<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1" ?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>washingtonpost.com - Loudoun</title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/print/community/loudoun?nav=rss_print/community/loudoun</link><description>Loudoun</description><language>en-us</language><ttl>15</ttl><image><title>washingtonpost.com</title><width>140</width><height>20</height><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com</link><url>http://media.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/hp/image/wp_web.gif</url></image><item><title><![CDATA[More Seniors, More Needs]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A11133-2005Apr23.html?nav=rss_print/community/loudoun</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A11133-2005Apr23.html?nav=rss_print/community/loudoun</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 7:48:36 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ As Loudoun County's population swells, so does the demand for services for the elderly. Senior centers have waiting lists. Outings for active older residents are booked months in advance. Social services agencies are jammed with requests for health referrals and programs.]]></description><author> Daniele Seiss</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Leesburg Set to Trim Tax Rate]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A11132-2005Apr23.html?nav=rss_print/community/loudoun</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A11132-2005Apr23.html?nav=rss_print/community/loudoun</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 7:48:36 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Leesburg is poised to lower its property tax rate for the first time in 15 years  --  by a half-penny, to 21.5 cents per $100 of assessed value.]]></description><author> Lila de Tantillo</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Review Clears Deputy in Fatal Shooting]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A11134-2005Apr23.html?nav=rss_print/community/loudoun</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A11134-2005Apr23.html?nav=rss_print/community/loudoun</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 7:48:36 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ The fatal shooting of an armed Ashburn man by a Loudoun County sheriff's deputy in March was justified, according to a Sheriff's Office investigation and a review by Loudoun County's top prosecutor.]]></description><author> Karin Brulliard</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Letters  To the Editor]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A11112-2005Apr23.html?nav=rss_print/community/loudoun</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A11112-2005Apr23.html?nav=rss_print/community/loudoun</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 7:48:36 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[   Conservation Is Costly <br>From Michael Laris's article "Loudoun Ruling a Growth Win" [Metro, April 20]: "But landowners who oppose additional construction say the ruling will harm rural businesses . . . " and the comment by Malcolm Baldwin, who supported the tighter 2003 zoning, that "[t]here aren't any of us who own enough property to create his own rural economy."]]></description><author></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Nonprofit Eyes Net Gains in Public Safety]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A11098-2005Apr23.html?nav=rss_print/community/loudoun</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A11098-2005Apr23.html?nav=rss_print/community/loudoun</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 7:48:36 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[  It has organizational flowcharts and 11 pages of bylaws. It has committees, brochures and a handful of board members.]]></description><author> Karin Brulliard</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Carpooling Makes Strange Bedfellows]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A11100-2005Apr23.html?nav=rss_print/community/loudoun</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A11100-2005Apr23.html?nav=rss_print/community/loudoun</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 7:48:36 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Political rivals Pat Buchanan and James Carville have found something they agree on and can work together to promote. The former candidate for the Republican presidential nomination and the Democratic consultant commuted to work together from Loudoun County on Wednesday to encourage residents of the Washington D.C. area to take advantage of the region's many ridesharing options.]]></description><author></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Loudoun Community Events Week]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A11148-2005Apr23.html?nav=rss_print/community/loudoun</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A11148-2005Apr23.html?nav=rss_print/community/loudoun</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 7:48:36 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[   Arts and Crafts <br>Children <br>   MOTHER-DAUGHTER TEA PARTY,  ages 5-11, 1-2:30 p.m. Saturday, Douglass Community Center, 407 E. Market St., Leesburg. Dress in party attire. Register by tomorrow. $10 per person. 703-771-5913.]]></description><author></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Walking in Loudoun's Shoes]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A11149-2005Apr23.html?nav=rss_print/community/loudoun</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A11149-2005Apr23.html?nav=rss_print/community/loudoun</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 7:48:36 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Bob Aiken had mixed emotions when he learned that Flagler County, where his Palm Coast home is located, had been ranked the fastest-growing county in the United States.]]></description><author> Ron Word</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Births]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A11067-2005Apr23.html?nav=rss_print/community/loudoun</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A11067-2005Apr23.html?nav=rss_print/community/loudoun</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 7:48:36 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[  Reston Hospital Center <br>JAN. 25<br>A son,    Tyler Lorne Clites , to Linda and Timothy Clites of Middleburg.]]></description><author></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Loudoun Community Events Week]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A11136-2005Apr23.html?nav=rss_print/community/loudoun</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A11136-2005Apr23.html?nav=rss_print/community/loudoun</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 7:48:36 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[  Children <br>    PRESCHOOL STORY TIME,  10:30-11 a.m. Fridays, John Marshall Library, 4133 Rectortown Rd. Free. 540-364-4910. Also 11:30 a.m.-noon, Bealeton Library, 10877 Willow Dr. Free. 540-439-9728.]]></description><author></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[PROJECTS PROPOSED]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A11137-2005Apr23.html?nav=rss_print/community/loudoun</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A11137-2005Apr23.html?nav=rss_print/community/loudoun</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 7:48:36 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[   PROJECTS PROPOSED <br>    1. Wright Property,  along Poland Road, north of South Riding. Rezone about 2.28 acres from R-1 (residential, one unit per acre) to PDH-4 (planned unit development, four units per acre) for single-family detached residential development.]]></description><author></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Coach Breathes Fire Into the Dragons]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A11151-2005Apr23.html?nav=rss_print/community/loudoun</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A11151-2005Apr23.html?nav=rss_print/community/loudoun</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 7:48:36 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Practice has been underway for nearly 30 minutes, but Liz Lipovsky and her teammates have yet to find the time for anything more than a quick sip of water. Footwork drills precede agility drills, which lead to speed drills before reverting back to more footwork training.]]></description><author> Charlie Moss</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Schneider Looks to Be Unemotional]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A11152-2005Apr23.html?nav=rss_print/community/loudoun</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A11152-2005Apr23.html?nav=rss_print/community/loudoun</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 7:48:36 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ Stone Bridge No. 1 boys' tennis player Dan Schneider hopes to maintain an even temperament during his rematch tomorrow with Loudoun Valley's Matt Vaughn  --  the Dulles District's top player. The last time the two played, at Loudoun Valley on April 12, Vaughn (8-0) handed Schneider (6-1) his only loss of the season, 10-6.]]></description><author> Dan Bowman</author></item><item><title><![CDATA['Kicks for Caeden' Is a Hit]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A11154-2005Apr23.html?nav=rss_print/community/loudoun</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A11154-2005Apr23.html?nav=rss_print/community/loudoun</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 7:48:36 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ The few sprinkles that fell Tuesday night in Leesburg did nothing to diminish the success  --  or the spirit  --  of the Heritage girls' soccer benefit game, "Kicks for Caeden." The event honored the school's first girls' soccer coach, Trevor Eback, who died in October from liver cancer, and raised $4,000 for an education fund for his 10-month-old son, Caeden.]]></description><author> Angela Watts</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bulldogs'  Gates Won't Live in Past]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A11155-2005Apr23.html?nav=rss_print/community/loudoun</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A11155-2005Apr23.html?nav=rss_print/community/loudoun</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 7:48:36 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ A frustrating, injury-plagued junior season kept Stone Bridge's Joe Gates from reaching his goals in track and field during 2004. But as this track season begins, Gates has vowed not to dwell on the past and instead focus on being one of the area's best high and long jumpers.]]></description><author> Sean P. Flynn</author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Varsity Sports Calendar]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A11153-2005Apr23.html?nav=rss_print/community/loudoun</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A11153-2005Apr23.html?nav=rss_print/community/loudoun</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 7:48:36 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[   Tomorrow <br>   Boys' Lacrosse <br>Gunston at Notre Dame, 4<br>Dominion at Potomac Falls, 7:30]]></description><author></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Week That Was]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A11150-2005Apr23.html?nav=rss_print/community/loudoun</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A11150-2005Apr23.html?nav=rss_print/community/loudoun</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 7:48:36 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ News of interest to Loudoun and Fauquier counties that appeared in the daily Post April 17-23.]]></description><author></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Health Calendar]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A11138-2005Apr23.html?nav=rss_print/community/loudoun</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A11138-2005Apr23.html?nav=rss_print/community/loudoun</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 7:48:36 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[   Alternative Medicine <br>   INTRODUCTION TO REIKI,  for those touched by cancer, 6:30-8 p.m., Loudoun Cancer Care Center, 14 Pidgeon Hill Dr., Suite 130, Sterling. "Tuning Your Own Energies," Thursday, and "Chakra Meditation," May 26. The program is taught by Bruce Winkle, a Reiki master, and several of his students. Free. Register. Call Karen Archer at 703-444-4460.]]></description><author></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[Animal Watch]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A11141-2005Apr23.html?nav=rss_print/community/loudoun</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A11141-2005Apr23.html?nav=rss_print/community/loudoun</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 7:48:36 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[ <em> The following cases were received recently by Loudoun County Animal Care and Control. For more information, call 540-882-3211 or 703-777-0406 or visit </em><a href="http://www.loudoun.gov/animals"><em>www.loudoun.gov/animals</em></a><em>. </em>]]></description><author></author></item><item><title><![CDATA[To Adopt an Animal]]></title><link>http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A11140-2005Apr23.html?nav=rss_print/community/loudoun</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A11140-2005Apr23.html?nav=rss_print/community/loudoun</guid><pubDate>Sun, 24 Apr 2005 7:48:36 GMT</pubDate><description><![CDATA[     The Loudoun County Animal Shelter , at 39820 Charles Town Pike (Route 9) in Waterford, offers pets for adoption to anyone over 18. More pets can be seen at <a href="http://www.loudoun.gov/animals">www.loudoun.gov/animals</a>. The shelter has animal viewing and adoption hours from 1 to 6 p.m. Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays; 1 to 8 p.m. Wednesdays; and 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturdays. For adoption information, call the shelter at 540-882-3211 or 703-777-0406.]]></description><author></author></item></channel></rss>