male wear-ing dark clothing and white tennis shoes, gloves anda mask, left the bank with an undisclosed amount ofcash.

Anyone with information is asked to call theSheriff’s Criminal Investigations Division at 703-777-0475. Callers wishing to remain anonymous may callLoudoun Crime Solvers at 703-777-1919. If the in-formation leads to an arrest and indictment, the callermay be eligible for a $1000 cash award.

Juvenile ArrestedResponding to a midday report of suspicious ac-

tivity in the 800 block of North York Road in Sterlingon Dec. 3, deputies arrested a 16-year-old male andcharged him with grand larceny from a parked ve-hicle. He was taken to the county’s Juvenile Deten-tion Center.

Grinch Attacks LightsSomeone snipped the electrical cords to Christmas

lights in two Ashburn locations during the eveningof Dec. 3. The incidents on the same evening weresome distance apart: one was in the 43690 block ofFrost Court; the other was on Laceyville Terrace nearDominion Trail Elementary School, according to theSheriff’s Office.

— Martin Casey

Crime Report

The Brambleton Group kicked off the holidayseason in the Town Center on Saturday, Nov. 28

with the first annual Jingle Bell Family Fun Run/Walk. More than 150Brambletonians and their friends participated in the run/walk which took themaround the Town Center and along neighborhood trails. All proceeds from the walkwere donated to the Legacy Elementary School Track Fund, which totaled over$3,500 in registrations, corporate sponsorships and generous family donations.

Running for Track Fund

‘A’ Students HonoredAt Schools’ Banquet

Broad Run HighSchool

Jamaad Abdi, Elizabeth Aghili,Anthony Ardura, Robert Barclay,Spencer Beall, Alexander Beller,Zachary Cekala, Apoorv Chebolu,Ariel Cohen, Thomas Dombrosky,Drea Ewen, Nana Ewusi-Emmim,Joseph Fackler, Joshua Fass,Lauren Globus, Jill Godman, TarynJohnston, Eric Kelley, Kathryn Lea,Kevin McGaughey, KristenMercuro, Jacob Mirpanah, LucyMoorehead, Punya Narayan, RileyNewland, Isra Nikoolkan, JustinOhneiser, Amanda Olimpio, Eliza-beth Pax, Carolyn Pearce, ClintonPearce, Alexandra Poesch, JulesQuimpo, David Reigel, CarrieSartor, Mackenzie Scofield, ElisaScudder, Xin Shen, Kelly Short,Tyler Small, Jennifer Soroka,Katherine Taggart, Jennifer Taylor,Sinan Ulkuatam, Tyrell Walker andJennifer Weyman.

Dominion HighSchool

Alaa Alhussen, Taylor Barrett,Kristina Brown, Adam Bush,Meagan Carter, BenjaminCoffman, Robert Costanzo, KaraCrosser, Sara Dufour, JosselynGuillen, Lindsey Gulla, ChristinaHorner, Samir Javid, Kristi Jones,Samantha Kelleher, Jin-Ju Kim,Christopher Lyddon, MelissaMeulman, Erin Murdock, HiraPalla, Neil Pearson, WilliamPoehlman, Aliya Rehman, AlexaRizzo, Aisha Robinson, RachelSaenz, Saurav Sharma, NicholasSharp, Hassan Shuja, Kelsey Stiles,Jessica Stopa, Riley Sullivan, Ben-jamin Thomas, Kevin Tiblin, KarenTravis, Gabriella Ubilla, MarceloVillar, Ashleigh Warren, ChelseaWoods and Roy Xiao.

Park View HighSchool

Caitlin Banks, Alec Chen, EricDang, Brittany Griffin, KellyGriffith, Jaspreet Kaur, NajibulKhondhaker, Meghan Linsley, Tho-mas Sedeski, Farah Shah, RachelTodd, Ibrahim Tora, Preethi Varmaand Jonathan Vo.


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The Friends of the Washington andOld Dominion Trail presented the

Sheriff’s Office with a $500 check recently. From leftto right: Deputy Specialist, Matt Bressler, W&OD ParkRanger Kevin Casalenuovo, Loudoun Sheriff SteveSimpson, FOWOD Vice-President Pat Turner, W&ODPark Manager Karl Mohle and Deputy Specialist NickCampbell. The monies will be used to support theLoudoun County Sheriff’s Office Bike Patrol ODTeam. Sheriff’s Deputies volunteer for this dutywhich is performed in conjunction with their normalpatrol duties. Members of the team frequently patrolareas that are not accessible by motor vehicle includ-ing the Washington and Old Dominion Trail.

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“This is an exciting place and I’mhappy to come back here.” Headded that a key to the county’sfuture is economic development,suggesting that he expects to payclose attention to that area.

“One thing I like about LoudounCounty is its diversity and its de-velopment,” he said.

Asked about his operationalstyle, he added, “I see myself assomeone who looks at challengesas opportunities. If something isnot working very well, then thatmay be an opportunity to make achange.”

He said that he has been struckduring his discussions with hisdepartment heads that “the staff

appears to be quite capable andthat many appear enthusiasticabout the future.”

Hemstreet wears a bright yellowbracelet on his right wrist. Askedabout it, he paused, then said, “I’vehad a lot of family members whohave been affected by cancer, sothat’s what that’s for.”

Coming back to the budget mat-ters, Hemstreet suggested that hemay be able to find additional rev-enue streams for the county, “pos-sibly additional public/privatepartnerships,” as he said he wasable to do in Miami Beach.

Hemstreet will earn $200,000annually as the county’s top staffmanager. That salary is exceededonly by a few top positions atLoudoun County Public Schools.

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Townhouse .... 0.06 ........................ ASHBURN FARM44402 MALTESE FALCON SQ#06/25/09 . 3 ... 3 ... 0 ..... ASHBURN ....... $325,850 ... Detached ....... 0.00 ..................... POTOMAC GREEN44004 ABERDEEN TER ................. 3 ... 3 ... 1 ..... ASHBURN ....... $325,000 ... Townhouse .... 0.06 ................... ASHBURN VILLAGE43232 BROOKFORD SQ ............... 3 ... 2 ... 1 ..... ASHBURN ....... $323,000 ... Townhouse .... 0.04 ........................ ASHBURN FARM44024 GALA CIR ........................... 4 ... 2 ... 1 ..... ASHBURN ....... $316,000 ... Townhouse .... 0.06 ................... ASHBURN VILLAGE44330 CORNISH LN ..................... 3 ... 2 ... 1 ..... ASHBURN ....... $315,150 ... Townhouse .... 0.03 ................... ASHBURN VILLAGE44141 TIPPECANOE TER .............. 3 ... 3 ... 1 ..... ASHBURN ....... $310,000 ... Townhouse .... 0.04 ................... ASHBURN VILLAGE21932 BRAMBLEBUSH TER ......... 3 ... 2 ... 2 .. BROADLANDS .... $310,000 ... Townhouse .... 0.04 .............. BROADLANDS SOUTH43075 AUTUMNWOOD SQ ........... 3 ... 2 ... 1 .. BROADLANDS .... $310,000 ... Townhouse .... 0.04 ............................ BROADLANDS1107 KEOKUK TER NE .................. 3 ... 2 ... 1 ..... LEESBURG ....... $310,000 ... Townhouse .... 0.06 ................. EDWARDS LANDING408 APPLETREE DR NE ................ 4 ... 3 ... 0 ..... LEESBURG ....... $310,000 ... Detached ....... 0.29 .................................. CARRVALE666 MCLEARY SQ SE .................... 3 ... 2 ... 2 ..... LEESBURG ....... $304,900 ... Townhouse .... 0.05 .................... TAVISTOCK FARMS42471 MALACHITE TER ............... 3 ... 2 ... 2 ..... ASHBURN ....... $301,000 ... Townhouse .... 0.04 ......... BRAMBLETON LAND BAY20415 CHARTER OAK DR ............ 4 ... 3 ... 1 ..... ASHBURN ....... $300,000 ... Townhouse .... 0.05 ................... BELMONT GREENE44890 POINT BAY TER ................. 4 ... 3 ... 1 ..... ASHBURN ....... $300,000 ... Townhouse .... 0.05 ..... RIVERSIDE VILLAGE AT UNI44204 TIPPECANOE TER .............. 3 ... 2 ... 1 ..... ASHBURN ....... $300,000 ... Townhouse .... 0.04 ................... ASHBURN VILLAGE708 BELLVIEW CT NE ................... 4 ... 3 ... 1 ..... LEESBURG ....... $300,000 ... Detached ....... 0.17 ...................................... EXETER20598 CRESENT POINT PL .......... 2 ... 2 ... 0 ..... ASHBURN ....... $299,910 ... Detached ....... 0.13 ..................... POTOMAC GREEN20123 HARDWOOD TER .............. 3 ... 3 ... 1 ..... ASHBURN ....... $298,000 ... Townhouse .... 0.05 ................ UNIVERISTY CENTER20125 HARDWOOD TER .............. 3 ... 2 ... 2 ..... ASHBURN ....... $295,000 ... Townhouse .... 0.05 ................ UNIVERISTY CENTER43613 MCDOWELL SQ ................. 3 ... 2 ... 1 ..... LEESBURG ....... $292,500 ... Townhouse .......................................... LANSDOWNE21669 KINGS CROSSING TER ...... 3 ... 3 ... 1 ..... ASHBURN ....... $292,000 ... 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Send announcements [email protected]. Deadline isFriday, two weeks prior to event; photos/artwork en-couraged. For additional listings, visitwww.connectionnewspapers.com.

ONGOINGStone Bridge High School is selling White

House Christmas ornaments. They can bepurchased via forms on the Stone Bridge HighSchool Web site by downloading a order form athttp://cmsweb1.loudoun.k12.va.us/sbhs/site &click on “Project Graduation”. Ornaments canalso be purchased by calling Jill Weissenbergerat 703-723-5755.

WEDNESDAY/DEC. 16Holiday Open House. 6-9 p.m. Occasions Inc.

showcases new Dulles Golf Club in a one-stopshopping for event services and vendors. At45120 Waxpool Road, Sterling. Register athttp://www.occasionsinc.com/2009_holiday.html. [email protected].

THURSDAY/DEC. 17Member’s Meet & Greet. 10 a.m. Sponsored by

MOMS Club of Ashburn Village for potentialmembers. The MOMS Club is a group of at-homemothers (including those who work out of theirhome or part-time) who have fun and supporteach other through playgroups, field trips, MomsNight Out, and more. Visit http://avmomsclub.50webs.com/ or [email protected]

Winter Concert. 7:30 p.m. Tchaikovsky meets theBeatles at Potomac Falls High School WinterConcert. Under the direction of Tim Niebergall,the program will feature performances by theConcert Band, Symphonic Band, Flute Choir,and Combined Bands of Potomac Falls. At 46400Algonkian Parkway, Sterling. Call 571-434-3200or visit http://cmsweb1.loudoun.k12.va.us/pfhs.

FRIDAY/DEC. 18The Loudoun County Surplus Store will begin

its winter schedule on Friday, Dec. 18, with thehours of operation being from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.The Surplus Store will operate on its normalschedule, from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., Friday, Dec. 4,and Friday, Dec. 11.

The Surplus Store is normally open on the first,second and third Friday of the month, and thelast Saturday of the month. The Surplus Store islocated at 14 Cardinal Park Drive, Suite 106 inLeesburg.

DEC. 18, 19, 20“Rudolph, Behind the Red Nose.” At the

Franklin Park Arts Center. Times are Friday at 7p.m.; Saturday at 2 p.m. and 7 p.m.; Sunday at2 p.m. Tickets are $10/adults; $8/students andseniors. Call 540-338-7973 or visitwww.franklinparkartscenter.

SATURDAY/DEC. 19Breakfast With Santa. 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. Cost is

$4.95 for ages 3-11; $6.95 for ages 12-up.Sterling Park Seahawks Swim Team issponsoring a Breakfast With Santa at the

Sterling Golf Swim and tennis Club, 333 S.Sterling Blvd. Sterling. Call 703-430-1400, ext.1 to RSVP.

Adopt a Great Dane. 2-10 p.m. Sponsored by theMid-Atlantic Great Dane Rescue League(MAGDRL). At the Sterling Borders-Holiday GiftWrapping Fund-raiser, 21031 Tripleseven Road,Sterling. Visit www.nova-magdrl.org.

Tuba Christmas. 2 p.m. Bring your tuba and playalong or watch and listen. In conjunction withthe “Holidays in Leesburg.” At Doner Bistro, 202A Harrison Street, Leesburg. Call 703-779-7880or [email protected].

Fun for the Holidays. 9:15 to 1:15 p.m. Cost is$30. Try Gingerbread and Candy Cane Crazy.For ages 3-7. A safe, fun-filled child care whileparents finish holiday shopping. At ClaudeMoore Community Center, 11146 Loudoun ParkLane, Sterling. Call 571-258-3500.

DEC. 20, 21, 22“A Christmas Carol.” 7 p.m. Performed by

Oatlands Carriage House Theater. Tickets are$15/adults; $5/children. Located six miles southof Leesburg on Route 15. Call 703-777-3174 orvisit www.oatlands.org.

WEDNESDAY/DEC. 23Adopt a Great Dane. 6-10 p.m. Sponsored by the

Mid-Atlantic Great Dane Rescue League(MAGDRL). At the Sterling Borders-Holiday GiftWrapping Fund-raiser, 21031 Tripleseven Road,Sterling. Visit www.nova-magdrl.org.

THURSDAY/DEC. 24Christmas Eve Service. 5 p.m. Gateway

Community Church will celebrate with a FamilyCandlelight Service. At Mercer Middle School42149 Greenstone Drive, Aldie. Call 703-327-2700.

SUNDAY/DEC. 27Christmas Bird Count. The count-circle has a

15-mile diameter and covers 177 square miles ofLoudoun’s countryside: north to Waterford,south to Aldie, east to Ashburn and west toPurcellville. To take part, contact Joe Colemanat 540-554-2542 [email protected]

THURSDAY/DEC. 31Watch Night Service. 10 p.m. New Year’s Eve

Extravaganza. Featuring the Bolton Brothersfrom McClain, Miss., at First Baptist Church ofSterling, 21449 Potomac View Road, Sterling.Call 703-430-3322 or visit the Web site

www.fbcsterlingva.org.

FRIDAY/JAN. 8Countryside Women’s Club Meeting. 9:30

a.m. With Bonnie Inman, Executive Director ofLoudoun Interfaith Relief, and Sharon Brown,Director of Birthday Blessing. At the ParkwayPool meeting room on Algonkian Parkway inCountryside.

SATURDAY/JAN. 9Ashburn Classics Meeting. 9:30 a.m. The guest

speaker will be a representative from Hospice.

Meets at the Mills Recreation Center in AshburnVillage. The group is for Ashburn residents whoare age 50 and over.

Tractorpalooza. 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. A day for thetractor lover in your life. See antique and modeltractors. Bring a toy tractor for the parade at 1p.m. Measure up to really big tires and trucks.At the Heritage Farm Museum of LoudounCounty, 21668 Heritage Farm Lane, Sterling.Call 571-258-3800.

MONDAY JAN. 11Public Discussion on Advances in the

Treatment of Varicose Vein Disease. 6:30p.m. Cascades Public Library, 21030 WhitfieldPlace, Potomac Falls. Varicose veins affect over80 million Americans. They are often not just acosmetic concern, but a serious medicalcondition that can cause symptoms that rangefrom pain, aching and restless leg syndrome tobleeding and ulcers. Mark Garzon, M.D., willlead the discussion and take questions. Free.571-313-3771

Dr. AnthonyC. Tardd will re-tire from NorthernVirginia Commu-nity College at theend of 2009.Tardd has workedat NOVA since1973, includingthe last decade asprovost at theLoudoun Campusin Sterling.

Tardd’s first po-sition at NOVAwas at the Alexan-dria Campus as an advisor to foreign students. Hequickly moved up to division counselor, then as-sociate coordinator of counseling services anddivision chair. In 1992, he became dean of stu-dent development and assistant for instructionaland campus development at the Manassas Cam-pus. He was appointed Loudoun Campus provostin 1999.

As provost at one of the fastest growing com-munity college campuses in Virginia, Tardd wasresponsible for administering the instructional,student development, learning resources, con-tinuing education and workforce developmentprograms for more than 10,000 students in creditprograms and approximately 5,000 students innon-credit programs. During his tenure, he alsoopened and managed four off-campus centers.

Veterinary Technology student SheriVirgulak participated in a fund-raiser for the VetTech Club at the Loudoun Campus of NorthernVirginia Community College.

Members of the Vet Tech Club at the LoudounCampus of Northern Virginia Community Collegerecently learned they won a contest that raisedmoney for the Helping Pets Fund, the benevolent

FRIDAY/JAN. 15New Member Brunch. 11:30 a.m. For the

Countryside Women’s Club. Some of the specialinterest groups include: Book Club, Bridge, DayTrippers, Lunch Bunch, Stitchery, EveningSocials, Bunco, Community Service, Reel Critics,and Garden Club Call 703-858-5215 forlocation.

THURSDAY/JAN. 21Member’s Meet and Greet. 10 a.m. With the

MOMS Club of Ashburn Village. The MOMSClub is a group of at-home mothers who havefun and support each other through playgroups,field trips, Moms Night Out, and more. The Clubincludes members from Belmont Country Club,Ashburn Village, and several other Ashburnneighborhoods. Visit

http://avmomsclub.50webs.com/ or [email protected].

People Notes

arm of theAmericanA n i m a lH o s p i t a lA s s o c i a -tion. TheFund pro-v i d e sgrants foremergencyand non-e l e c t i v etreatmentof pets inneed.

D u r i n gO c t o b e r2009, student chapters of the National Associationof Veterinary Technicians in America (NAVTA)were encouraged to host fundraising events toraise awareness of the important role veterinarytechnicians play in the lives of pets. The contestwas a collaboration of NAVTA, NAVTA studentchapters and the American Animal Hospital Asso-ciation.

Griffin J. Spencer graduated from the ArmyROTC (Reserve Officer Training Corps) LeaderDevelopment and Assessment Course, also knownas “Operation Warrior Forge,” at Fort Lewis,Tacoma, Wash. The cadet is a student at JamesMadison University, Harrisonburg, Va. He is theson of Marybeth Carrigg-Spencer and MichaelThomas Spencer of Steamside Place, Ashburn.Spencer is a 2005 graduate of Stonebridge HighSchool, Ashburn.

Send announcements to [email protected]. Deadline is Friday; photos/art-work encouraged. For additional listings, visitwww.connectionnewspapers.com.

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Athlete of the Week Sponsored by

Little LeagueLower Loudoun Little League

has opened registration for theSpring 2010 season for playersages 5-to-18 (age as of April 30,2010) living in the Sterling/Cas-cades/Potomac Falls area. EarlyBird registration ends Dec. 31.Visit the league Web site atllbaseball.com for more informa-tion or to register on-line.

Sports CampDMB Sports Camp will run

multi-sport Holiday Camp pro-grams for youngsters ages 6 to 13on the following Loudoun CountyPublic School holidays: Dec. 28-30; Jan. 18; Feb. 1; March 29

through April 2 (spring break);and April 16. Camp sessions willinclude various sports, special pro-grams, a ski trip, and rock climb-ing. Daily camp hours will be 9a.m. to 4 p.m. with optional aftercare from 4 to 6. For more infor-mation visit dmbsportscamp.comor contact Shane at 703-444-8805,ext. 112.

At Claude MooreClaude Moore Recreation Cen-

ter is hosting a Fit Kids Mommyand Me Balls, Balls, Balls Class forchildren ages 2-to-3. Children willplay with balls of all different sizesto improve hand-eye coordination,balance and cooperative skills.Parent or caregiver must be

present. Sign up atwebtrac.loudoun.gov. Classes willtake place on Tuesdays from Jan.5 through Jan. 26 from 9:30 a.m.to 10:10 a.m. The class registra-tion number is 273109-01.

Fit Kids Sports Mania HolidayCamp for children ages 5-to-9 willtake place at the Claude MooreCenter from Dec. 28 through Dec.30 from 9 a.m. to noon. The campwill introduce youngsters to vari-ous sports with an emphasis onteamwork and good sportsman-ship. Sports will include T-ball,soccer, hockey and more. Young-sters will receive individual in-struction and group/teamworkplaying games. Children should

The Broad Run High football team capped anotherbrilliant season with a championship game win overAmherst County High School at last Saturdayevening’s Virginia State AA finals game inBlacksburg. The Spartans won, 21-16, to finish aperfect 14-0. Broad Run also captured the state titlea year ago. Those Spartans also went undefeated. OnSaturday, Broad Run won despite losing standoutrunning back T.J. Peelr (pictured) to a knee injury inthe second quarter. Read about the Spartans’ titlegame win at connectionnewspapers.com. Go toAshburn sports.

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A 191-yard rushing per-formance by junior run-ning back Marcus Harris usually would lead

to a Stone Bridge victory, but dur-ing the Virginia Division 5 AAAState Finals at the University ofVirginia’s Scott Stadium on Dec.12, Harris’ performance couldn’tpush the Bulldogspast Phoebus HighSchool.

Stone Bridgefound itself in anearly 7-0 hole afterquarterback BrianRody’s first pass ofthe game was in-tercepted at the7:32 mark of thefirst quarter, leading to the Phan-toms’ first touchdown drive.

A safety in the second quarterstretched the deficit to nine, anda 99-yard kick return by Phoebus’Colby Goodwin at the start of the

second half proved to be the dif-ference maker.

“It was a few plays that put usin a hole,” Stone Bridge headcoach Mickey Thompson said.“You take away those plays and it’sa completely different game.”

Stone Bridge finally brokePhoebus’ 15-point scoring streakwith a 1-yard Marcus Harris touch-down run and a field goal late inthe third quarter, but was unable

to muster anothertouchdown in thegame.

The Hampton-based school wenton to win 15-10and capture its sec-ond straight Divi-sion 5 AAA titleand fifth this de-cade.

Despite the loss, Harris’ 47 rush-ing attempts shattered the VirginiaHigh School League playoff recordof 35 carries set in 2007 byWoodbridge’s De’Antwan Will-iams.

“We’re a team that’s basedaround Marcus Harris rushing theball,” Thompson said.

The massive workload isn’t for-eign to Harris, in fact Thompsonhad planned 50 carries for the jun-ior. Harris didn’t hesitate to acceptthe responsibility.

“I was prepared because he toldme [I would get 50 carries] beforeother games and he wasn’t lying,”he said. “I was a little nervousabout carrying my team, but it feltgood to do it.”

While the Stone Bridge defenseallowed two touchdowns in thegame, Thompson said the defenseplayed a good enough game toearn a victory.

“I thought we played lights-outdefense all day,” Thompson said.“But we couldn’t put enoughpoints of the board.”

The Bulldogs limited Phoebus toonly 87 yards of offense in thegame, but the turnovers and pointson special teams were too muchfor the offense to overcome.

“They were on their heels formuch of the game,” Thompsonsaid. “We just couldn’t convert onsome plays.”

The match also was a re-matchof a re-match. In 2007, the Bull-dogs defeated the Phantoms in thesemi-finals en route to a StateChampionship that year. In 2008,the fates were reversed, with

Phoebus taking the state title af-ter felling Stone Bridge in thesemi-finals.

For the Bulldog’s seniors, theyear represents a season that de-fied expectations. After losing 20players to graduation after the2008 season, some expected theBulldogs to experience a re-build-ing year.

“Everyone said we were goingto have a down year, but thatdidn’t happen,” senior linebackerConnor Calderwood said. “We’renot overachievers, this is what wewere supposed to do.”

Stone Bridge fought to a 9-1season with the only loss to Madi-son.

Bulldogs Falter in State Final 15-10

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Can someone please explain to me the prosand cons of these after market, service con-tracts, available for purchase after your cardealer’s/manufacturer’s warranty/warrantieshave expired? Their solicitations on television,radio and print are almost replacing the creditcard companies in their vigorous pursuit ofAmerican consumers. Just yesterday, I receivedin the mail, what looked like a very official,certified-type, for your-eyes-only directive,aimed very specifically at yours truly, owner ofan expiring automobile warranty. When I torethe four perforated sections and opened theremaining fold, what I found was yet another “Ifyour car is not more than 15 years old and hasless than 200,000 miles on it” offer of automo-bile repair and maintenance relief.

However, since I wasn’t born yesterday (oreven the day before), I can’t help being cautiousand concerned about the “relief” offered.Moreover, I can’t help thinking that there’slikely so much fine print, finely printed, that Iwon’t be able to read or, won’t likely under-stand, that as a car owner with future repair billsahead, what I’ll likely be relieved of is mymoney, not my worry about those future bills.But what do I know? As has been proven in thisspace many times before, not much.

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That presumption being logical and agreedto, in theory; why would companies take onthat unfunded – and likely undocumented bythe car’s owner – commitment, to assume liabil-ity of future repair bills likely to be “major:”engine, transmission, struts, gaskets, etc., aslisted in the company’s advertisements? Furtherpresuming that these companies are not in busi-ness to lose money and are not advertising (pu-tting their money where their marketing mouthsare) because they are stupid, I’m left with noother conclusion than to paraphrase one of myrecently deceased father’s favorite expressions:the idea must have merit.

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wear sneakers and comfortable clothesdaily. Register at webtrac.loudoun.gov orcall 571-258-3500. The class registrationNo. is 210204-01.

At Douglass CenterFit Kids is hosting basketball classes for

youngsters ages 3-to-5 at the Douglass Com-munity Center beginning Jan.14 for threeweeks. Classes will introduce youngsters tothe basics of dribbling, shooting, passingand more. Do not wait. Sign up atwebtrac.loudoun.gov or call 703-771-5913.Class Nos. are 204123-01 for age 3 and204123-02 for ages 4 and 5.

Floor HockeyGet those future NHL’ers off to a good

start. This class for ages 3 to under-7 isaimed at developing physical skills andhand-eye coordination. It will focus on thefundamentals of hockey, teamwork andsportsmanship. Classes held at the ClaudeMoore Recreation Center on Tuesdays Jan.5-26 from noon to 12:40 p.m.; and anotherclass at 4:45-5:25 p.m. Class Registrationnumbers are 273140-01 and 273140-02.Register online at webtrac.loudoun.gov orcall 571-258-3600.

Exhibition VolleyballOne hundred people showed up to cheer

on a fun, night of exhibition volleyball be-tween the Leesburg Christian School girls’varsity team versus the Lady Lion’s volley-ball alumni. Also participating in the DigPink National Breast Cancer AwarenessRally was the Leesburg Christian soccerteam. The event took place the evening ofNov. 6. The proceeds from the evening ofvolleyball benefited the Side-Out Founda-tion, located in Washington, D.C.

It marked the second year in which thegirls’ volleyball team has held the Dig PinkRally. The team set a goal to raise more thanthe previous year ($1,130), and the teamdid just that by raising a grand total of$2,000. The stands were filled with peoplewearing pink clothing from bows to t-shirts.

Side-Out has raised hundreds of thou-sands of dollars for Breast Cancer researchnationally through volleyball tournaments,clinics, and rallies. It also devotes a portionof the funds to local and national “Life withCancer” support organizations.

The Leesburg Christian School girls’ vol-leyball team is coached by ChristaSchlichting. The assistant coach is JohnJudd. Both coaches also coach for the North-ern Virginia Volleyball Association. The LadyLions finished first in their VACA Districtand second in the VACA Regionals this pastfall season.

Swimming HonorsMatt McLean of Sterling, a junior at the

University of Virginia and a member of theCavaliers’ swim team, recently received apair of swimming honors. He earned ACCPerformer of the Week accolades (Nov. 10)and was also named the NCAA Division IMen’s Swimmer of the Week by

CollegeSwimming.com. McLean, in UVA’s165-125 team victory over Kentucky, wonboth the 200 and 500 freestyle events. Heclocked a mark of 1:38.08 in the 200, whichqualified him for the national “B” cut. Healso won the 500 in 4:26.48, the fastest timein the ACC this season, for another qualify-ing “B”’ cut.

Mega ScrambleThe Sterling Golf, Swim and Tennis Club

held it 5th Annual Mega Scramble. Theweather, unfortunately, did not cooperate.Top prize was a four-day, three night travelpackage to each member of the winningteam. First place went to Don Christenson,Ken Albanese and Todd Murphy. The sec-ond place team, made up of Doug Mallory,Sean Mallory and Thomas Breedan, re-ceived a three day, two night travel pack-age. Dave Bryant won the Carnival Cruisein the Putting Contest and Mike Yannellowon the opportunity for a 60-foot putt, butwas two inches short for the $5,000 prize.

Holiday CampFit Kids Sports Mania Holiday Camp for

ages 5-to-9 for only $90 at the ClaudeMoore Community Center from Dec. 28through Dec. 30 from 9 a.m. to noon. AnIntroduction to various sports with an em-phasis on teamwork and good sportsman-ship. Various sports will include T-ball, soc-cer, hockey and more. Participants will re-ceive individual instruction and group/teamwork playing games. Wear sneakersand comfortable clothes daily. Register to-day at webtrac.loudoun.gov or call 571-258-3500. Class Registration No. is 210204-01.

LacrosseNoVa West Lacrosse is accepting indi-

vidual and team registrations for the u11,u13 and u15 winter indoor lacrosse leagueto be held out of the new Purcellville SportsPavilion. For more information visitwww.purcellvillesportspavilion.com/field/lacrosse_league.asp.

NoVa West Lacrosse is also accepting reg-istrations for tryouts for their summer se-lect Teams, which include age divisionsU11, U13, U15 and two levels of high schoolplay. NoVa West Lacrosse has announced itsfull list of lacrosse offerings for 2010. Visitnovawestlax.com for all the latest informa-tion.

Field HockeyLoudoun Field Hockey Association will

hold its Spring 2010 season at two field lo-cations: East in Sterling and West inLeesburg. The league is open for girls ages8-to-17 of all skill levels. The season startsApril 5. Register online atloudounfieldhockey.org. Early bird ratesapply through Feb. 12. Volunteer coachesand referees are needed. Call 703-444-1020, ext. 104 for more information.

Also, adult field hockey within LoudounField Hockey Association is open to playersages 21 and over of all skill levels. Gamesare played at NVCC-Loudoun. For more in-formation go to loudounfieldhockey.org.


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Stewart and Museum Administra-tion Beth Friedman are looking for a“hero” who will step forward andhouse the museum’s collection for thenext three to five years, preferably inor near Leesburg. Friedman andStewart want to move the museum’spriceless collection by next March sothat current building renovations cango forward.

Today, nearly every square foot ofthe current building, along with theeye-catching log cabin on LoudounStreet next to the Leesburg town ga-rage, is being used to store artifacts,except for where repairs are actuallyunderway.

Leesburg, originally namedGeorgetown, is even older that thecounty named for English LordLoudoun. With a history dating toearly colonial times, many citizenswho have safeguarded the artifacts ofthat history over generations havebeen pleased to be able to secure thesedocuments and momentos by placingthem in the Loudoun Museum. Nowthe museum is challenged to be able

This year’s public concern came when acommittee responsible for maintaining thecourthouse grounds decided to deny allapplications for displays this year, in partbecause construction and maintenancework is taking up a substantial portion ofthe grounds this year, and in part becausethe committee did not want to choose be-tween applications — an action that mighthave drawn a constitutional challenge.

But the action by the committee drew arapid public outcry.

AN ONLINE PETITION wanting thecommittee’s action reversed gained some1,200 signatures within just a few days —an effort strongly supported by SterlingSupervisor Eugene Delgaudio.

On Tuesday, Dec. 1, supervisors quickly

reversed the action of the grounds commit-tee, enabling the traditional decorations tobe erected.

But apparently this simple action drew theattention of the county’s legal counsel, JackRoberts. Board chairman Scott York calleda special committee of the Board of Super-visors for Thursday, Dec. 10. Immediatelyupon convening, the board went into closedsession with Roberts. After about half anhour, the board reconvened in open sessionand unanimously enacted a substitutepolicy that uses the available space on thecourthouse grounds for seasonal displayson a first-come, first-served basis withoutjudgment on any proposed display. Thepolicy designates 10 specific spaces on thecourthouse grounds and limits displays tothose spaces. Two of the spaces were occu-pied Saturday morning. The menorah wasexpected to be erected soon.

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photographs.”“The worse case situation,” she added, “is

that the collection will have to be dis-persed,” running a significant risk, she adds,that at least some of these “treasures ofLoudoun’s past will be lost forever.”

The Loudoun Museum is an independentnon-profit 501(c)(3) organization. All do-nations are tax deductible.

The mission of the Loudoun Museum isto “collect, preserve, and interpret LoudounCounty’s history; to collect and preserveobjects that interpret and document thehistory of this county, and accurately andcompletely interpret all aspects of thecounty’s history.”

To help, call Stewart at 703-777-7424, oremail [email protected].

Sampler, 1815Sarah Janney was one of two daughtersof Eli and Nancy Janney, born about1804. Nancy (mother) died before 1808when Eli remarried Nancy White;Nancy’s name is in black thread prob-ably because she had died when Sarahmade the sampler. Janney ancestorscame to Loudoun about 1733-34 andestablished what came to be the GooseCreek meeting — this village was even-tually renamed “Lincoln.”

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to maintain those many artifacts withouturgent help.

“THIS CRISIS could not come at a worsetime,” said Stewart, referring to the eco-nomic situation, noting that “Town andCounty budgets are stretched past their lim-its.”

The museum was founded in 1967 in thesmall log cabin. It expanded into the WirtStreet building in the 1980s — when thebuilding was already 140 years old.

“For 42 years residents of LoudounCounty have donated priceless family heir-looms to the museum for safe keeping,” saidStewart. “Artifacts included documents,quilts, clothing, furniture, farm implements,tools, paintings, weapons and


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