Archive for April, 2009

April 24, 2009
Edgar Hatrick, Superintendent of Loudoun County Public Schools, was both lauded and reviled this week.
The American Association of School Administrators chose Hatrick as its president elect for its year 2009-2010. Hatrick has belonged to the AASA for 22 years, serving on its Executive Committee and Governing Board.
“Ed is a veteran school leader… »

April 24, 2009
The Blue Ridge Leader, Purcellville’s newspaper for over two decades, will cease publication in its current form with this issue.
The Leader was born in 1984, when five local businessmen joined forces and funds to establish a free paper covering western Loudoun County from an office in the basement of the old firehouse on… »

April 24, 2009
I write in response to a comment made by Purcellville Mayor Bob Lazaro at the April 14 meeting of the Town Council where he stated an opinion about being critical of “someone” for getting involved after only being in Purcellville less than a year. While this statement was made known to me by… »

April 24, 2009
By Mark Dewey
Last week a herd of buffalo which had been living as relics on a farm near Round Hill crashed its fences and made a run for the old grazing grounds, remembering, perhaps, that its kind was here first. As of this writing, eight of them are still roaming the patchwork of… »

April 24, 2009
By Dr. Dave Williams
Coming from New England to Loudoun, some 25 years ago, I was for a long time thoroughly confused by Virginia’s seasons. My first winter, every time the snow fell and then in a few days melted, I kept thinking it was awfully early for Spring. In New England, the snow… »

April 24, 2009
As a mother, teacher, and 12-yr Loudoun County taxpayer, I am appalled that Loudoun officials, namely the Loudoun County Public School Board, have recently contracted to purchase a 170-acre site in the agricultural district of Wheatland (between Lovettsville and Purcellville) for a future 4,000+ student elementary school, middle school, and high school complex…. »

April 24, 2009
Kelsey Threatte of Lovettsville, is one of 40 college seniors in the country to win a highly competitive Thomas J. Watson Fellowship for a year of independent exploration and travel outside the United States.
Her creative research project, “Voice and Veil: The Power and Impact of Arab Women Poets on Society,” will take her… »

April 24, 2009
Halfway through the season, both Loudoun Valley Varsity and JV womens soccer teams are undefeated, with only one goal scored against total for each team, and that in non-district play. Head Coach Kerry Davidson, last year’s Cedar Run District Coach of the Year, has returned for her third season with the Vikes, aided… »

April 24, 2009
By Al Van Huyck
It was with great sadness that I heard the news that The Blue Ridge Leader was shutting down publication, another victim of the recession and declining ad revenues. The paper has always held a special place for me. I wrote 60 “View from the Ridge” columns in the 1990’s and… »

April 24, 2009
Two Loudoun Valley High School students were honored by the Ketoctin Chapter of the National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution on April 7.
Katie Russo won the American History Social Science Fair Award for a project called “George Versus George,” which analyzed the part King George played in the American Revolution…. »

April 24, 2009
Next weekend The Foxcroft School will host a riding clinic by Alison Firestone Robitaille, a 1995 Foxcroft graduate and a longtime member of the U.S Equestrian Team. Robitaille has represented the United States in many competitions, including the 1999 Pan American Games, where she helped earn the team Silver Medal, and the 1998… »

April 24, 2009
Farms and vineyards throughout Loudoun County will open their gates especially wide on May 16 and 17 to welcome visitors on the Spring Farm Tour. The self-guided driving tour allows people to experience the best of Loudoun’s rural economy: tour a winery, pick strawberries, listen to music, lunch on local foods, and buy… »

April 24, 2009
On Saturday the Loudoun Valley varsity baseball team lost their third straight game in as many days, losing to the Yorktown Patriots 5-0. Following their loss to Battlefield, 5-4, and to Fauquier, 14-12, the team was plagued by hitting and defensive problems. Yorktown pitched a complete shutout, allowing only three hits and striking… »

April 24, 2009
The Loudoun Valley varsity softball team had three back to back games last week; after losing a hard fought pitchers’ duel to Battlefield 1-0 in ITB play, the Vikes bounced back to play Fauquier next and answered on Hayley Grabner’s hard line drive which landed her on first and Karli Johnson-Kemp’s grand slam… »

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