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A 5K race in Kailee Vance's honor will pass by her home May 10.
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Lansdowne on the Potomac residents are looking forward to the long-awaited reopening.
Currently, if residents want to swim indoors, they head down Route 7 to Ida Lee Recreation Center -- the community has a per-visit billing arrangement with the indoor pool and recreation facility.
Business as Usual
It was eerily quiet inside the Lansdowne Resort on Wednesday morning, the day after U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials arrested 59 immigrant workers who may have gained employment using illegal documents.
I thought I'd check out the resort and find out how they were coping with such a huge cut in staff.
At 9 a.m., a security guard was posted at the driveway to the Lansdowne entrance. I was sure I'd be stopped and turned away, but the guard was busy with another driver and didn't ask me to pull over.
Once inside the hotel, I visited the Riverside Hearth restaurant to grab a cup of coffee.
A few small groups were dining in the restaurant, as was a large gathering of the Potomac BNI networking organization. As I was pouring my coffee, I struck up a conversation with Steve Zarnick, an Aflac agent who lives in South Riding and was part of the BNI gathering. He wasn't aware of the recent ICE roundup and said he didn't notice any lack in service.
"It is a breakfast buffet, after all," he said.
As I was leaving with my coffee, I spied Board of Supervisors Chairman Scott K. York (I) dining at a table with a business associate. He was aware of the incident, he said, "but I don't have any details yet."
Kristi Stavrou, a real estate agent in Ashburn, hadn't heard of the Lansdowne arrests. "Although now that you mention it . . . I did notice less wait staff than usual, and that must be why the security guard is out front," Stavrou said.
At this point, I went to the front desk and asked to speak with a hotel official about how they were making do with the employee loss. The word back was "no comment." I decided to leave.
I'm guessing that's when they called security. For it was in the parking lot that a Lansdowne security guard approached me and said he was to escort me to my vehicle. When asked why, he said he was told that media were not allowed on the property. I heard a voice from his radio say, "Unless they are a guest, no one is allowed on the premises."
The security guard was extremely pleasant. He walked me to my car and I left.
