Loudoun News Briefs

by The Loudoun Extra

Thursday, May 15, 2008

Informational Meeting on Sheriff Substation

A public information session on the western Loudoun County sheriff’s substation project will take place at 7 p.m. June 12 at Round Hill Elementary School, 17115 Evening Star Dr.

The proposed substation, on Route 7 near Simpsons Creek Road, would provide patrol, crime prevention and other law enforcement services. Sheriff’s officials said it would mean fewer trips by deputies to headquarters in Leesburg and an expansion of the sheriff’s community policing program.

The sheriff’s office opened its first county-owned substation last summer in South Riding. Substations also are planned in Brambleton and Sterling.

Pit Stops Set Up for Bike to Work Day

Loudoun County will operate two pit stops for bicycle riders who participate in Bike to Work Day tomorrow. The national event is designed to promote biking as an alternative to driving to work.

Twenty-two pit stops will be operated throughout the Washington region. Loudoun’s stops will be at Raflo Park on Harrison Street in Leesburg from 6 to 9 a.m. and at Orbital Sciences Corp. in Sterling from 6:30 to 9 a.m. The stops will have free food and raffle prizes.

For more information, call 703-737-8044 or visit www.waba.org.

Future Schools Topic of Community Meeting

The Loudoun County Board of Supervisors will host a community meeting to discuss future schools in the Lovettsville area at 7 p.m. May 28 at Lovettsville Elementary School, 49 S. Loudoun St.

An elementary school is scheduled to open in the area in 2012, a middle school in 2015 and a high school in 2017.

Supervisors Sarah R. “Sally” Kurtz (D-Catoctin) and James Burton (I-Blue Ridge), Lovettsville Mayor Elaine Walker, School Board members and Loudoun County public schools staff members will attend.

County Tourism Videos to Debut at Tally Ho

A series of tourism videos produced by the Loudoun County Convention and Visitors Association will be shown at the Tally Ho Theatre in Leesburg from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Wednesday.

The 36 short videos were designed to highlight tourist attractions, including wineries, heritage sites, restaurants and historic towns. The videos include commentary by county residents and tourists and music by local musicians. They will be posted on the county’s tourism Web site, www.visitloudoun.org, at www.youtube.com and on the digital media player application iTunes, county staff members said.

The showing at the Tally Ho is free. Those planning to attend should call 703-771-2170, Ext. 20, or e-mail sexton@visitloudoun.org by Monday.

-- Compiled by ARIANNE ARYANPUR

Tagged: Lovettsville, Round Hill Elementary School, Tally Ho Theatre

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