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Celebrating Men and Their Passions IN CELEBRATION OF FATHER'S DAY, EACH JUNE WE LOOK TO THE MEN OF LOUDOUN COUNTY TO INSPIRE US. We wanted to hit on a few "manly" pursuits in this issue that would inspire us to either try our hand at a new hobby or dig deeper into the passions we already pursue. If we've learned nothing else from having time on our hands it is that practice makes perfect. When I think of Father's Day and my relationship with my father, I remember fondly the times we spent outdoors and the activities we shared together, whether it was through

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INSIDE THE ISSUE JUNE 2021 FEATURES 16 Liquid Gold Bringing Champagne to Loudoun County

22 Woodworking for Warren Snow is a Labor of Love Woodworker finds a Tree of Life in his Life's Work

28 Take a Walk on the Wilder Side of Loudoun Some places to get outside and enjoy some new passions

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32 Loudoun’s Medical Reserve Corps, Hastening The Return to Normal Loudoun County's vaccination program is fueled by volunteers

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Good Times

Around Town

Food & Wine

22 DIY 28 Water & Woods 32 Giving Back 40 Open House 46 Local Limelight

GOOD TIMES

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School and Aurora Behavior Clinic and annually hosts “Shocktober” as a fundraising haunted house for those nonprofits. Rachel Paxton donated the estate in trust to be used for children in need in perpetuity (see http://bit.ly/PaxtonPapers).

Says

Paige, “As a fresh mind and new Trustee, I look forward to helping the Trust tell the Paxton story and ensuring that her desire that her estate be used for the care and keeping of children is fully and effectively realized and preserved.”

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FOOD & WINE Sunset over the vineyard

Nate Walsh holding a bottle from his first shipment of Regnier-Raffin Champagne

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G O L D WINE IS A GIFT FROM GOD. Any juice left to nature will become wine. The winemaker is merely a conductor who coaxes the best that he can out of the process that God created. Beer, on the other hand, is purely a creation

teenager had been making her own Champagne with her

of man. Beer is engineered and requires multiple complex

father for her entire life. Her family had been growing grapes

steps and processes. The brewmaster is a highly skilled

on the same land for generation after generation back into

craftsman and his beer is his signature creation -- his

antiquity. It was in her very blood. And it was divine.

art. Where the two of these come together, where the divine

Upon returning to the States, I made it a mission to get

gift meets the skill of the craftsman, there is Champagne. It

her Champagne imported to the United States. For years, I

is the highest form of both.

made phone calls and wrote letters and scheduled meet-

In 2013, a young French girl named Agathe Raffin came to

ings. I paid out-of-pocket to get tasting samples shipped

stay for the summer with my daughter as a foreign exchange

in, all in an effort to convince someone, anyone to take a

student. One night, we pulled up Google Earth so that she

chance on this tiny little Champagne house and its liquid

could show us the tiny village where she was from. I thought

gold. Over and over again, I was told that, though it was

nothing more of it. Two years later, while traveling in France,

indeed very, very good Champagne, its annual production

her father invited my wife and I to stay with their family for

of fewer than 900 bottles was simply too small to be worth

a few days. The tiny spec of a village was Cramant, situ-

the cost of bringing it in. After all, the “experts” said, the

ated in the Southern part of the Champagne region. It’s a

wine market is severely overcrowded as it is, with more than

place trapped in time with quaint little cottages and shops

70,000 different labels for sale in the U.S. alone.

sporting little flower boxes in their windows lining the

And then COVID hit. I suddenly found myself stuck at

impossibly narrow streets, surrounded in every direction by

home with time on my hands and I got my own importer/

Champagne vineyards. It was breathtakingly beautiful.

distributor license. I would bring Regnier-Raffin Champagne

When I arrived, I knew nothing about Champagne. By

to the U.S. with my own hands if that’s what it took. Doing

the time we left a few days later, I had been immersed in the

so required me to register and be qualified with no fewer

history and culture of Champagne. Surrounded by gorgeous

than seven state and federal agencies. I paid fees, posted

landscape, we were treated to private tours of dozens of lit-

bonds, submitted to background checks, filled out forms,

tle Champagne houses and private tastings of bottle after

had the forms lost, resubmitted the forms, got interviewed

bottle of what can only be described as the nectar of the

by investigators, filled out more forms and created new

gods. More importantly, I discovered that this sweet young

accounts with more agencies.

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BRINGING CHAMPAGNE TO LOUDOUN COUNTY ARTICLE JIM MAGNER | PHOTOGRAPHY AGATHE RAFFIN AND MELINDA GIPSON

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Agathe in the Vineyard

I convinced Agathe and her father to

calls and emails to Nate at Walsh Family

let me purchase a small initial shipment

Wine assured them that it would be here

of a few hundred bottles. Then I man-

any day now, as week after week went

aged to convince Nate Walsh of Walsh

by. Finally, it came. And, thanks to Nate’s

Family Wine to take a chance on retail-

faith and support, it is available for sale,

ing it. Fortunately, all I had to do was

both at the winery and though his website

let the Champagne speak for itself and

(https://www.walshfamilywine.com/).

all it needed was someone courageous enough to listen. And then. Then, I discovered that France

two continents, the headaches and worry

was in lockdown, thanks to a bureaucratic

that my supplier, shipper or retailer would

response to the COVID pandemic. It took

bail on me? Lost nights of sleep worrying

nearly eight months to finally get the

that I had missed some form or fee or

Champagne loaded onto a ship, delivered

registration and my investment would be

to a wharf in New York, cleared through

trapped in permanent limbo in some for-

Customs and, finally, trucked to Virginia.

gotten corner of some forgotten govern-

We missed the opportunity to sell at the

ment warehouse? Was it worth it?

Thanksgiving

holiday,

Christmas,

New

Years, and Valentines’ Day. My frantic phone

See https://www.walsh familywine.com/Events for summer concerts and winemaker dinners this summer!

Agathe and her father. Pierre-Yves Raffin

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Just try the Champagne and you’ll understand why I had to do this.

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WOODWORKER FINDS A TREE OF LIFE IN HIS LIFE'S WORK

Woodworking for Warren Snow is a Labor of Love ARTICLE MELINDA GIPSON PHOTOGRAPHY MELINDA GIPSON, WARREN SNOW

WARREN SNOW’S WOODWORKING CAREER FOLLOWED RETIREMENT FROM THE AIR FORCE AS A COMMUNICATIONS OFFICER. Having dabbled in woodworking as a hobby, he decided that it offered everything he wanted in a second career: the ability to work by himself from home doing something creative. Looking at the hundreds of tools in his converted barn studio, it’s clear that part of the draw must have included always having the right tool for the job. He admits, “To do this kind of work, you’ve got to be a bit of a nerd. There’s a lot to learn.” He began his journey at Rockingham Community College in North Carolina near where he grew up, employing the G.I. Bill to take the school’s now defunct woodworking track. But, as it turns out, every piece Warren undertakes is an education. He specializes in marquetry: meticulously inlaid work of variously colored wood. The detail takes patience, and iteration, but he’s been lucky to have been offered custom work that allowed him to expand his talents, and perfect many of his own original pieces like the sleekly modern Mappa Burl Coffee Table that adorns his workspace. Because marquetry is, in effect, veneer, it sometimes gets a bad rap. Warren explains, “Solid wood over the long term doesn’t hold up as well as nicely-done veneer pieces.” Over time, solid wood expands and contracts, even when it’s finished and sealed, and can warp and crack. On the other hand, underlying veneer is a quality piece of plywood, engineered for stability.

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The Tree of Life wall display designed for Hospice Support of Fauquier. Walnut intarsia done on a marquetry background symbolizing the Blue Ridge Mountains

“ To do th is k i nd of work, you’ve got to be a bit of a nerd. T here’s a lot to lea r n.” CityLifestyle.com/Leesburg

DIY (CONTINUED) “The best furniture made by people is invariably veneered... allowing you to have a beautiful wood finish and amazing grains impossible with solid wood. For beauty, you can’t beat it.” It is time consuming and painstaking; Warren has about 60 hours in the Burl table, and many more in the three-paneled Tree of Life installation for Hospice Support of Fauquier County. “I found myself wishing I’d drawn fewer branches!” he quipped. Still, nothing is as rewarding as completing an intricate project or delighting a customer with something they’ll treasure. Nothing but love can describe it, and it waters Warren’s soul like the trees from which his art springs. :: WAR R E N ’S WOODWOR K ING TIPS :: 1 . Focus first on one area of woodworking: carpentry, carving, turning, cabinetry, or furniture, to name a few. 2. Don’t be too ambitious with your first project. Illustrated project plans are a big help to get to the finish line. 3 . Learn, learn, learn. Research your project. Good resources for project plans are Fine Woodworking Magazine and FineWoodworking.com. 4. If you don’t know other woodworkers, on-line woodworking forums are a great place to ask questions and get advice. 5 . Buy or find access to the tools you need for the project. On-line resources can help. 6 . Find a good source for hardwood lumber. This is different from a business for building materials. My favorite is C.P. Johnson Lumber near Culpepper. 7. Be Safe! Be kind to your ears, lungs, and eyes with ear plugs, dust masks, and safety goggles. Never have your hands in the line of a sharp, spinning blade. 8. Think through the best sequence of actions to complete the project. Good planning saves time and avoids mistakes. 9 . Accept that you will make mistakes. Creative solutions to mistakes can be one of the joys of woodworking. 10 . Have fun! Going from an idea to making something you’ll use every day is satisfying. See http://snowwoodworks.com or call 540-428-1763.

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fees charged for hunting licenses, and taxes on equipment like arrowheads, safety vests and duck blinds. “Saving open land from development is important and is also part of managing for healthy ecosystems,” says Virginia Department of Wildlife Resources’ Wildlife Biologist, Jordan Green. “Keeping the deer herd in check is tied in with having access to open lands, with benefits to both the sportsman and the landowner.” 3. BEAVERDAM RESERVOIR 1. LOUDOUN COUNTY CHAPTER OF THE

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offer opportunities to enjoy their outdoor spaces, and pro-

fishing. Beaverdam allows kayaks, canoes, jon boats and stand-up paddle-

tect them for others to enjoy. The Loudoun Chapter owns

boards, but not swimming. Some local high schools even row crew there.

88 acres including a stocked pond. They offer a variety of classes and firearms training, archery, a sight in range,

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off of Evergreen Mill Road. Visitors can explore the fields,

The G. Richard Thompson Wildlife Management Area (WMA) is

forests, wetlands, pond and river banks along 20 miles

among the most popular of Virginia’s game areas, says Jordan. The

of trails, a Visitor’s Center, and several historical sites on

nearly 4,000-acre area is located in Fauquier County along the

the property. Dogs are welcome but bikes and horses

Blue Ridge Mountains. Thompson WMA offers hunting, fishing, and

are not. The Preserve hosts managed hunts and a nov-

wildlife/bird watching as well as hiking along a 7-mile stretch of the

ice hunters’ program that matches adult hunters with

Appalachian Trail. The area is known for its spectacular spring wild-

a more experienced hunter for mentoring and learning.

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LINED DISPLAY WALLS, AND A SET OF GLEAMING

testing and other activities earlier in the pandemic.”

ESCALATORS REMAIN OF THE GRANDEUR THAT WAS

NORDSTROM’S

County employees also wear vests indicating their

144,000-SQUARE-FOOT

positions at the POD, though their underlying shirts aren’t

STORE AT DULLES TOWN CENTER. Incongruously,

color-coded: an employee of Parks & Recreation in khaki

the Muzak still plays. But now, those who hear it aren’t

shorts and a Washington Nationals hat is the Logistics

focused on finding the perfect prom dress, but rather on

Chief, and black-shirted Kevin Johnson serves as “boss

vaccinating as many Loudoun County residents 16 and

of the POD.” His day job: Coordinator for Emergency

older as quickly as possible.

Management for Loudoun County.

Here, at what has been transformed into the

For the last 20 years, Kevin and his county counterparts

Loudoun County Vaccination Site, a.k.a. “POD” (Point of

have helped to build an “all hazards” approach to strength-

Distribution), a new fashion statement reigns. Neon yellow

ening the county’s capability for response and recovery from

vests mark “Observers,” while a more sedate canary cov-

large scale incidents. COVID clearly qualifies, but rather than

ers “Registration” workers. Green marks “Logistics;” red,

focus on the current pandemic, he says, “The biggest thing

“Vaccinate” or “Recovery” personnel. Underneath, volun-

that has occurred over those last 20 years is the building of

teers for the county’s Medical Reserve Corps – the vast

partnerships and relationships.” By these he means part-

majority of workers manning the site – wear teal-colored

nerships with organizations. “Individuals, they come in, they

shirts while Health Department Employees sport royal

retire, they get promoted to other positions. People change,

blue. Firefighters and EMTs are in uniform.

but the organizations and the relationships definitely remain

Dr. David Goodfriend, Loudoun County Health Department director said, “It’s all coming together for

in place. What we’re seeing in an operation such as this are partnerships that can be enhanced and sustained.”

a common goal. That’s what makes it work; it’s not the

One of Loudoun’s most impactful partnerships is the one it

Health Department vaccination site; it’s not Fire and

enjoys with its Medical Reserve Corps volunteers, anchored

Rescue’s. We have a process that works for everyone

in the Health Department which recruits, trains, deploys and

and gets people through.” Because the site operates with

sustains them (https://www.loudoun.gov/1352/Medical-

just a handful of Health Department employees, he said

Reserve-Corps). Says Kevin, “MRC has been a tremendous

it wouldn’t have been possible without the MRC. “We

asset for the county’s response to the pandemic – not just

were fortunate to have a robust, well trained and exer-

here at this vaccination center, but at other vaccination cen-

cised MRC prior to the COVID-19 pandemic who could

ters and testing sites throughout the county.”

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Just two full-time staff people marshal the time and

At the POD alone, volunteers with medical training

talents of more than 1,700 volunteers. One of these,

like dentists, pharmacists, veterinarians, EMTs and

MRC’s coordinator Francis Rath, beams with pride in

nurses prepare vaccine doses and vaccinate people.

his members as he ticks off their accomplishments.

Among the volunteer vaccinators we met on our

+ Volunteer numbers have more than doubled

POD visit was Dave Groy a retired Leesburg dentist.

since the pandemic began, with each recruit submit-

Jeff Kircher, a pharmacist from Vienna Drug Center,

ting to background checks, orientation and training.

let us photograph him as he mixed the Pfizer vaccine

Hundreds are weekly being vetted and put into the

with 1.8 mls of saline to prepare hundreds of correct

field, some as young as 16.

doses. “We’re doing both Moderna and Pfizer today

+ Since March 2020, approximately 200 volunteers each have put in more than 100 hours of service. + One volunteer has put in more than 900 hours of time since then. + 1,500 volunteers each have assisted in some manner with the COVID-19 response. + Collectively, that adds up to more than 80,000 hours of time worth more than $2,000,000.

and whenever Johnson & Johnson comes back, we’ll use that as well,” he says. Het Mithani, post-vaccination supervisor, lives in Ashburn. He says he was among those who signed up at the start of the pandemic, and serves once or twice a week. “This is incredibly organized. We can get lines around the block here, but that’s kind of normal when you’re vaccinating 3,500 people a day. Once people register, they move through the line in

Perhaps the most important stats: as of this April

about 10-15 minutes, and then they’re here waiting

23rd, nearly 97,000 Loudoun County residents had

after their vaccination for 15-30 minutes so we can

been fully vaccinated, and – since the flood gates

make sure everything is going okay... There are EMTs

opened to everyone – the wait time for a vaccine

and even an on-call EMT with a crash cart just in

appointment after registering with the Virginia Health

case someone has an adverse reaction.”

Department has dropped to a week or less.

Others

without

medical

credentials

handle

It couldn’t have happened without some serious

logistics and PPE stocking and restocking, pro-

foresight. Post 9/11, hundreds of local MRCs were

vide wheelchairs and language translation where

formed across the country to provide short-term

necessary, manage sanitation and dispose of used

assistance to local health departments, but few took

registration, do post-vaccine monitoring and sched-

as active a role in preparedness organization and

ule follow-up vaccines. Phill Gross with Logistics

training as Loudoun’s local chapter, which partici-

details how PPE and other supplies come in on

pated in the MRC pilot program.

Mondays and Tuesdays and are unpacked in the

Francis, who has coordinated the MRC since

former loading dock area of the store. “If the zombie

2006, recalls, “No one envisioned that MRC mem-

apocalypse happened, we could live here probably

bers would be deployed for months at a time on a

for a couple of years just on what’s in this building

24/7 basis in multiple locations simultaneously as

already. There are tents, internet hotspots in case of

they are now. We had to quickly ramp up our number

an emergency – we’re fully equipped.”

of members – both medical and non-medical – and

Since 2020, MRC volunteers also have taken the

with it their training so we could meet the new and

lead for the county in providing flu vaccinations and

greatly expanded mission.”

infection control at the elections and primaries. Often

That mission touches every phase of Loudoun

working seven days a week, they’ve taken lengthy

residents’ COVID experience, from answering the

shifts at long-term care facilities, done contact trac-

COVID-19 Hot Line around the clock, to providing

ing and provided research support, helping to track

testing, to staffing every stage of vaccine logistics.

the disease’s spread.

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CONTINUED >

Dave Groy, a Retired Dentist, Vaccinates

Several Registrars Do Intakes

Loading Dock to the 'Zombie Apocalypse'

Phil Helps With Logistics

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Post-Vaccination Volunteers

Francis Urges Vaccination For All

As complex a system as it seems, Francis says all the shifts and staffing is managed online using simple web tools like SignUpGenius.com and Survey Monkey. Of course, knowing how the orga-

The MRC also supports mobile units and third-

nization should run is half the battle. To this task

party vaccination sites that are scheduled two or

Francis, a former international attorney whose

three times per week, designed to make testing

resume includes helping to bring democratic insti-

and vaccinations available at gathering places

tutions to governments in Eastern Europe, also

like churches, mosques or synagogues, to help

brings 25 years with Loudoun County Volunteer

people who would find it difficult to get to the

Rescue and as a paramedic with the Combined

primary center. When such events occur, they’re

Fire and Rescue, including four years as assistant

staffed via email alerts to those in the database

chief, and a Battalion Chief in Loudoun County.

who’ve said they’re available to serve. This log-

He also serves on the National Capital Region

ging and inputting 10-20 new recruits daily into

Incident Management team.

the database, relies on the help of officials in the

All the experience in the world can’t prepare

Loudoun Department of Information Technology

you for a situation you’ve never faced before,

and the Office of Elections and Voter Registration.

so there’s room for innovation too. Recently,

Says Francis, “I’ve had a lot of people tell me

the MRC was recognized by the Department of

how grateful they are just to be able to do some-

Homeland Security with an award for “Community

thing in this pandemic, whether it’s as simple as

Response -- COVID-19 Mission Specific: Testing

helping people fill out forms or putting needles in

Operations”for its mobile response units which

people’s arms. Everyone is critical to the process.”

have made it possible to do remote testing.

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“In the photo you’ll see a rolling cart with a cooler on it. We developed a system where we had people go to an apartment complex a day or two before to distribute door hangers and let everyone know a team would be coming by to do testing. If someone wanted to be tested they would put out the door hanger. On the day of the event volunteers would literally go floor by floor, door to door swabbing the residents.” Despite the labor-intensity of the process, the procedure is credited with identifying potential hotspots and preventing outbreaks – so much so that it was adopted by the National Organization of City and County Health Officials as a best practice nationwide. The MRC also won this year’s Outstanding Volunteer Award for “Volunteer Team” from Loudoun Cares, in a ceremony scheduled for late May. Of course, all the awards and stats fall short of telling the stories of people like the volunteer Francis said related Supplies Arrive Mondays & Tuesdays

her experience just spending time with a nursing home resident who hadn’t eaten in a couple of days. The volunteer had the time to sit and chat with the patient, and was able to get her to eat. The volunteer got quite emotional when she told of her time quietly sharing a meal with the older resident. “The personal satisfaction that she felt in just being there and providing human contact – there’s just no way to put a price on that,” Francis said. He advises everyone who hasn’t been vaccinated to either sign up online -- and as of April 29, residents can schedule their own appointments at https://www. loudoun.gov/5493/Schedule-a-Vaccine-Appointment -- or call 877-829-4682. “I encourage everyone to get a shot – it’s critical that we do this for as many people as

MRC's Mobile Testing Unit

possible.” MRC’s biggest need for volunteers is for medically trained people, but “we will certainly not turn away anybody who just wants to help!”

MRC Volunteers at an Offsite

For most volunteers, it’s one foot in front of the other for now. Steve Shoop, a post-vaccination volunteer, “Any day people are getting vaccinated is a good day.” Others see light at the end of the tunnel. Says Het, “I’m looking forward to kids getting back to school fulltime and seeing normal life again. I think kids are the ones who’ve been most affected by this. Adults have the capacity to get through things and understand that things are going to get better. But for some kids, this is all they’ve known for a year. When you’re younger that’s a really long time to form what is in their heads for the future.”

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