Matt Vest and Courtney Allison dance at the second annual Partners Club Ball Feb. 6 at Loudoun Valley High School in Purcellville. Special needs students from Valley, Heritage, and Loudoun County High School danced the night away with their non-disabled peers. Dance ticket profits were donated to Loudoun County Special Olympics.

Photo: Cynthia Clark

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Hayley Grabner and Kendra Hamilton dance at the second annual Partners Club Ball Feb. 6 at Loudoun Valley High School in Purcellville. Special needs students from Valley, Heritage and Loudoun County High School danced the night away with their non-disabled peers. Dance ticket profits were donated to Loudoun County Special Olympics.

Photo: Cynthia Clark

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Siblings Jon and Brooke Urda dance at the second annual Partners Club Ball Feb. 6 at Loudoun Valley High School in Purcellville. Special needs students from Valley, Heritage, and Loudoun County High School danced the night away with their non-disabled peers. Dance ticket profits were donated to Loudoun County Special Olympics.

Photo: Cynthia Clark

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The Dominion boys basketball team poses with a new banner after clinching their first Virginia AA Dulles District title against Potomac Falls.

Photo: Maryanna Conboy

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Elsa and Gustavo Baretto enjoy an afternoon of dancing and socializing at the Senior Center at Cascades Valentine's Dance.

Photo: Erik Onate

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Bob and Berta Robinson pose for a photo at the Senior Center at Cascades Valentine's Dance.

Photo: Erik Onate

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Two Guinea Fowl share a Valentine's Day kiss.

Photo: John Stafford Sr.

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The "ice volcano" in the Lansdowne lake off Route 7 is covered in snow during Loudoun's first 2009 snowfall.

Photo: J.R.

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The rippled surface of the "ice volcano" in Lansdowne near Route 7 as shot by local photographer J.R.

Photo: J.R.

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An ice geyser has formed in the Lansdowne lake off of Route 7.

Photo: Steve Butcher

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An ice geyser has formed in the Lansdowne lake off of Route 7.

Photo: Steve Butcher

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Matthew Butcher stands in front of the lake by Harris Teeter in Lansdowne off Route 7.

Photo: Steve Butcher

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A bed of stones received an artful dusting of snow during January's first snowfall.

Photo: Sarah Rose Pinney

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A dog enjoys the first snow of 2009.

Photo: Sarah Rose Pinney

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A table, retired for winter, is covered in January snow.

Photo: Sarah Rose Pinney

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An owl wears a white winter hat in South Riding.

Photo: Steve Schoenly

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A hill of rocks in South Riding received a heavy blanket of snow.

Photo: Steve Schoenly

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A creek flows near Elk Lick Road.

Photo: Steve Schoenly

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The thistles are covered in snow in South Riding.

Photo: Steve Schoenly

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A solitary sparrow rests in the South Riding snow.

Photo: Steve Schoenly

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