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July 30-August 5, 2008 ❖ Volume V, Number 31

Brambleton ❖ Broadlands ❖ Belmont ❖ Lansdowne

Ashburn

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SummerSwimSendoffSports, page 14

SummerSwimSendoffSports, page 14

The Colonial Swim Leaguesummer season concludedlast weekend with its four

Divisional meets, includingthe Gold Division competi-

tion at CountrySide.

On ParadeCommunity, page 2

In NeedNews, page 3

Sinking FastNews, page 3

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More than 300 dogs and theirowners visited the AshburnVolunteer Fire and RescueDepartment to witness or

participate in the first Pooch Parade Sun-day. The event saw more than 50 dogs reg-istered in one or more judging categoriesincluding best trick, best costume, mostobedient and cutest. Murphy, a border ter-rier, took best in show and received a giftbasket donated by DogGone Natural and agift certificate from Everything and the Dog.

In addition to the competitions, vendorsincluding DogGone Natural, Everything andthe Dog, Stream Valley Veterinary Hospitalwith Dr. Corey serving as the vet on site,Briggs Animal Adoption Center, LoudounCounty Animal Center, Manhattan Pizzaand Java Jones were on hand as well. Theday also featured tours of the fire equip-ment and a demonstration of working dogsincluding Jimmy, a female canine acceler-ant officer, and her handler Fire MarshallBud Herndon from Loudoun County FireMarshal’s Office and seeing-eye dogs fromGuiding Eyes.

“AVFRD would like to thank all the ador-able dogs, their owners, the ‘dogless’ guestsand vendors for making the Pooch Paradea success. We will see you next year, so shopfor those costumes and practice thosetricks,” Karleen Hagan of the AVFRD wrotein an e-mail.

— Jennifer Lesinski

Community

The AshburnVolunteer Fire andRescue Departmentbecomes one bigdoghouse.

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Dewey, “The Super Fire Dog,” cools down in front of a fan during the Pooch Parade event at the AshburnVolunteer Fire and Rescue Department.

Tiffany, a JapaneseChin, and her ownerfind some relief fromthe heat.

LesleyCharbonneau

presents Bindi, aShih Tzu, to AshleyStowell for judging

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Samantha Sheedyand Jake, a Yorkiemix, coordinatedclown-themedcostumes.

Photos by Jennifer Lesinski/The Connection

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NewsAshburn Connection Editor Jennifer Lesinski

703-917-6454 or loudoun@connectionnewspapers.com

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Blood Shortage Hits AreaSummer bringsdecrease in donations.

Donate BloodInova Blood Services always needs

the community’s help, no matter theseason. Visit www.inova.org/blood_donor to make an appointmentto donate or for a list of scheduledblood drives and how to sponsor adrive. Must be 16 with parent or guard-ian permission or 17 to donate. Refer tothe site for eligibility information.

People who want to make a differ-ence are usually left feeling shortchanged, that their actions willnot carry a greater impact on any-

body or anything. However, Inova HealthSystems and patients in need across thecounty are providing the opportunity tochange lives at a time ofcritical need.

Inova Health SystemBlood Donor Services isreporting a significantshortage of blood, saidRebecca Hileman, assis-tant director of InovaBlood Services. Hilemanattributes it to the sum-mer season, as tradition-ally, this time of yearbrings a lull in donations for a variety ofreasons.

“Summertime is always an extra concernand challenge to us,” Hileman said. “At othertimes of the year people would come out,

but they are not available. We experiencethis nationwide every summer.”

HILEMAN ATTRIBUTES the summershortages not only to people being preoc-cupied, but more importantly, to the factthat school is not in session. High schooland college campus blood drives are usu-ally the foundation of the donations andwith students not in classrooms, the drivescannot be held.

In addition to the sum-mer downturn, Hilemansaid that simply gettingpeople to donate is diffi-cult in the first place. Shesaid less than 40 percentof people are eligible todonate blood and thatless than 5 percent ofthose eligible actuallydoes. This fact is alarm-ing considering that

Inova Blood Donor Services is responsiblenot only for providing blood to those inLoudoun County, but for six local hospitalsplus the National Naval and Walter ReedArmy Medical Centers.

While certain kinds of blood are facing agreater shortage than others, Hileman saidthat the donor center cannot be overly dis-cerning when it comes to actual blood type.She said that they do not ask for specific

types, as all are needed to sustain the area.“All types [of blood] are very important

to us,” Hileman said. “We are using it asfast are we are getting it.”

See In Need, Page 4

County Fair ReturnsThe LoudounCounty Fair is backfor another year.

For MoreThe 73rd Annual County Fair takes

place July 28-Aug. 2, at the LoudounCounty Fairgrounds, 17558 Dry MillRoad. Leesburg. To find out more aboutthe fair including the schedule ofevents, club descriptions, livestock auc-tion signup and directions, visitwww.loudouncountyfair.com, call 703-777-3835 or e-mailinfo@loudouncountyfair.com.

The 73rd annual Loudoun CountyFair kicks off this week at theCounty Fairgrounds in Leesburg.

This year, there are dozens of things forthe whole family to partake in and en-joy. The mainstays of fair fun such ascarnival rides, games and livestock andagricultural events will be taking placeall week along with pavilions to visit andmany other specialevents.

The fair offers dif-ferent forms of admis-sion for all membersof the family. Theweekly pass for adults13 and up costs $25,while a weekly passfor children 6-12 is$10. The daily passesare $10 for adults and$5 for children. A daily family plan is alsoavailable for $25 per car with no morethan two adults and unlimited children.Children under 6 are admitted free allweek, all children under 15 are free un-til 4 p.m. on July 31, while people 62and up get in free until 4 p.m., Senior

Citizen’s day on July 30.The fair will also be holding its wildly

popular Kiss-a-Pig Contest, which is cel-ebrating its 10th anniversary this summer.The contest, which concludes the fair,gives the contestants the opportunity toraise money that will go towards the up-keep of the fairgrounds, maintenance ofthe multiple barns and buildings, youthprograms and scholarship awards.

Each contestant was selected a fewmonths ago, spending the time leadingup to the fair creatively raising money.The contestant that raises the mostmoney is the lucky winner and is an-

nounced in front of thegrandstand crowd Sat-urday night at the startof the rodeo and gets tosmooch a real pig.

Other fair staples willbe held all week, suchas the pie-eating con-test Thursday, livestockauction Friday, andprofessional rodeos onThursday and Satur-

day. In addition, each night of the week,a different 4-H club will be holding a din-ner for the whole family at $6-$7 perperson. Each club is named after a typeof livestock and will be serving that dishon their assigned night.

— Justin Fanizzi

Growing Problem

See Sinkholes, Page 4

For MoreTo see if the area where you live is

resting on limestone or if there havebeen sinkholes reported near you, visitwww.loudoun.gov and type “sinkholes”into the search field. The county pro-vides a detailed map of hotspots andpotential trouble areas.

Sinkholes caused by development promptBoard of Supervisors to act.

By Justin Fanizzi

The Connection

The rapid growth and developmentof the county in recent years finallyappears to have taken a toll on the

area, as sinkholes are becoming a majorproblem. In response, the Loudoun CountyBoard of Supervisors announced July 15that it approved a resolution of intent toamend the county’s zoning ordinance toaddress the issue.

According to Alex Blackburn, the county’ssoil and land development scientist, since2000, dozens of sinkholeshave opened up primarilyalong the stretch of Route15 from Leesburg to Pointof Rocks. Even as recentlyas two weeks ago, a sink-hole opened up eight feetaway from a private resi-dence.

“This has been a prob-lem for some time,” Blackburn said. “Overthe last few years, there has been an in-crease in sinkholes opening. We have docu-mented dozens, but those are only the oneswe know about.”

SINKHOLES ARE COMMON where the

rock below the land surface is limestone,carbonate rock or other softer rocks. Watercirculating through or around the rocks canover time, naturally dissolve the rock, caus-ing spaces to form underground. When thespaces get too big, the ground above col-lapses and a sinkhole opens.

Sinkholes have become a problem in thearea because of the combination of its geo-logical makeup and its speedy growth insuch a short period of time. Blackburn saidthe quick development of the area, muchof which rests on limestone, has hastenednatural geological processes and led to the

prevalence of the sink-holes. As more homesand businesses werebuilt, the limestone wasdissolved much faster asthe digging of deep foun-dations and septic sys-tems cut into the rockand the watering oflawns around the new

structures put more water into the ground.

TO COMBAT this growing problem, theBoard of Supervisors created a limestoneoverlay district, which would regulate landuse and development in areas that are

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NewsWeek in Loudoun

Sales Tax HolidayDuring the commonwealth’s third annual sales-tax holiday,

which will take place Friday, Aug. 1-Sunday, Aug. 3, taxpayerscan purchase certain items tax free. Items exempt from the 5percent state and local retail sales tax will include school sup-plies priced at $20 or less each, as well as clothing, includingfootwear, priced at $100 or less each. All Virginians can purchasethese items tax free – purchases are not required to be for stu-dent use.

Visit the Virginia Department of Taxation’s Web site at http://www.tax.virginia.gov for a complete list of exempt items, answersto frequently-asked questions, guidelines for the sales tax holi-day and additional information.

Stabbing in AshburnMonday, July 28, at about 6 p.m., deputies responded to a re-

ported stabbing in the 42000 block of Redfield Street in Ashburn.According to the Sheriff’s Office, the incident occurred after

the suspect forced his way into the residence and assaulted hisestranged girlfriend and her mother. During the altercation, hewas stabbed by the mother.

The suspect, a 25-year-old male of Washington, D.C., drovehimself to Inova Hospital at Lansdowne, where he was treatedfor a stab wound to the shoulder. After receiving medical treat-ment, he was arrested by Loudoun deputies and charged withburglary and two counts of assault. He is being held in the LoudounAdult Detention Center with a no bond status.

Seeking InformationLoudoun County Animal Control is seeking assistance from the

public to locate the person responsible for shooting a domesticcat in Sterling July 24.

The 3-year-old female domestic shorthair cat was found injuredby her owner this morning at approximately 12 p.m. The ownertransported the cat to a veterinary clinic, where the veterinariandetermined that the cat had been shot with a pellet gun. The catis now recovering from its injury.

The incident took place in the 200 block of Elizabeth Court inSterling. The exact time is unknown.

A similar incident is also under investigation by Animal Con-trol. Another cat was found shot by a pellet gun July 17 in the20000 block of Great Falls Forest Drive in Great Falls. It is un-known at this time if the incidents are related.

Anyone with information is asked to call Loudoun County Ani-mal Control at 703-777-0406.

Teen FoundA teenager missing for over four months was located in Alex-

andria Tuesday, July 22. Karla I. Rodriguez-Gavarrte, 16, was lastseen March 10 and was reportedly attempting to travel to theChicago, Ill., area. Karla was located by members of the Alexan-dria Police Department. She has been returned to Loudoun Countysafe and sound.

Reward for InformationLoudoun County Crime Solvers is offering a reward for infor-

mation in the search for a pickup truck involved in a hit-and-runcollision last week that seriously injured a Sterling man.

According to the Sheriff’s Office, July 18, the victim was sittingat the traffic light on Route 7 westbound at River Creek Parkwaywhen around 1 a.m. his vehicle was struck from behind by anunknown pickup truck. The driver the pickup, an unknown male,exited his vehicle and apparently checked on the victim beforefleeing the scene in his vehicle.

The suspect vehicle is described as an older model, dark in colorpickup truck. The vehicle was last seen heading westbound to-wards Leesburg. The vehicle is believed to have extensive front-end damage.

Anyone with information about this crash or know the where-abouts of the suspect, call the Loudoun County Crime Solvers at703-777-1919 or toll free at 1-877-777-1931. If the informationleads to an arrest and indictment the caller could be eligible for acash reward of up to $1,000.

The Loudoun Sheriff’s Office is investigat-ing several reported prowler incidents inthe county and are asking residents toreport any suspicious activity.

Two recent incidents occurred in the area ofAshburn Farm. On July 11, deputies responded toCherrystone Place for a report of a prowler. The teen-age victim told authorities she exited her home around2:15 a.m. and saw an unknown subject sitting in aporch chair. The suspect grabbed the victim. After astruggle the suspect fled the scene. The suspect waswearing all dark clothing. He was described as being5 feet 7 inches with a chubby build. A search of thearea was conducted and no one was located.

A second incident was reported July 18 when a

Searching for Prowlersgroup of friends were outside of a residence on WildMeadow Court when they saw an unknown subjectdressed in dark clothing walking around their home.The immediate area was searched, including a por-tion of the Washington & Old Dominion trail.

It is unclear at this time if these cases are related.Member of the Sheriff’s Office Criminal InvestigationsDivision are researching other suspicious person callsin the county.

The agency is reminding residents to report anysuspicious activity or persons to the Loudoun CountySheriff’s Office at 703-777-1021. Anyone with infor-mation on any of the prowler cases contact theLoudoun Sheriff’s Office Criminal Investigations Di-vision at 703-777-0475.

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In Need of Blood DonationsInova planned several events for the summer in

an effort to get people to the donorcenter at Dulles Town Center or othernearby Inova locations. In addition tothe daily blood drives, the center hascreated a program called “Make It ALife Saving Summer 2008,” which isaimed at bringing people out in largernumbers. Under the guidelines of theprogram, any person who donatesblood now until Sept. 30 will be en-tered into a drawing to have a chanceto win a Caribbean cruise, an iPod,big-screen television, $500 gas card and many otherprizes.

HILEMAN SAID a new law passed by the VirginiaState Legislature will also help in their quest to re-

ceive donations. Prior to July 1, theminimum age to donate blood was 17but in response to the ever-shrinkingpool of eligible candidates, a law waspassed allowing 16-year-olds to do-nate with permission from a parentor legal guardian.

“Our mission everyday is to have asafe and adequate supply of blood,”Hileman said. “We want people to beaware there is the classic summershortage of blood and that we are

counting on our donors.”— Justin Fanizzi

“Our missioneveryday is to

have a safe andadequate supply

of blood.”— Rebecca Hileman

Sinkholes Increasing in the AreaFrom Page 3

known to contain limestone and other soft, porousrocks. Supervisor Sally Kurtz (D-Catoctin) said theprior Board of Supervisors, before the end of itsterms, recommended to the incom-ing group that this issue be ad-dressed so that development couldbe continued while keeping resi-dents and businesses safe.

“The limestone overlay wouldhelp guide the development of thearea so that it takes into accountthe geology of the land,” Kurtz said.

Blackburn said when the newordinance comes into effect, a pre-determined process will guidebuilding so that the county can stillgrow while remaining geologicallystable. Initially, when a companywants to build in a specific area, Blackburn and histeam will require geophysical work to examine thelocation closely. They will do a preliminary soil re-

view, which will identify sinkholes before the diggingbegins. Then, if the area is deemed safe, the devel-oper is free to build. However, if the review is ques-tionable, the company has to provide a geotechnical

report, which communicates the siteconditions and design and construc-tion recommendations to construc-tion personnel. If that report provesthere is no danger, then a countyengineer will approve the site.

“This is an area we know hassome safety and environmentalconcerns,” Blackburn said. “The or-dinance the supervisors passed pro-tects public safety and the environ-ment. Its purpose is not to slow de-velopment, but to make sure it isdone properly.”

According to county spokes-woman Nancy McCormick, the zoning amendmentwill take eight months to complete the public pro-cess and become an official piece of legislation.

“The ordinance thesupervisors passed

protects publicsafety and theenvironment.”

— Alex Blackburn, LoudounCounty Government, soil andland development scientist

The Hair Cuttery Salon will spon-sor the Share a Haircut Program, fromAug. 1-15. With every haircut a childreceives, the salon will donate a freehaircut to a disadvantaged child in thecommunity. Visit www.haircuttery.com.

ThanksUSA, a nonpartisan charitableorganization, and Intelligent Deci-

Business Notes

sions Inc., a leading federal systems in-tegrator and professional servicescompany headquartered in Ashburn,teamed up to support service men andwomen, but also their families.

Intelligent Decisions Inc. served as thepremier sponsor for ThanksUSA’s VIPgolf tournament at the Robert TrentJones Golf Club in Gainesville, Va.

Ninety percent of tournament proceedswill go to ThanksUSA’s scholarship pro-gram.

Radiology Imaging Associates,with offices in Sterling and Lansdowne,offers patients advanced MRI breastimaging and biopsy capabilities withcomputer aided detection.

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WEDNESDAY/JULY 30LOUDOUN COUNTY REPUBLICAN

COMMITTEE will meet, July 30, at7:30 p.m., at the Loudoun CountyGovernment Center in Leesburg.Special guest speaker, Joe McCain,brother of Republican presidentialcandidate Senator John McCain. Call703-627-LCRC.

FRIDAY/AUG. 1LA LECHE LEAGUE OF ASHBURN

will hold its next meeting at 10:15a.m., at the Ashburn Library locatedat 43316 Hay Road, Ashburn. Thetopic is “The Art of Breastfeeding andAvoiding Difficulties.” Pregnant andnursing women as well as theirchildren are welcome to attend. Free.

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Call a La Leche League leader at 703-753-3214.

SUNDAY/AUG. 3REPUBLICAN MEET-N-GREET. 2-4

p.m., Lansdowne Potomac Club,43459 Riverpoint Drive, Lansdowne.Free ice-cream social for the wholefamily. Get free McCain signs andbumper stickers. Call 703-999-6428.

TUESDAY/AUG. 5NATIONAL NIGHT OUT. 7-10 p.m., at

the Potomac High School grounds.Anyone who participates in this eventcan stop by the CascadesHomeowners Association office andpick up a large Cascades green totebag to celebrate this event.

ESL and Immigrant Ministriesneeds volunteers to teach English toadult immigrants in 17 locations inNorthern Virginia. Training is providedin August. Day and evening classes be-gin in September. To submit an onlineapplication, visit http://eslim.org.

Capital Hospice needs volunteersfor the Point of Hope Camp, Aug. 1-3,at Camp Ramblewood, 2564 SilverRoad, Darlington, to work alongsideprofessionals assisting children, teensand adults grieving a recent loss. No ex-perience is necessary and mandatorytraining is free. Transportation, foodand lodging for volunteers will be pro-vided. To volunteer, call 703-538-2030,e-mail srichardson@capitalhospice.orgor visit www.capitalhospice.org.

The YMCA Loudoun County is prepar-ing for its 20th Annual Leesburg10K/20K race on Aug. 10. Organiz-ers are in need of volunteers of all agesfor various assignments throughout themorning and early afternoon. The racewill begin at 7:30 a.m. and will endaround 11 a.m. They need help withregistration beginning 6 a.m., waterstop stations beginning 6 a.m., race mar-shals beginning 6 a.m., split timersbeginning 6:30 a.m., and various otherduties.

Contact Amy Grabowskiagrabowski@ymcadc.org or 703-777-9622.

Loudoun Volunteer Services an-nounces a new board of directors toinclude a new slate of executive officers.New members Megan Descutner of HCACapital Division; Bob Gleason of theSterling community; Mike Kalasanckasof the Metropolitan Washington Air-ports Authority; Melanie Miles of theMiles LeHane Group Inc.; and JoanZiemba of George WashingtonUniversity’s Virginia Campus joined theboard at its annual retreat, held at theClaude Moore Park Recreation Center in

Volunteering

June.

The Loudoun County AdvisoryCommission on Youth is seeking tofill two vacant positions. Applicantswould represent youth-serving organi-zations, including business, nonprofits,faith-based, civic and other nongovern-mental entities. Examples include, butare not limited to AOL, the YMCA, 4-H,Boys and Girls Clubs of America, com-munity coalitions, MADD, LAWS,Loudoun Cares, Loudoun Youth Inc., LaVoz and other organizations.

To apply, interested citizens shouldsubmit a letter of application to theLoudoun Youth Initiative to be receivedno later than July 30. The letter shouldbe addressed and mailed to: TimChesnutt, director, Loudoun Youth Ini-tiative, 215 Depot Court, 2nd Floor,MSC 78, Leesburg, VA, 20175. ContactTim Chesnutt at 703-737-8346 ortim.chesnutt@loudoun.gov.

The Heritage Farm Museum lo-cated in Claude Moore Park in Sterlingseeks volunteers to serve as programassistants and instructors programs intheir new interactive exhibit hall. Askabout internships for college and gradu-ate school students; paid positions alsoavailable for qualified applicants. Callcurator Katie Jones at 571-258-3800.

Loudoun Volunteer Services isseeking volunteers to assist in emergen-cies. In the event of an emergency,Loudoun Volunteer Services is preparedto assist the Loudoun County Office ofEmergency Management by coordinat-ing volunteers. These are volunteerswho are not currently affiliated with anorganization and who are willing to as-sist with the emergency. Training will beconducted in February. To register,visit www.loudoun.gov/volunteer andclick on “Volunteer Reception CenterSupport Team.” Contact Lisa Rose, vol-unteer coordinator, at 703-737-8424 orlisa.rose@loudoun.gov.

Dallas is a 5-year-oldspayed female collie

To adopt a featured animal orany other animal, visit theLoudoun County Animal Shelteron Route 9 at the intersection ofRoute 704 in Waterford. Animalscan be viewed at the shelter Mon-days, Tuesdays, Thursdays andFridays 1-6 p.m.; Wednesdays, 1–8 p.m.; and Saturdays, 11 a.m.-5p.m. Business hours for the shel-ter are Mondays-Fridays, 8 a.m.-6p.m.; Saturdays, 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Theshelter is closed Sundays. Call703-777-0406 or 540-882-3211. View other animals at http://www.loudoun.gov/animals/shelter.htm.

Pet of the Week

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Furry Friends Find HomesNews

By Bianca Mitchell

The Connection

Fur was flying Friday as people filedinto the Sterling Community Cen-ter with the desire to adopt a four-legged friend. The event: Furry Fri-

days Animal Adoptions, put on by theLoudoun County Animal Shelter in partner-ship with the Sterling Community Center.

Laura Rizer, the community outreachmanager, said she really loves being able toget the animals intothis area. “It’s nice be-cause having the eventon Friday gives peoplewho work an extrahour to come and lookfor animals. It’s a greatchance for people tolearn about our shelterand what we do.”

THE EVENT began in May and has con-tinued to be a hit with the community eversince. Once a month, the shelter will bringup to 11 animals to the Sterling Commu-nity Center. On Friday, the adoption fairfeatured three cats and five dogs; two ofthe cats were adopted within the first hour. There were two dogs up for adoption at this week’s event.

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Furry Friends Find HomesFurry Fridays giveresidents a chance tofind a four-leggedcompanion.

“It’s really easy to adopt. We ask that peoplefill out an application, then come back tothe shelter when their application has beenreviewed. If the animal needs to be spayedor neutered, they can pick their new pet upfrom the vet, otherwise they can take themhome with them,” Rizer said.

Six-year-old Aliana Chameliss was one ofthe attendees in search of a new compan-ion. “Right now I don’t have a dog, but weused to have dogs. We are planning onadopting a dog today,” she said.

FOR RIZER, the eventis all about getting theanimals into a new partof the community andinto the homes of caringand dedicated people.“This event has been re-ally successful, we havehad four or five animals

adopted in total just from these events.”Summer intern Britney Dow who will be asenior at Heritage High School was visitingthe event for the first time and agrees onthe event’s high performance. “I have en-joyed working at it very much. From what Ican see, this event has been extremely suc-cessful.”

Loudoun CountyAnimal Shelter

To learn more about pet adoption or theshelter, visit www.loudoun.gov and click onthe animal shelter link under “Services.”

“This event has beenreally successful.”

— Laura Rizer, Loudoun CountyAnimal Shelter, community

outreach manager

By Mike DiCicco

The Connection

When the Board of Supervisors an-nounced early this year that itwould be revisiting the idea of

suburban community plans that had beenintroduced in 2001 but never addressed, itwas with talk of crosswalks and stop signs,transportation and parks. But these wererare topics of discussion at an emotionalspecial meeting of the board in Sterling lastweek, where the public was invited to offercomment after county staff presented thepreliminary results of its community plan-ning study.

Instead, most residents who addressedthe board spoke of the decline of the Ster-ling Park community, where, they said, ill-kept and often overcrowded houses, crime,cars parked on lawns, illegal immigrantsand a general drop in community standards

Restoration Trumps Planning at Special MeetingAt special board meeting, residents moreconcerned with enforcement than amenities.

had changed the face of the neighborhood.An estimated 300 people packed the au-

ditorium at Park View High School, Tues-day, July 22, and most of the 40 or so speak-ers offered impassioned testimonies aboutthe contrast between the Sterling Park oftoday and that of past decades. Althoughthe Sterling and Potomac communities com-prise all of Loudoun east of Broad Run, al-most all of the speakers were from SterlingPark and most were long-term residents.

David Yokum, a Sterling resident since1971 and the first member of the public tospeak, set the tone for the comments to fol-low, when he opened by saying, “I came toa sleepy neighborhood and I’ve seen itgrown to — I can’t — I can’t believe it.”The problem, he said, was that laws, par-ticularly zoning ordinances and speedingregulations, were not being enforced. “Thisis a wake-up call to the board,” Yokum said.“We are sick of it.”

THE INTENTION OF the communityplans was to solicit input from residentsabout improvements that could be made intheir communities, on the streets wherethey drove, the parks where they played,the trails where they biked. EasternLoudoun was divided into four planningcommunities, and the board decided to be-gin by addressing the two farthest east, thePotomac and Sterling communities, whichare separated by Route 7. Planning staffgathered input by holding four public meet-ings in the area in April and May, posting asurvey online and taking e-mail comments.

The preliminary report showed that abouttwice as many online responses came fromthe Sterling area as from Potomac and thatthe “majority of stakeholder comments byfar” raised concerns about declining qual-ity of life in the respondents’ neighbor-hoods. The report went on, “The largestnumber of stakeholders concerned withcommunity change believe the Potomac andSterling communities are becoming a ha-ven for foreign-born, illegal immigrants,”and it said these respondents blamed ille-gal immigrants for a rise in crime, gangs,

overcrowded houses, foreclosures, loss oflegal citizens’ jobs and services, a lack ofrespect for neighbors and a lowering ofcommunity standards.

An equal number of residents worriedabout a growing population of non-Englishspeakers, the report said.

AMONG THE MEETING’S speakers wereoriginal Sterling Park residents Ed and FranBrocke, who had helped to get the commu-nity started when it opened in 1963, buthad since left for Ashburn due to the chang-ing conditions. “This has been my home formany years,” said Fran Brocke, her voicecracking. She recalled helping to name ParkView High School and her husband start-ing several of the youth sport leagues. “Wesee so much of it being ripped away fromus now,” she said. Fran Brocke said the prob-lem was not only unmowed lawns, but alsoa variety of zoning violations like illegalparking and equipment stored illegally ondriveways.

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community relied on the Board of Super-visors to act as a such an association, saidEd Brocke. He was the first of several tosuggest that the supervisors take a tour ofthe neighborhood.

Cathy McNickle is a Cascades resident,but had come not for her community but“to stand with Sterling Park.” She urged su-pervisors from points west to educate theirconstituencies on the “deep-seated” prob-lems in easternmost Loudoun.

Larry Wilber said it would have been easyto criticize the personnel responsible forenforcing zoning laws, but that he thoughtthey did not have sufficient resources.

Chairman Scott York (I-At Large) agreed.He said staff had asked the previous boardfor help and had been denied. WhileLoudoun funded one and a half full-timepositions for the task of zoning enforcementand had received complaints about 465homes in the last year, he said, Fairfax haddealt with 354 homes in that time with ateam of 25 people.

FORTY-YEAR Sterling Park resident BillMaykrantz said he hoped the board wouldmove ahead with a plan to get Loudounemployees into foreclosed houses andwould “not take another two and a halfyears or two and a half months” to stoppeople from parking on their lawns. He re-ported that he had seen something like 13cars parked in a backyard on Argonne Av-enue. He said the fact that the Sheriff’s Of-fice handles vehicles that are illegallyparked on the street, while zoning handlesthose parked on private property, resultedin residents simply moving the vehicles backand forth from road to yard.

“Please don’t forget and ignore Sterlingany longer,” said Jeanne West, who recentlyran for Supervisor Eugene Delgaudio’s (R-Sterling) seat. She said the communityneeded investment. “Look at Sterling Li-brary and then go to Cascades or Ashburn.”

Her husband, Willie, asked the board toencourage VDOT to clean up its propertyin Sterling, which he said was only addingto the community’s “seedy look.” “We havetrees growing out of our storm sewers,” hesaid. “The streets haven’t been capped and

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From Page 6 sealed in more than 10 years.”When Joyce Pryor called the county about

the “used car lot” in her neighbors’ back-yard, she was told there were “too manycars to do anything about,” she said. “TheVietnamese family across the street has builta house in their backyard,” Pryor said, al-though she added that the residents claimedthe structure was attached to the house. “I’mafraid to go out of my home. I’m afraid toanswer my door.” She said her Jordanianneighbor had come over to ask if she andher husband would like to rent their base-ment to his friends. She was told that thefriends “don’t like children and they wantsomething quiet,” she said.

“We need a lot more cops out there,”Garen Khoranian said. He related an occa-sion when a drunken man had entered hishouse and fallen asleep in his hallway at1:30 in the morning. He said he had treatedthe man very kindly, picking him up andtaking him home, because he was afraid theintruder might be an MS-13 gang member.Khoranian said the problem should be ad-dressed by focusing on safety and cleaningup the neighborhood and that this woulddrive illegal immigrants out.

Joe Galanick recalled the days when hiswife had eagerly looked forward to walk-ing her dog with her neighborhood friend,a habit that ended five years ago due to catcalls from neighbors, an increased numberof pit bulls and the fact that her friendmoved away because her house was repeat-edly tagged with graffiti. “We feel like pris-oners in our own home,” Galanick said. Hesaid the couple was looking for an oppor-tunity to move out of Loudoun.

ALL OF THE supervisors present agreedthat changes needed to be made. Supervi-sors Kelly Burk (D-Leesburg) and SallyKurtz (D-Catoctin) were not in attendance.

“We’re together, we’re united and we’renot going to take it anymore,” Delgaudiosaid. He thanked the other supervisors forcoming out to hear his constituents and forrecent action the board has taken, such asthe tall grass ordinance, an upcoming onlinezoning violation complaint form and allow-ing the Sheriff’s Office to begin workingwith Immigration and Customs Enforce-ment (ICE).

The onlyway tomake surepeople youagree withcan speakis to sup-port therights ofpeople youdon’t agreewith.

—EleanorHolmesNorton

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Opinion

Seeking More Diversity at TJStart by nurturing passion for science in youngstudents from all backgrounds.

Editorial

Why does it matter how manystudents of different ethnic orracial groups apply or are ac-cepted to Fairfax County’s

world-famous math and science magnetschool?

The problem isn’t so much what happens atThomas Jefferson High School for Science andTechnology. In a county of more than a millionpeople, and more than 165,000 public-schoolstudents, the population at TJ is a drop in the

bucket.What matters is how the

county is nurturing passion andtalent for math, science and

other subjects in all 137 elementary schoolsand then in its 26 middle schools.

In 2004, a Blue Ribbon Commission ad-dressed concerns about under-representedminority groups at Thomas Jefferson HighSchool for Science and Technology. The under-represented groups are African-American andLatino students, who do not apply for admis-sion in numbers proportional to their enroll-ment in the school system.

That commission recommended that admis-sions look at students more holistically anddepend less on strict cutoffs of grade pointaverages and test scores.

We don’t really know how that “holistic ap-proach” has worked in the admissions trenches.The initial pool of applicants to be consideredhas about doubled, but the number African-American and Latino applicants has, if any-thing, decreased.

THE 2004 COMMISSION found black stu-

dents accounted for 1.1 percent of TJ’s studentsand Hispanics making up 2.4 percent. Andthough one out of five students in FairfaxCounty is poor enough to qualify for free andreduced-price meals, only one out of every 100students at TJ is poor by the same standards.

The student population granted admissionfor fall 2007 was about 1.86 percent African-American (nine students) and 2.06 percentHispanic (10 students).

It’s time for schools to consider each indi-vidual student. Ev-ery first-gradeteacher in every el-ementary schoolshould be asked toidentify a half-dozen to a dozenstudents who haveinterest in mathand science. Allstudents should beexposed to hands-on science, field work in thenatural world and experiments that will lightup the interests of young minds.

Of course we know that the current curricu-lum is supposed to accomplish this and thathigh stakes testing in elementary school hasalso put more focus on certain areas. But wewonder whether the focus on testing has forcedmore of an academic, paper and pencil ap-proach, rather than investing in the excitementof discovery.

But by having a list starting in first gradeand moving forward through elementaryschool of students with passion for science, theschools will have data and resources to nur-

ture these students. It’s a powerful motivatorfor a teacher to tell a student as young as 6 or7 or 8 that he or she has a special talent orlove for science, or math, and that the studentmight want to consider being a scientist whenhe or she grows up.

Focusing on individual children in elemen-tary schools that have the highest percentageof poor children is also essential.

THIS SORT OF approach will result in morestudents, of all races and economic back-ground, excelling in math and science acrossthe board, not just at TJ.

But in addition, half the slots at TJ shouldbe assigned by middleschool, on a percentagebasis, so that studentsfrom different geo-graphic locations in thecounty have guaran-teed access to theschool. And encourag-ing students whoqualify for free and re-duced-priced meals,

students who are from poor families, is alsocritical.

Real passion for science, the kind of passionthat results in young men and women choos-ing careers in science, is not measured in testscores and grades. It’s measured in enthusi-asm and attention. If as School Board mem-bers say, they want to see TJ add to the num-ber of people who go on to be leaders in mathand science, they’ll have to find a way to fos-ter and measure passion and interest.

A recent proposal to have a 3.0 grade point cut-off for applicants is not a step in that direction.

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Snapshot Kevin Kelly parades Scooby, a Labrador-poodle mix, in front of the judges during

the best costume competition at the Ashburn VolunteerFire and Rescue Department’s Pooch Parade Sunday.

Clubs & Organizations

Applying to TJEighth-grade students who live with their parent or

legal guardian who resides full time in a participatingschool district — the counties of Fairfax, Arlington,Fauquier, Loudoun, or Prince William or the city ofFalls Church — are eligible to apply to ThomasJefferson High School for Science and Technology. Seehttp://www.fcps.edu/news/tj.htm or http://information.tjhsst.edu/admissions/.

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Zeta Phi Beta Sorority Inc. announcesthe establishment of a new graduatechapter, Phi Upsilon Zeta in LoudounCounty. Phi Upsilon Zeta is the first or-ganization belonging to the NationalPan-Hellenic Council to be chartered inLoudoun County. Visit zphib1920.org.

Northern Virginia CommunityFoundation’s Loudoun Office raised$22,000 at its May 10 fund-raiser, Forthe Love of Loudoun Arts. The moneywill be divided up in four $5,000 grantsand one $2,000 grant available only tononprofits in Loudoun County. Thegrants will go toward arts education forchildren who can’t afford lessons in ei-ther visual or performing arts and childand youth development programs. Therequest for proposals (RFPs) will go outin July and will be posted atwww.novacf.org.

The Ashburn-Sterling MasonicLodge meets on the second Tuesday ofeach month at 6:45 p.m. for dinner atthe lodge, located at 43881 WaxpoolRoad, Ashburn. Visitwww.AshburnLodge.org or e-mail

info@AshburnLodge.org or call 703-470-2188.

Ashburn Assembly No. 11, Inter-national Order of the Rainbow forGirls meets on the first and thirdWednesdays of each month at Ashburn-Sterling Masonic Lodge. Contact themother advisor, Clarissa Jones, at 703-724-0675 or e-mailmomclarissa@vaiorg.org.

The Dulles Area Kiwanis Clubmeets at 4 p.m. the first and third Sun-day of the month at the Cascades Libraryin Sterling. All are welcome to attendand dessert is provided. The group holdsfund-raisers to help local students andorganizations. The club contributes tothree high school Key Clubs Û Park View,Potomac Falls and Dominion, K-KidsClub at Hillside Elementary, March ofDimes and more. Some group activitiesinclude bingo at Monroe House AssistedLiving plus much more. Contact 703-448-1917 for the next meeting date.

MADD Loudoun announces thenew MADD Loudoun Victim SupportGroups for families/significant otherswho have been impacted by a drunk-driving crash. The MADD LoudounVictim Support Group will meet on thethird Wednesday of each month, 7:30p.m., at 210 Wirt St., Leesburg.

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The Parks and Recreation Depart-ment already had a contractwith a landscaping company, soit fell to that department to man-

age the taming of unkempt lawns under thenewly enacted emergency tall grass ordi-nance.

Steve Torpy of parks and recreation saidBlake Landscapes had mowed and cleanedup 19 lawns recently, with most of thosejobs taking four to six hours and costingaround $300 to $390 per lawn. However,he said a few that were in “absolute horridshape” had taken about 15 hours to bebrought under control and cost consider-ably more. Torpy said the department didnot currently have any more yards slatedfor mowing.

Under the emergency ordinance, whichcan be enacted for 60 days, a yard no longerneeds to harbor rodents or qualify as a

County Mows Down Untended LawnsSterling gets mowedunder emergency tallgrass ordinance.

health hazard in order for the county tohave the lawn cut at the owner’s expense.Once the grass is more than a foot tall, thehome is in violation and can be given a no-tice that if the situation is not corrected in10 days, the county will clean it up and billthe homeowner.

The ordinance was enacted July 15 inresponse to skyrocketing complaints of un-kempt lawns, particularly in the Sterlingarea. In 2006, 14 such complaints were filedin the county and that number rose to 27in 2007. Al-ready this year,244 tall grassc o m p l a i n t shave beenlodged with theHealth Depart-ment.

Torpy saidnone of theproperties mowed had been occupied. Most,if not all, were likely to have been foreclo-sures owned by banks.

“Some properties may be pretty quick andeasy to clean up. Others may take a consid-erable amount of time,” said Danny Davisof county administration, noting that sev-eral yards had shrubs that needed to be at-tacked with a Bush Hog, a heavily built ro-

tary mower. Davis was responsible for draft-ing much of the ordinance.

THIS FALL, the county is to consider en-acting a permanent tall grass ordinance, asneighbors Fairfax and Prince William coun-ties have done. In the case that the law be-comes permanent, Davis said parks and rec-reation would probably continue to use itscontractor to mow the lawns for a year ortwo before deciding whether staff couldhandle the task. “If three lawns need to be

mowed, itmight becheaper fors o m e o n efrom parksand rec. totake a lawnmower out,”he said.Handing the

job to county staff could also require addi-tional hires.

Board of Supervisors Chairman Scott York(I-At Large) said recouping the cost of mow-ing would be a priority. “There is no waythat I’m going to want taxpayers hung outto dry for a bank’s lawn,” York said. He saidhe had asked the county attorney to lookinto the possibility of placing a lien on any

house whose owner did not pay the bill fora mowing, in order to ensure “that we col-lect every penny.” He said it was unlikelythat a bank would then be able to sell ahouse without paying the bill.

York said that after the 60 days were up,the county would consider whether andhow to enact a permanent ordinance. Apublic hearing on the subject has not yetbeen scheduled, but he said one wouldlikely be held sometime around October.“We want to have it in place for the nextgrowing season.”

ACCORDING TO the staff report, FairfaxCounty has cut 56 lawns through its tallgrass ordinance and Prince William Countyhas cut more than 1,000. Both counties con-tracted the work out.

Supervisor Eugene Delgaudio (R-Sterling)said notices of violation had been served on40 houses, with 21 owners responding bycutting the grass themselves. He said 50 morenotices had been served and that he expectedthat about half of those yards would end upbeing cut by Blake Landscapes.

“They do a very good job,” he said of thecontractor.

County staff advised against Delgaudio’sproposal to allow volunteers to handle someof the mowing.

“Some properties may be prettyquick and easy to clean up.

Others may take a considerableamount of time.”

— Danny Davis, county administration

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Moving TogetherMoving Together

Arts ❖ Entertainment ❖ Leisure

By Matthew Razak

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Combining pair’s figure skatingand horse riding might at firstseem like a bad idea full of in-jured people and horses. How-

ever, when the graceful choreographedmovements of ice skating and the style andform of dressage riding are combined thenthe result is something called a pas de deuxand according to the riders who participatein it, it is absolutely stunning. Residents willbe able to see for themselves though asMorven Park will be hosting the CarolineMuldoon Pas de Deux Cup Challenge, Sat-urday, Aug. 9, as part of its Summer FlingDressage Show.

“The challenge is a competition based ontwo horses performing a choreographedperformance to music,” Charlie Muldoon,director of development at Morven Park,said. “The basis of it is a type of equine sportcalled dressage. This is one of the higher upcompetitions of it. Two riders and horsescome together and practice for months toget ready. It’s a rare competition because ittakes so much time to prepare for and it’sone of the more exciting events of the dres-sage world.”

THE EVENT, which is named afterMuldoon’s mother Caroline for her workwith horses in the area, is one of the moreprominent pas de deux competitions. Thecup attracts a strong group of riders, as it isone of the few competitions to offer a cashprize of $5,000 for winning. So far, the eventis scheduled to have eight groups of riders.

“My daughterswere amazed thathorses could do themovement and beso synchronizedwith such wonder-ful choreography. Itjust held their at-tention,” KellyPlunkett, who attended the event last yearand is now working with it, said. “For me itwas just amazing to see the level of exper-tise with the horse and the rider.”

In the competition, two riders perform aroutine that must feature certain move setsthat judges will follow. The event is freestyle,so riders choreograph their own routinesaround a song and then get the horses towork together within it. Competitors arejudged on their synchronization, style anddifficulty and the scores go toward theiryear-long point score.

“One of the big things about it is thatthey’re riding in front of international

MoreThe pas de deux will take place at Morven Park

International Equestrian Center, 41793 Tutt Lane,Leesburg, Saturday. Aug. 9, from 5-8 p.m. Adultsare $25 with children 12 and under $5. Visitwww.morvenpark.org.

Riders gear up tocompete in theCaroline Muldoon Pasde Deux CupChallenge.

judges,” Muldoon said. “The show has in-ternational judges there and they’ll be per-forming in front of crowd, so you really seethe best come out of these competitors.”

THAT CROWD is composed of not onlydressage fans but people from all over saidPlunkett and the entire event is designedaround the family coming and having funand learning. People are encouraged to bringfood or a picnic while they watch the com-petitions or they can buy it from vendorsthat will be at Morven Park. Much of theproceeds from the event will benefit pro-

grams at MorvenPark and whilethere is a VIPtent that costs abit more, ticketprices are keptlow so that any-one can attend.

“We’d love ev-erybody to come. The tradition of the ridersis to be in black coats and a tie and all thatstuff, but the tradition on the outside is foreverybody. It’s just so beautiful there andeverything is for the public to come watch,”Muldoon said.

“One of the things I’m really trying to letpeople know about is that you don’t have tobe in the equestrian community to enjoythis,” Plunkett said. “We want people tocome out and have a good time and have agreat Saturday afternoon.”

The event will also allow for attendees toget a truly up-close and personal view of thehorses and the riders. Not only will the rid-

ers be around to answer questions aboutriding and horses, but they will also be happyto talk with children and adults about thesport.

“This year there will be tables and peoplecan come up and talk and ask questions. Anyevent rider loves to have people come andsay ‘hi’ and talk with us about everything,”Stephanie Alvourd, of Waterford, who hascompeted in the cup for the past two yearsalong with her daughter, said.

The arena and seating for the event is alsoone of the best for viewing say the cup’s or-ganizers. All of the seats are up close andallow for a great view of the riding unlike atsome other competitions where bleachersmove the audience further away. This allowsfor viewers to really get a grasp on what theriders are doing and appreciate the difficultyof the choreography.

“The great thing about this is that the seatsare set up right to the arena, so everybodyregardless of ticket, has front row seats. Ev-erybody has great seats,” Muldoon said.

FOR THE RIDERS this is a chance to per-form in front of a large crowd or people thatisn’t comprised of horse enthusiasts andother competitors. The ride is one of themore difficult things to do and getting it allworking together can be challenging, butperforming in front of a large crowd is some-thing that makes it easier for both the horseand the rider.

“I like the atmosphere a lot [at MorvenPark], being around all the people helps you

A pair of riders at last year’s Pax de Deux Cup Challenge.Summer Music Fest

This year the Loudoun SummerMusic Festival has had it a bitrough with the weather. The

yearly concert series that brings someof the biggest names in music to thearea for concerts to support localcharities has had seven out of 10 con-certs affected by weather conditionsthis year. While the series isn’t in dan-ger of being canceled it is in need ofmore funds so the last show of theseason featuring KC and the SunshineBand is incredibly important saidTracey Parent, the president of theLoudoun Foundation and the SummerMusic Festival.

“It’s really important for a handfulof reasons,” she said. “It’s a great com-munity event and it brings residentstogether for something they can en-joy plus everything is donated to agood cause.”

KC will perform, at 5 p.m., at theBelmont Country Cub, 19661 BelmontManor Lane, Ashburn. Food, beer andwine available for purchase and thecost for entry is $17 in advance, $20at the gate, children under 6 free.

“We bring KC back every year be-cause he does such an amazing show.It seems like everybody has a goodtime at KC’s show. You see grandpar-ents dancing with children so we wantit to go off with a big bang,” Parentsaid.

Call 703-327-9096 or visitwww.liveatbelmont.com for tickets.

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There are more than 80 species ofbutterflies living in LoudounCounty, so it’s acceptable to feel a

little behind on seeing them all. Residentsshould be able to knock out a good chunkof the species list Aug. 2, when the 12thAnnual Loudoun County Butterfly Count willbe occurring. On that day participants usu-ally see more than 50 species of butterflywhile helping the Loudoun Wildlife Conser-vancy get information on the county’s but-terfly population.

“It got started back in 1997 and we had aperson who was doing some casual record-ing of butterfly species around LoudounCounty and he was finding that there werea lot of species around the county. There wasthis national butterfly count every summerso why though why don’t we start one ofour own,” Nicole Hamilton, the butterflycount’s coordinator and former president ofLoudoun Wildlife Conservancy, said.

PARTICIPANTS IN THE count will be di-vided into groups, each being led by a localbutterfly expert. The groups meet at differ-ent points and go throughout the county tobutterfly hot spots to start counting andidentifying butterflies. One team member isin charge of keeping track of numbers andspecies and the others identify, with the helpof guides, the plethora of butterflies they see.

“By the end of the day you can’t believethat in this radius you’ve seen so many dif-ferent butterflies,” Hamilton said. “It’s re-ally cool. Some species are just really rarelike the Giant Swallow Tail, we might seeone every few years or so.”

Hamilton said that the count is not just agreat way to see butterflies, but a good wayfor anyone to spend a fun day outside. Whilethe counts last till around 4 p.m. usually peoplein the groups are able to come and go as longas they arrange it ahead of time, which is use-ful for people with children who, Hamiltonsaid, are some of the best butterfly spotters.Many participants will bring binoculars andsome food to help them through the day. Thecount also avoids double counting butterfliesvia the simple tactic of being careful.

“As we go, we don’t back track. We stay asa group and each team usually has five or

Fluttering About LoudounSend announcements, which are open to the

public at no or minimal cost, to The LoudounConnection, 7913 Westpark Drive, McLean, VA22102 or e-mailloudoun@connectionnewspapers.com. Dead-line is Friday, two weeks before the event.Photos/artwork encouraged. For more infor-mation, call 703-917-6454; for additionallistings, visit www.connectionnewspapers.com.

Last ChanceThe Arts Council of Fairfax County and the

Greater Reston Arts Center (GRACE) presentthe annual juried exhibition Arts Council @GRACE, through Aug. 1. Art works in allmedia by 21 artists, including Sterling artistElissa Farrow-Savos, will be exhibited atthe GRACE gallery located in Reston TownCenter, 12001 Market St., Suite 103, Reston.The GRACE gallery is open Tuesdays-Satur-days, from 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Visitwww.restonarts.org or call GRACE at 703-471-9242.

Paintings and drawings by Arlington resi-dent Frederick Markham will be onexhibit, from through Aug. 1, at theWaddell Art Gallery at the Loudoun Campusof Northern Virginia Community College,1000 Harry Flood Byrd Highway, Sterling.Gallery hours are 9 a.m.-7 p.m., Mondays-Fridays. Contact Donald Depuydt at703-450-2627 or ddepuydt@nvcc.edu.

Medlin Art announces it is celebrating its25th year in business. A reception will be heldat the gallery at 2 Loudoun St., S.E., Friday,Aug. 1, from 4-9 p.m. and Saturday, Aug.2, 10 a.m.-6 p.m.

OngoingThe Sterling Playmakers present “Okla-

homa!” weekends through Aug. 10, atPotomac Falls High School, 46400 AlgonkianParkway, Sterling. Showtimes are Fridaysand Saturdays, at 8 p.m. and Sundays at 2p.m. Cost: $15 reserved, $12 general admis-sion. Call 703-437-6117 or visitwww.sterlingplaymakers.com.

A series of aerial photographs byLoudoun County photographer Jim Hanna ison exhibit at Washington Dulles InternationalAirport through Aug. 26. The exhibit, co-ordinated by the Washington MetropolitanAirport Authority and Gallery 222, is thefourth in the program’s rotating series of dis-plays.

The exhibit is installed in the area beyondthe security checkpoints in the Main Termi-nal on the Arrivals Level. Visitwww.gallery222.com.

Coming SoonThe Artists’ Undertaking Gallery in Historic

Occoquan presents “Etched in Time,” an ex-hibit of etchings by Roger Frey ofWoodbridge and etched and fused glass byDavid Barnes of Sterling. The exhibit runsAug. 5-Sept. 1.

An artist reception will be held Saturday,Aug. 9, from 4-6 p.m. The gallery is open 11a.m.-5 p.m. daily, and is located at 309 MillSt. in Historic Occoquan. Contact the galleryat 703-494-0584 or atwww.theartistsundertaking.com.

Aurora Dinner Theatre presents playwrightTina Howe’s comedy of manners, “The Artof Dining,” to be produced at West BelmontPlace, National Conference Center, 18980Upper Belmont Place, Lansdowne, Aug. 8-17. Cost: $65 per person, including tax andtip and are available by visitingwww.AuroraStudioTheatre.org, tickets mustbe purchased in advance. Fridays and Satur-days, dinner at 6 p.m., show at 7 p.m., dessertat intermission.

Sundays, dinner at 2 p.m., show at 3 p.m.,dessert at intermission. Visitwww.AuroraStudioTheatre.org or call 540-668-7072.

The ArtsOutdoors

six people on it so it isn’t so unwieldy. Sowe’ll come up to a certain garden area andthen we’ll move forward from there and ifwe see a butterfly is moving with us we don’tcount it twice. You just make sure you’re notdoing the back track,” Hamilton said.

The data from the count will be used for avariety of purposes not the least of which istracking the population of butterfliesthroughout Loudoun County and establish-ing how much an impact development ishaving on their habitats. The count will becompared to previous years and the num-bers will all be sent to the national butterflycount to map nationwide populations.

Hamilton said that the butterfly popula-tion in Loudoun is constantly changing. “Afew years ago there was an amazing field ofwild flowers, which was great for butterfliesand unfortunately it got developed so now

its just a housing development with lawns.In the data we collect we take note of im-pact that development causes. So we’rekeeping track of those habitats.”

As for this year’s count Hamilton isn’t toosure how the numbers will turn out. Theextremely wet summer the area is havingcould cause both an increase or a decreasedepending on how it has impacted thebutterfly’s habitats. The rain could be pro-ducing a lot more plants for the butterfliesto feed on but at the same time it can washaway eggs and hurt the caterpillars.

“We’re really not sure what to expect, buteither way it will be a really fun day,”Hamilton said.

To register visit www.loudounwildlife.org/butterfly_count.htm or call 540-882-9638 ore-mail nhamilton@laoudounwildlife.org.

— Matthew Razak

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Send announcements, which are open to the pub-lic at no or minimal cost, to The Loudoun Connection,7913 Westpark Drive, McLean, VA 22102 or e-mailloudoun@connectionnewspapers.com. Deadline isFriday, two weeks before the event. Photos/artworkencouraged. For more information, call 703-917-6454; for additional listings, visitwww.connectionnewspapers.com.

WEDNESDAY/JULY 30ARCHAEOLOGY DAY. 10 a.m.-3 p.m., Claude

Moore Park, 21544 Old Vestal’s Gap Road,Sterling. All ages. Help screen, wash and sortartifacts behind the Lanesville House in ClaudeMoore Park’s Historic District. Free. 571-258-3700.

STORIES WITH A TWIST. 4 p.m., SterlingLibrary, 120 Enterprise St., Sterling. Listen toBarbara Spilman Lawson’s unforgettable andextraordinary stories and songs, presented in herown unique and hilarious manner. All ages. Free,

limited tickets will be available, starting half anhour before the performance. 703-430-9500.

1960s FILMS. 7 p.m., Ashburn Library, 43316 HayRoad, Ashburn. Watch “Blowup,” just one ofseveral films from the 1960s that the AshburnLibrary will be showing on Wednesdaysthroughout the summer. Recommended foradults; admission is free. Visit www.lcpl.lib.va.usfor a complete listing of future movie showings.

TEEN MYSTERY NIGHT: ROCK ‘N ROLL OVERDEAD. 6:30-8:30 p.m., Cascades Library, 21030Whitfield Place, Sterling. Can you solve themystery with the evidence and clues presented?Ages 12-18. Register online at http://library.loudoun.gov or phone 703-444-3228.

THURSDAY/JULY 31TWILIGHT TUNES. 7:30 p.m., Holy Trinity

Lutheran Church, 605 W. Market St., Leesburg.

Bird EncountersLeesburg Animal Park, 19270 James Monroe

Highway, has opened a free-flight Lory aviary, fea-turing four different species of Lory parrots. Visitorscan hand-feed these rainbow-colored birds for asmall fee. Admissions are $7.95 for children andseniors, $9.95 for adults, children under 2 are free.Expanded park hours are Wednesday–Sunday, 9a.m.-5 p.m. Visit www.LeesburgAnimalPark.com orcall 703-433-0002.See Calendar, Page 12

An American Lady.Photo contributed

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get into the rides. I think it’s a lot more fun when you have morepeople out there to watch,” Adriane Alvourd, 14, who will becompeting in the pas de deux with a friend and also riding in aquadrille event, which is four horses performing instead of justtwo, said.

Aside from that, riders like the pas de deux because it is fun toride with someone else in what is usually a solo sport. But theevent isn’t just exciting for the riders. Both Alvourds said thatthe horses really get into it, too.

“The music really helps and I think the horses get a bit moreshow offish and it’s just beautiful. It has a nice harmony. I thinkthey usually like moving so in sync. They look forward to it,”Stephanie Alvourd said.

“These horses are finally tuned and they’re waiting for a sig-nal from the riders,” Muldoon said. “The riders and the horsesare on the same wave length mentally and physically and keep-ing them correctly together is what the rider does. They’re soprecise and you’re down to a foot apart and the horse doesn’tmake a move until the rider says to make a certain move.”

While this kind of precision riding takes an expert to accom-plish, one does not need to be one to watch it. Much like figureskating, the movements and actions of the horses can be appre-ciated by anyone said Stephanie Alvourd.

“It’s just very interesting to be able to see the movements andthe horses and see how well everything fits together,” AdrianeAlvourd said.

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Music by the Phoenix Swing Band.Bring a chair or blanket, foodavailable for purchase. Concert willbe indoors in the event of rain. Free;donations accepted for the pipeorgan fund. Call 703-777-4912.

FRIDAY/AUG. 1TODDLER ONE & TWO. 11 a.m., Rust

@ Catoctin Library, 34D Catoctin

Circle, Leesburg. Includes stories,rhymes and movement; parachuteplay for toddlers. Recommended forages 12 -24 months with parent orcaregiver. Register online at http://library.loudoun.gov or phone 703-777-0690.

C IS FOR CRIME CAPER! 5:30 p.m.,Ashburn Library, 43316 Hay Road,Ashburn. A crime has beencommitted at the library, follow theclues to rescue a special work of art.Ages 7-11. Register online at http://library.loudoun.gov or phone 703-737-8100.

STORY TIME MATINEE: TheMysterious Tadpole. 2 p.m., AshburnLibrary, 43316 Hay Road, Ashburn.Louis’ uncle has given him a tadpolefor his birthday. As he watches thetadpole grow, it soon becomes clearthat it is not turning into an ordinaryfrog. Ages 3-6. 703-737-8100.

JAZZ ON THE POTOMAC. 5:30-10p.m., Lansdowne Resort, 44050Woodbridge Parkway, Lansdowne.Features Sharon Thomas Experience.Includes summer foods prepared bythe culinary team. Call 703-729-8400or visit http://www.lansdowneresort.com.

FROM SWANN’S CASTLE TOGOVERNOR’S MANSION:EXPLORING AN OLD SOUTHERNESTATE. 11 a.m.-4 p.m., MorvenPark, 17263 Southern Planter Lane,Leesburg. Learn Morven Park’shistory from 19th century plantationto early 20th century hunt countryestate and working farm. Guidedtours include exhibits, carriagecollection, Confederate huts andoutdoor walk around property. Cost:adults $5, children $1. Meet at CoachHouse Visitors Center. Call 703-777-6034.

SATURDAY/AUG. 2ACOUSTIC ON THE GREEN. 7-9

p.m., at the Leesburg Town Green,25 West Market St., Leesburg.Featuring Michael Sheppard. Free,visit www.acousticonthegreen.com.

NYC TRIP. 6:30 a.m.-11:30 p.m., Busdeparts from and returns to SteinMart, 1021 Edwards Ferry Road,N.E., Leesburg. Travel by luxurymotor coach to New York City. Cost:$60 per person; individuals under 18must be accompanied by an adult.Must register at the DouglassCommunity Center, 405 East MarketSt., Leesburg; call 703-771-5913 ore-mail dcc@loudoun.gov.

FROM SWANN’S CASTLE TOGOVERNOR’S MANSION:

EXPLORING AN OLD SOUTHERNESTATE. 11 a.m.-4 p.m., MorvenPark, 17263 Southern Planter Lane,Leesburg. See Aug. 1 item for details.

SUNDAY/AUG. 3MONTHLY BREAKFAST. 8 a.m.-noon,

Ashburn Volunteer Fire and RescueCompany, 20688 Ashburn Road.Breakfast of pancakes, eggs, bacon,sausage, gravy and biscuits, hashbrowns, coffee and juices. Features

monthly themesand Kids ActivityCorner; apparatusbay area is open tochildren of allages. Cost: adults$6, ages 3-8 $4,under 3 free andseniors $5. Call703-729-0006.BLUEMONTCONCERTSERIES. 7 p.m.,lawn of theLoudoun CountyCourthouse,Leesburg. FeaturesHolmes Brothers:Gospel and blues.Bring lawn chairsor blankets to siton and a picnic toenjoy before the

show. Cost: $5 per person, $4 forBluemont Friends and seniors, $2 forchildren 12 and under; proceeds goto support Bluemont’s year-roundArtist-In-Education program in areaschools. Contact the Bluemont officeat 540-338-4640 orwww.bluemont.org.

SUMMER MUSIC FEST. 5 p.m.,Belmont Country Cub, 19661Belmont Manor Lane, Ashburn.The Loudoun Summer Music Festpresents KC and The SunshineBand. Food, beer and wineavailable for purchase. Cost: $17in advance, $20 at the gate,children under 6 free. Call 703-327-9096 or visitwww.liveatbelmont.com.

RUMMAGE SALE. 8 a.m.-2 p.m.,Congregation Sha’are Shalom,19357 Evergreen Mills Road,Leesburg. All items will be markeddown to half-price after 1 p.m.Call Congregation Sha’are Shalomat 703-737-6500 visit www.sha-areshalom.org/.

TRAVEL THROUGH TIME. 1-4p.m., Morven Park, 17263Southern Planter Lane, Leesburg.Take a guided tour through acollection of 19th century horse-drawn vehicles, including coaches,sleighs, carts, buggies and a hearsefrom the 1800s. Cost: adults $5,children $1. Meet at Coach HouseVisitor Center. Call 703-777-6034.

SUNDAY NATURE WALK, 1-2:30p.m., Rust Nature Sanctuary, 802Childrens Center Road, Leesburg.Look for signs of spring. For adultsand children over 10. Free. Visitwww.audubonnatualist.org.

MONDAY/AUG. 4MYSTERIOUS REPTILES ALIVE! 11

a.m., Loudoun County ExtensionOffice Program Room, 30B CatoctinCircle (for Rust Library); 2:30 p.m.,Cascades Library, 21030, WhitfieldPlace, Potomac Falls; 7 p.m., AshburnLibrary, 43316 Hay Road, Ashburn.Discover the mysteries of reptiles inthis live animal presentation. Allages. Limited, free tickets will beavailable starting half an hour beforethe performance. Extension Office,703-777-0690; Cascades, 703-444-3228; Ashburn, 703-737-8100.

FROM SWANN’S CASTLE TOGOVERNOR’S MANSION:EXPLORING AN OLD SOUTHERNESTATE. 11 a.m.-4 p.m., MorvenPark, 17263 Southern Planter Lane,Leesburg. See Aug. 1 item for details.

TUESDAY/AUG. 5RIBBITING TALES and Facts about

Slimy Frogs! 2 p.m., Cascades Library,21030 Whitfield Place, Potomac Falls.Alonso Abugattas, a naturalist withArlington County will share facts andstories about frogs includes live frogsto see and touch. All ages. Limited, freetickets are available at the librarystarting half an hour before theprogram. 703-444-3228.

MOVIE AT THE LIBRARY. 2 p.m.,Sterling Library, 120 Enterprise St.,Sterling. Watch “National Treasure 2:Book of Secrets” on the library’s bigscreen. For teens. Limited, freetickets available at the librarystarting half an hour before theprogram. 703-430-9500.

ESL CONVERSATION GROUP. ESLConversation Group. 7-9 p.m.,Ashburn Library, 43316 Hay Road,Ashburn. The English ConversationGroup is an informal conversationcircle for non-native speakers topractice speaking English. This is nota class, but an opportunity to meetnew people, share your culture andhave fun. Only English will be spokenand all levels are welcome.Recommended for adults. Visit http://library.loudoun.gov.

KEEPIN’ COOL. 9:30-11 a.m., ClaudeMoore Park, 21544 Old Vestal’s GapRoad, Sterling. How do furry foxesand feathered cardinals stay coolunder the blazing sun? Discover whatthey do and try their cool waysyourself. Cost: $10.50. Call 571-258-3700.

BEACH JEWELRY MAKING. 2-4 p.m.,Ashburn Library, 43316 Hay Road,Ashburn. Make jewelry items out of

shells and found objects. All suppliesprovided. No previous jewelrymaking experience necessary. Ages12-18. Register online at http://library.loudoun.gov or phone 703-737-8100, Ext. 4.

WEDNESDAY/AUG. 6MYSTERIOUS REPTILES ALIVE! 4

p.m., Sterling Library, 120 EnterpriseSt, Sterling. Discover the mysteries ofreptiles in this live animalpresentation. All ages. Limited, freetickets will be available starting halfan hour before the performance. 703-430-9500.

1960s FILMS. 7 p.m., Ashburn Library,43316 Hay Road, Ashburn. Watch“Rosemary’s Baby,” just one ofseveral films from the 1960s that theAshburn Library will be showing onWednesdays throughout the summer.Recommended for adults; admissionis free. Visit www.lcpl.lib.va.us for acomplete listing of future movieshowings.

MYSTERIOUS REPTILES. 4 p.m.,Sterling Community Center, 120Enterprise St., Sterling. Aneducational show featuring a giantpython, alligator, African tortoise,monitor lizard and other reptiles.Free. Call 703-430-9480.

THURSDAY/AUG. 7MISTER DON. 2 p.m., Loudoun County

Extension Office, 30B Catoctin Circle(for Rust @ Catoctin Library). JoinMr. Don for an interactive children’smusic program, includes sing alongs,motion songs, marching and dancing.Ages 4 and up. Limited, free ticketsare available half an hour before theperformance. 703-777-0690.

SECRET CODES AND CIPHERS. 2p.m., Sterling Library, 120 EnterpriseSt., Sterling. Learn about somefamous codes, how to write anddecipher codes, make invisible inkand more. Ages 8-12. Register onlineat http://library.loudoun.gov orphone 703-430-9500.

FRIDAY/AUG. 8TODDLER ONE & TWO. 11 a.m., Rust

@ Catoctin Library, 34D CatoctinCircle, Leesburg. Includes stories,rhymes and movement; parachuteplay for toddlers. Recommended forages 12 -24 months with parent orcaregiver. Register online at http://library.loudoun.gov or phone 703-777-0690.

JAZZ ON THE POTOMAC. 5:30-10p.m., Lansdowne Resort, 44050Woodbridge Parkway, Lansdowne.Features Double Digit. Includessummer foods prepared by the

culinary team. Call 703-729-8400 orvisit http://www.lansdowneresort.com.

INSECTS FOR EVERYBODY. 10-11a.m., Claude Moore Park, 21544 OldVestal’s Gap Road, Sterling. Join aninsect scientist and park volunteer toexplore the beetles, butterflies,dragonflies, etc. that live in the park.Call 571-258-3700 to register. Anadult must accompany children.

DETECTIVE DICTIONARY. 10:30a.m., Cascades Library, 21030Whitfield Place, Potomac Falls and 2p.m., Ashburn Library, 43316 HayRoad, Ashburn. A blend ofstorytelling, acting and inventivetheatrics, this original play exploresthe language arts including spelling,reading and much more. Visitlibray.loudoun.gov.

OPEN SKATE NIGHT. 5-7 p.m.,Douglass Community Center hockeyrink, 405 E. Market St., Leesburg.Bring skates or Rollerblades for anight of skating on the outdoor rink.Cost: $1. Call 703-771-5913.

SATURDAY/AUG. 9BOOK SWAP. 10 a.m.-12 p.m., Claude

Moore Community Center, 46111Loudoun Park Lane, Sterling. Call571-258-3500.

Lafayette Day returns to Temple Hall FarmRegional Park in Leesburg, Aug. 9.

Riders at last year’s event.

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There was an electric, celebratoryfeel at last Saturday’s ColonialSwim League (CSL) Gold Divi-sion postseason championships

event.The six-team meet, a qualifier for the

upcoming CSL All-Stars, took place atCountrySide in Sterling, home of the CSL’sCountrySide Waves.

The meet was the culmination of whathas been another successful Gold Divisionseason. Youngsters from all six of thedivision’s teams were spirited and enthusi-astic throughout the morning’s 50 events.Although it was mostly an overcast day, thesun did sneak out from time to time and a

nice breeze made the conditions comfort-able for the viewing fans on hand at thecommunity pool.

There were breaks throughout the morn-ing races, giving swimmers a chance to so-cialize with teammates and, perhaps, visitfriends from other teams. The aroma ofcooked hamburgers and hot dogs in the airadded to the festive feel.

Several of Saturday’s top finishers werescheduled to compete at this Saturday’s(Aug. 2) league All-Stars meet at BurkeCentre pool from 8 a.m. to noon. The topswimmers from the CSL’s Gold, Red, Blueand White Divisions will be on-hand to par-ticipate at that showcase event.

AT SATURDAY’S Gold Division champi-onships, meet announcer Gary Mears keptfans on top of the action as he announcedupcoming events and place finishersthroughout the morning. Mears, like thekids competing in the pool, appeared to beenjoying the day.

“Summer swimming is fun,” said Mears,during a break in the action. “Some of thekids are real accomplished swimmers who

swim year round on their club teams.”Mears’ son, Andy Mears, was part of the

day’s goings-on as an assistant coach for thehost CountrySide club. Andy recently com-pleted his freshmen year at the Universityof Maryland.

Gary said announcing such a big eventwas not stressful, but fun.

“It’s pretty smooth,” he said. “I have themeet sheets, so I can keep track of theevents.”

Participating swimmers ranged in agefrom eight to 18.

Many of the youngsters and/or teenag-ers wore decorative artwork painted ontheir arms, legs, faces, stomachs or backs.One younger boy had a huge letter ‘I’ onthe top of his back and a large ‘M’ under-neath it, indicating he was particularly fo-cused for his individual medley event.

One of the t-shirts worn by a member ofthe Arlington Knights of Columbus HolyMackerels team summed up the day’s pri-orities. It read, ‘Swim Fast, Have a Blast.’

Winning and losing was secondary, as ithas been throughout the Gold Division sea-son, to having fun in the sport and spendingquality time with teammates and friends.

It should be noted, however, that Coun-tryside carried a perfect 5-0 regular seasonrecord this summer to finish first overall inthe Gold Division.

The Waves’ coaches, Katie Endres andReina Mason were both proud of theirteam’s hard work ethic and accomplish-ments over the course of the season. A yearago, CountrySide experienced a winlesssummer of 2007, so the dramatic turn-around was quite impressive.

“We didn’t have as many year roundswimmers last year,” said Endres, who saidthe ’07 club had maybe four such athletes.“This year we have over 20.”

Endres, a recent graduate of William &Mary, said her CountrySide squad workedhard in both practices and at meets.

“All of our kids worked real hard and werededicated,” she said. “They came to prac-tice and were a great team this year.”

Mason said one of the summer highlightscame in the Waves’ final regular season

meet at Arlington. Going into that meet,CountrySide was determined to win andfinish the summer at a perfect 5-0. And theydid just that.

“They were revved up,” said Mason. “I neversaw a team that wanted it so much. Theyworked hard at all their meets this season.”

The participating teams at the Gold Divi-sion championships were: CountrySideWaves, Arlington Knights of Columbus,Chinquapin Wahoos, Glen Cove Pirates,Saratoga Stingrays, and the Sugarland RunDolphins.

Gold Division Event WinnersBoys 8-under 25-free: Daniel MullenGirls 8-under 25-free: Madeline MacphailBoys 9-10 50-free: Bryce HartzelGirls 9-10 50-free: Lauren PetersonBoys 11-12 50-free: Ian ShackleyGirls 11-12 50-free: Kathleen ButlerBoys 13-14 50-free: Riley JamisonGirls 13-14 50-free: Gloria MavrovaBoys 15-18 50-free: Cole JamisonGirls 15-18 50-free: Hilary StetekluhBoys 8-under 25-back: Jonathan PriestGirls 8-under 25-back: Madeline

MacphailBoys 9-10 50-back: Nicolas ReevesGirls 9-10 50-back: India SeldinBoys 11-12 50-back: Javier MeryGirls 11-12 50-back: Hannah ThomasBoys 13-14 50-back: Riley JamisonGirls 13-14 50-back: Carson NewtonBoys 15-18 50-back: Cole JamisonGirls 15-18 50-back: Hilary StetekluhBoys 8-under 25-breast: Cole RigginsGirls 8-under 25-breast: Elizabeth MoranBoys 9-10 50-breast: Ben OrttGirls 9-10 50-breast: Bailey HartzelBoys 11-12 50-breast: Christopher HannGirls 11-12 50-breast: Kayla ShoemakerBoys 13-14 50-breast: Grant DekerGirls 13-14 50-breast: Ariana StaffenBoys 15-18 50-breast: Travis ClawsonGirls 15-18 50-breast: Megan BaselBoys 8-under 25 fly: Jonathan PriestGirls 8-under 25-fly: Ava HansonBoys 9-10 25-fly: Nicolas ReevesGirls 9-10 25-fly: India Seldin

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Sports

By Michael Garcia

Special to the Connection

At the Colonial Swim League (CSL)Blue Division Championships lastSaturday, Ellyn Baumgardner ofthe Chase Club Sharks broke her

own record in the 50-meters breaststrokeevent. Her winning mark was 33.07. Ear-lier this summer, Baumgardner had set thedivision record in the event with a time of33.01.

The Blue Divisionals were a qualifier forthis Saturday morning’s CSL All-Stars meetthat will take place at Burke Centre.

At Divisionals, teams wanted to concludetheir division seasons on a high note. Un-like the regular season dual team meets,swimmers were going up against top com-petitors from all across the division.

“It’s crowded and tiring,” said 18-year oldTommy Prioletti of Chase Club, ofDivisionals. “It’s so much longer than a nor-mal meet.”

Prioletti has been competing within theCSL since he was a seven-year-old.

Chase Club coach Sandy Veatch said theiris nothing quite like season-endingdivisionals.

“The Divisional meets are exciting,” saidVeatch, the second year Chase Club coach.

“It’s a lot of work, but it’s great when allthe parents come together and can set thewhole place up [for the showcase event].We have great parents. It’s nice for the com-munity.”

BEN SHIRLEY, 12, of the Chantilly Na-tional Golf and Country Club, said he en-joys going up against some of the league’stop swimmers.

“I’ve been [to divisionals] before,” saidShirley. “It’s just really fun to see the bestof the best in the division.”

Shirley was a first place finisher in theboys’ 11-12 breaststroke finals.

“It feels really good [to win],” said Shirley.“I’m really proud of myself. I didn’t expect

Ending the Swim Season with a Splash

Chase Club was the place to be for last Saturday’s Blue Division Champi-onships.

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Colonial Swim League Divisionals brings outthe best in competition, fun.

to do this good.”A.J. Dunn, 18, a member of the Fort

Meyer’s squad, competed at divisionals forthe final time.

“It’s my last year, so I’m just trying to goout with a bang,” said Dunn. “I’ve beenswimming competitively since I was eight.With Fort Meyer, this is my fourth year.”

Dunn said the Fort Meyer team facedsome stiffer competition this summer.

“We just moved up a division,” he said.“We were in the bottom division before thisyear, and we didn’t have the same kind ofcompetition. You move up, and there arefaster teams and a lot faster people. It’s re-ally good though. I really like the competi-tion. It really pushes me to go fast.”

ONE OF THE GREAT aspects ofDivisionals is that the annual postseasonevent is an individual event as opposed toa team event.

Laura Chapman, who has been coachingat Sequoia Farms the past seven years, saidDivisionals often brings out the best inswimmers.

“I think these events are awesome,Divisionals especially, because it’s moreabout the individuals than it is the wholeteam,” said Chapman. “It really gives thekids personally a chance to get their owntimes rather than having to worry aboutscoring for everybody.”

Swimmers are able to challenge them-selves to come up with there best times ofthe season at Divisionals.

“Absolutely, that’s one of the most reward-ing things,” said Chapman. “Seeing all thekids improve on their times, from the be-ginning of the season to the end.”

Armfield Farm was the Blue Division regu-lar season champion this summer. PhilCaslavka coached the team.

“It was a good season,” said Caslavka, inhis second summer at the helm of theArmfield Farm program. “It feels prettygood. It was unexpected.”

Of Saturday’s Divisionals, Caslavka said,

“It’s really exciting. Everyone gets to do theirbest and make the All-Star cut.”

The Divisionals are an all around funevent because they bring together all of theteams for one huge morning of swimming.But kids want to perform well against theirpeers.

“It’s a really intense time for the kids toget their individual best times,” saidManorgate coach Steve Thorne. “It’s a re-ally great time for the kids to be put againstswimmers of their [similar] ability, youknow. They just push each other.

“It’s a great celebration of the team’sachievements throughout the year,” saidThorne, completing his fifth season as coachat Manorgate. “But this meet focuses oneach individual’s achievements as well,more so than the other meets do.”

Manorgate is completing its third seasonas a member of the renowned CSL.

“One of the reasons we joined this leagueis because of the level of competitivenessand sportsmanship and everything like

that,” said Thorne. “It’s a great experiencefor the kids to be involved with. And it’s[also] good because the eight-year olds getto see the 18-year olds compete, and in noother sport do you get that.”

At the CSL Red Divisionals, RobertGrimmett-Norris of the Chantilly HighlandsDolphins set three league marks in the boys’15-18 age group.

Grimmett-Norris’ time of 1:01.38 in the100-IM broke his own league record fromlast year’s league All-Stars event.

Also, in the 50-butterfly, he broke an 11-year league record with a time of 26.37.

And in the 50-backstroke, Grimmett-Norris timed at 27.44, breaking his ownrecord in the event from last year when hetimed at 28.22. Incredibly, over the past twoyears, he has lowered the backstroke recordby a total of 1.5 seconds. Prior to Grimmett-Norris’ emergence in the event in recentyears, the CSL 50-back mark had stood for18 years.

The Leesburg Post 181 Knights’American Legion baseball team

finished their inaugural season with a 17-2 regular season record. They captured firstplace in the District 16 standings. As a re-sult, the Knights entered the District 16postseason tournament as the No. 1-seed.

More information on the Post 181 teamcan be obtained on the Virginia AmericanLegion Baseball website at: scorebook.com/dvalb.

The Knights were coached by TomWhipple.

The Loudoun South Eagles Base-ball Club is seeking players for 13U travelteam. Tryouts will be Aug. 17, 23 and 24

Summer Sports Roundup

for Fall/Spring teams. Please contact SamHarbin at 703-468-1122 or atSmharbin@Verizon.net

Registration for the 2008 LoudounCounty Fall Flag Football Classic has

Begun. The Loudoun County Departmentof Parks, Recreation and Community Ser-vices is pleased to announce that registra-tion for the Football Classic is underway.The tournament will include Men’s ‘A’ and‘B’ divisions, as well as Women’s and Coeddivisions. Tournament games will be playedon Sunday mornings starting Sept. 6 usingmodified USFFA league rules. The team for-mat will be 8-on-8. The registration dead-line is 5:30 p.m. on Aug. 15. The entry fee

is $675 per team. There is an additional $29fee for each non-county resident player.Teams must provide flag-a-tag sonic boom

flag belts. For entry details and information,please contact Tim Lander at 703-737-8450or tim.lander@loudoun.gov.

Event WinnersBoys 11-12 50-fly: Ian ShackleyGirls 11-12 50-fly: Emma SweeneyBoys 13-14 50-fly: Riley JamisonGirls 13-14 50-fly: Jalyn MarksBoys 15-18 50-fly: Cole JamisonGirls 15-18 50-fly: Hilary StetekluhBoys 8-under 100-IM: Daniel Mullen

Girls 8-under 100-IM: Elizabeth MoranBoys 9-10 100-IM: Nicolas ReevesGirls 9-10 100-IM: Lauren PetersonBoys 11-12 100-IM: Christopher HannGirls 11-12 100-IM: Kathleen ButlerBoys 13-14 100-IM: Grant DekerGirls 13-14 100-IM: Ariana StaffenBoys 15-18 100-IM: James McKissickGirls 15-18 100-IM: Alexandra Endres

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Rep. Frank Wolf (R-10) announces the 10thDistrict’s appointments to the nation’s service acad-emies.

United States Military Academy, Matthew Ed-ward Dillon of Ashburn, Bishop O’Connell HighSchool.

United States Naval Academy, ChristopherGear of Leesburg, Thomas Jefferson High School;Emily Ray King of Ashburn, Stone Bridge HighSchool.

United States Air Force Academy, SarahJustine Radakovich of Leesburg, Stone BridgeHigh School.

The appointees were nominated by Wolf’s 10thDistrict service academy advisory board, whichinterviews candidates and recommends nominees.

Army Pfc. Cesar Abanto has graduated frombasic combat training at Fort Jackson, Columbia,S.C.

During the nine weeks of training, the soldierstudied the Army mission, history, tradition andcore values, physical fitness, and received instruc-

Christine Parfitt, vice chairman of the Spay Today and Briggs AnimalAdoption Center community development board, Investigator BudHerndon and his partner, Jimmy, a female canine accelerant officer, andAnne Small, chairman of the Spay Today and Briggs Animal AdoptionCenter community development board.

Providing Lifetime Care

Loudoun County Fire Investigator William “Bud” Herndon and his partner, Jimmy,a female canine accelerant officer, were presented with a lifetime care certificatefrom the Briggs Animal Adoption Center (BAAC), meaning Jimmy will be pro-

vided with a lifetime supply of food and veterinary care.The BAAC is a program of The National Humane Education Society, a 501(c)(3) non-

profit, with a mission to foster a sentiment of kindness towards animals.

People

People Notes

tion and practice in basic combat skills, militaryweapons, chemical warfare and bayonet training,drill and ceremony, marching, rifle marksmanship,armed and unarmed combat, map reading, fieldtactics, military courtesy, military justice system,basic first aid, foot marches, and field training ex-ercises.

He is the son of Segundo Abanto of FairleighCourt, N.E., Leesburg.

Eileen Nguyen and Lynn Ruths, with theLoudoun County Department of Management andFinancial Services, have completed the VirginiaGovernment Finance Officers’ Association(VGFOA) Certificate Program. The program re-quires individuals to complete and pass exams inVirginia law and other related topics pertinent tostate and local governments.

The Ida Lee Lifeguarding Team won theVirginia Parks and Recreation Society’s (VRPS)Lifeguarding Cup for the second year in a row July12. Twelve teams participated in six events. TheIda Lee team included Brian Markley, LaurenGladish, Amy Johnson, Kempsy Clark, Sean Bur-rows and John Sugden.

Jeremiah Cunningham of Ashburn, Class of2010 at St. Lawrence University, N.Y., has beenselected for the dean’s list for academic achieve-ment during the spring semester. Cunninghamgraduated from Salisbury School in Salisbury. Heis majoring in psychology and he participates inhockey on campus.

The following incidents were reported by theLoudoun County Sheriff’s Office. This report isnot all-inclusive for cases reported.

ARMED ROBBERYSaffron Court, Sterling. July 25, 12:45

a.m. A deputy was called to residence around3:30 a.m. for a report of robbery that occurrednearly three hours earlier. The victims told thedeputy they were in the area of the listed lo-cation sitting in a vehicle when two unknownsuspects approached them. One of the suspectsassaulted the driver and a second suspect en-tered the car and struck another victim. Oneof the suspects then brandished a possible fire-arm. The suspects are described as blackmales.

One suspect was described as being 6 feettall and wearing an orange shirt and a darkbaseball hat. The second suspect was said tobe wearing all black. The Sheriff’s Office Crimi-nal Investigations Division is investigating theincident.

LARCENY20900 block Duryea Terrace,

Ashburn. July 23, 6 p.m.-July 24, 6:30 a.m.Unknown subject(s) entered an unlocked ve-hicle and removed change and a cell phoneheadset.

20 block Brookfield Circle, Sterling.July 23, 11 p.m.-July 24, 6:46 a.m. Unknownsubject(s) entered a vehicle and removed amakeup kit and a compact-disc case contain-ing miscellaneous CDs.

Crime

ASSAULT/ATTEMPTED ROBBERYWest Maple Avenue, Sterling. July 23,

11:39 p.m. Deputies responded to the emer-gency room of Inova Hospital at Lansdowne fora reported victim of an assault and attemptedrobbery. The 19-year-old victim reported walk-ing in the area of West Maple Avenue nearGuilford Elementary School when an unknownsubject approached him from behind. Severalmore subjects then assaulted him. The LoudounCounty Sheriff’s Office Criminal InvestigationsDivision is investigating the case.

TRAFFIC STOP46800 block Ducksprings Way, Ster-

ling. July 22, 6:27 p.m. A 21-year-old male ofAshburn was charged with assault and battery,destruction of property, trespassing, obstruc-tion of justice, driving without a license. Adeputy initiated a traffic stop on a vehicle. Thedriver fled on foot and damaged a woodenfence as he attempted to run. A citizen at-tempted to help restrain the suspect who thenstruck the citizen to break free. A second deputyassisted in the chase and the suspect was appre-hended. He was being held at the LoudounCounty Adult Detention Center without bond.

REPORT GANG ACTIVITYCall the Sheriff’s Office’s nonemergency

number, 703-777-1031 or if it is an emergencydial 911. To report gang trends, call 1-866-NO-GANGS or the Gang Response InterventionTeam (GRIT), 703-777-0303.

Brewery Event, Wednesday, July 30, 7 p.m.,Tuscarora Mill Restaurant, 203 Harrison St.,Leesburg. Includes Petaluma’s food and Tuskie’sbeer. Rob Lindenbusch will be a special guest. Cost:$75 per person. Call 703-771-9300.

Enjoy five courses of Chef Aaron McCloud’sgourmet food paired with Russian vodkas at “ThePerfect Martini” Dinner held at Vintage 50Restaurant, 50 Catoctin Circle, Leesburg. Cocktailsat 7 p.m. followed by dinner at 7:30 p.m., July 31.Cost: $70 per person. Call 703-777-2169 or visitwww.vintage50.com.

Food Mysteries. Solve mysteries regarding

Food & Drink

food at Sterling Library, 120 Enterprise St., Ster-ling, July 31, at 2 p.m. Learn about different foodsand perhaps have a snack, too. Ages 6-10. Regis-ter online at http://library.loudoun.gov or phone703-430-9500.

Saturday, Aug. 2, 11 a.m.-6 p.m., Sunday, Aug.3, 11 a.m.-5 p.m., Tarara Vineyard and Winery,13648 Tarara Lane, Leesburg. Celebrate the 8thAnnual Blackberry Days Wine Festival withwine, live bands and blackberry picking. Childrenwill enjoy the Kid’s Grape Escape. Cost: $10 perperson in advance, $15 at gate, $8 for those under21, free for children under 6. Call 703-771-7100 orvisit www.tarara.com for tickets.

Health Notes

Send announcements, which are open to thepublic at no or minimal cost, to The Loudoun Con-nection, 7913 Westpark Drive, McLean, VA 22102or e-mail loudoun@connectionnewspapers.com.Deadline is Friday, two weeks before the event.Photos/artwork encouraged. For more informa-tion, call 703-917-6454; for additional listings,visit www.connectionnewspapers.com.

Inova HealthSource will conduct glucosetesting and cholesterol checks the secondTuesday of each month, from 9:30-11:30 a.m.,at the Senior Center at Cascades Marketplace,21060 Whitfield Place, Sterling. Call 703-430-2397.

The Man-to-Man Prostate Cancer sup-port group meets on the second Tuesday ofeach month, from 6:30-8 p.m., at the SeniorCenter at Cascades Marketplace, 21060Whitfield Place, Sterling. Call 703-430-2397.

Diabetes support group meets the sec-ond Tuesday of each month at LeesburgSenior Activity Center, 215 Depot Court,Leesburg, 11 a.m. Free. Call 703-737-8039.

Loudoun Healthcare’s mobile health vanwill be providing health screenings, check-upsand referrals the first Wednesday of eachmonth, at Leesburg Senior Activity Center, 215Depot Court, Leesburg, 9:30 a.m.-noon. Free.Call 703-737-8039.

Ashburn Bipolar Support Group. A free,peer-led support group for those with bipolardisorder. Meets every other Saturday, at 5:30p.m., at Ashburn Psychological Services, secondfloor, 44110 Ashburn Shopping Plaza, Ashburn.Contact Angela at ashburn@dbsanova.org or703-282-0262.

Loudoun Dads is a Northern Virginia sup-port group for new fathers and for expectantfathers.

The group meets every Tuesday, 8 p.m., atInova Loudoun Hospital’s Lansdowne Campus,44045 Riverside Parkway, Leesburg, family edu-cation classroom on the second floor. Thegroup’s facilitator is Dr. Damon Moore of Pedi-atric Healthcare, P.C. Participants can call703-858-6360 or visit the Web site atwww.thebirthinginn.org.

Breast cancer information and sup-port available on the 24-hour Y-ME NationalBreast Cancer Hotline. Calls answered by trainedpeer counselors who are all breast cancer survi-vors. 1-800-221-2141 with interpreters in 150languages.

The staff from Lenscrafters at Dulles TownCenter will provide eyeglass care the secondWednesday each month, from 1-2 p.m., at theSenior Center at Cascades Marketplace, 21060Whitfield Place, Sterling. Call 703-430-2397.

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Alex. Dept. of Social Services, Attn: DHS Personnel, 2525 Mount Vernon Ave.,

Alexandria, Va. 22301. Call (703) 838-0810 or

https://jobs.agencies.virginia.gov

Deadline for submitting applications is Friday, August 15th, at 12:00 noon.

3 RE for Rent

RESTON- 3BR,2.5BA THWalk to town ctr,new hrdwd

flrs, rem kit, $300 off 1st mnths rent $1795. 240-398-0472

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EmploymentEmployment

OFFICE ADMIN ASSISTANTF/T. Genr’l Office Admin Assistant for Restaurant Mgmt Co. Duties to incld but not limited to: filing, data entry, answer phone, filling supply requests, sort mail. Must have strong organizational skills, knowl of MS Word & Excel. Friendly of-fice environ. Salary neg, depending on exp. Benefits: 401(K), med/dent, pd vac.

Fax resume to 703-273-9870 or email to: vanmanmb@aol.com

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‘00 Ford Exp 78k miles $9,800 Fully loaded Eddie Bauer, Never wrecked 4WD tow package Black & Tan, well maintained, All paperwork

Call 703-313-0671

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Park Lawn-Garden of

Meditation cemeteryBurial rights for 2 people.

Turf topped crypt. Bronze memorial, incl.

vase & granite. orig $6100 sacrifice for

$4,000. 301-785-8169

26 Antiques

We consign/pay top $ for antique/semi antique furn.

including mid century & danish modern Teak

furniture, sterling, mens watches, painting/art glass,

clocks, jewelry, costume jewelry, etc. Call Schefer

Antiques @ 703-241-0790.

29 Misc. for Sale

$250 KING Pillow Top Mattress & Box set (3pc)-Brand New, Never Used

w/warranty. (Retail $500+) Deliverable 571-926-1990

7 PC Cherry Sleigh Bedroom set - Brand new in boxes,

Worth $1200+ (Can help deliver)Asking $575

571-926-1990

QN Pillow Top Mattress & box set Brand new in plastic

w/warranty! Can deliver. (Worth $300+) MUST SELL

$150 571-926-1990

105 Health & Fitness

SENIOR (60+) WORKOUTS

Personal trainer will work with you 1-on-1 at my studio. $45/hour.

Certified; insured; 10 yrs experience. Call Mike

703-356-4006

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to the Crossword Puzzle Desk, fax #703-917-0998!The winner of puzzle #0319-1 is:

Shirley CarpenterNote: Due to space limitations, the crossword may not appear from

time to time. In that case, you may look on our Web site:www.connectionnewspapers.com and click on the “Print Editions” button.

It should appear in a newspaper from a different Classifieds zone.

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Call 703.582.2110Asphalt, Concrete and BrickResidential and Commercial

Resurfacing, Repair, ResealingSidewalks, steps, Patios7AM – 11PM • 7 Days/wk

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Y & Y CLEANING13 yrs Exp.

Excellent Refs, Guaranteed Satisfaction,

Call Yamilet

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We Accept All Major Credit CardsLicensed, Insured, Bonded • Free EstimatesPhone: 703-887-3827 Fax: 703-803-3849

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H O M E R E M O D E L I N G

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Free Estimates • Excellent ReferencesCall Thomas Martins

703-327-1889Established 1988

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Trees & Plants | Walls & Walkways| PondsPatios | Lighting | Sod Installation | Much More

*Free Estimates*703.919.4456

Design &Installation

JUAN’S LANDSCAPING

540-869-0948 • Cell 703-732-7175

Since 1987

Res./Com. • Free Estimates

• COMPLETE TREE SERVICE • MASONRY• HAULING • BACKHOE • EXCAVATING • DRYWALL• POWER WASHING • HANDYMAN • PAINTING

A&S Construction

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• Basement Finishing• Retaining Walls • Patios• Decks • Porches (incl. screened) • Erosion & Grading Solutions• French Drains • Sump Pumps• Driveway Asphalt Sealing

•Patios •Walkways•Retaining Walls

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Residential Top Job AwardResidential and Commercial Services

• Interior and Exterior Painting• Faux Finishing

• Drywall Hanging, Finishing and Repairs• Interior Moldings Crown-Chair Rail-Shadow Boxing

• Exterior Trim Repair/Replacement• Decks cleaned and Sealed

• General Contractor Services• For Evaluation and Consultation Call

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ALL TYPES OF:RoofingSiding

GuttersWindows

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Full Service Roofing CompanyRepair • Refurbishing • Replace

All Major Roof Types703-768-2151

Call today for your Free Estimate Lic. & Ins.

CLEANING

A CLEANING SERVICE

Since 1985/Ins & BondedQuality Service at a Fair Price

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ENGLISH-SPEAKING ONE-WOMAN

HOUSECLEANING.14 Years Experience.

Honest, reliable, loves animals.

Reasonable rates. 703-855-3302

GUTTER

703-802-0483

MOWING, TRIMMING,EDGING, MULCHING

& TRIM HEDGES

LAWN SERVICE

Group Rates Avail.!

PINNACLESERVICES, INC.

PINNACLE SERVICES,

703-802-0483GROUP RATES

AVAILABLEFREE EST

•GUTTER CLEANING•SMALL REPAIRS•SCREENING•POWERWASHING

Metro GutterClean/Install/Repair

703-354-4333

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• Wood Replace & Wrapping• Pressure Washing,• Chimney Sweeping & Repair

metrogutter.com

HAULING

Spring GeneralYard Cleanup, Tree

& Trash removal

ANGEL’S HAULING

703-863-1086703-373-3297

New#- 571-312-7227

AL’S HAULINGJunk & RubbishConcrete, furn.,office,

yard, construction debrisLow Rates NOVA

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IMPROVEMENTS

We Accept VISA/MC

703-441-8811

HOME INSPECTION LISTREPAIRS, CERAMIC TILE,PAINTING, DRYWALL,CARPENTRY, CUSTOMWOOD REPAIR, LT. PLUMBING &ELECTRICAL, POWER WASHING

Since 1964

TheHANDYMANA DIVISION OF NURSE CONSTRUCTION

LANDSCAPING

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Yard Work, Trees & ShrubsTrimmed/Removed!Mulching, Hauling,Gutter Cleaning, etc.Free estimates!703-385-3338

A&SLANDSCAPING

Retaining Walls • PatiosDecks • French Drains

703-863-7465

•Tree Stump Removal• Clean-up Grounds

•Leaf Removal

ANGEL’STREE & HEAVY

TRASH HAULING

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PAINTING

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Free Est. • Satisfaction Guar.!

Lic./Ins. Int./Ext.

703-502-7840Cell

571-283-4883

ROOFING

Roofing & Siding(All Types)

Soffit & Fascia WrappingNew Gutters

Chimney CrownsLeaks RepairedNo job too small

703-975-2375

TREE SERVICE

•Tree Stump Removal• Clean-up Grounds

•Leaf Removal

ANGEL’STREE & HEAVY

TRASH HAULING

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Start every daywith a smilenad get it overwith.— W. C. Fields

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$355sq. ft. inst

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