Stray Cat Found in Birkdale Village

A small black cat was found in Birkdale Village, Thursday, April 29th. It is very thin and may have been missing for awhile.

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Sheriff's Office Reminder on Child Window Safety

The following alert came from the Loudoun Sheriff's office.  Good tips on how to keep our kids safe with the type of window and screen we have in Belmont homes. 
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The Loudoun Sheriff’s Office reminds homeowners to be careful when they leave windows open to let in fresh air and enjoy the warmer weather.

On Tuesday Loudoun County Sheriff’s Deputies responded to a residence in Ashburn where a 2 ½-year-old child fell from a second story window. The child was apparently leaning against a screen when it gave way. Fortunately he only suffered minor injuries.

Serious incidents such as this case are an often-overlooked safety issue for children. The National Safety Council offers these tips to protect children from window falls:

• Avoid placing furniture near windows to prevent children from climbing.
• Do not rely on insect screens to prevent a window fall.
• Enforce rules to keep children away from playing near windows or patio doors.
• Install building code-compliant devices designed to limit how far a window will open or window guards with release mechanisms to help prevent a fall.
• Teach your child how to safely use a window to escape during an emergency.

For more safety tips and an instructional video on how to install a window guard, Click Here

Planning a Village Block Party? How Connected is Your Village?

Planning a Village Block Party? A blast email can be sent to your village announcing the details of the party. Most villages are at least 85% - 95% connected! To request a block party email, simply fill out this form and the Web Committee will take care of the rest.

Curious how many homes in your village are connected? Need to get to the block party form later? It can all be found on the webpage:

My Community->Villages

Once you have had the party, any of the participants can send in photos. The photos will be streamed to Flickr and shared with the Community. Send in one photo at a time with the subject as the caption.

Belmont Country Club's New eNewsletter

Maurice Darbyshire announced that tomorrow, Thursday, April 29, Belmont Country Club Members will be receiving the inaugural issue of the Belmont Country Club eNews.


If you already receive blast email about Country Club Events (generally sent by Amanda Bouman), then you will get the new eNewsletter. But if you don't, or the email they have is out of date, you can use the BelmontHOA.org form to ensure Belmont Country Club has the same email you use for Belmont HOA email.

Click Here to Update Your Email (login required)

We work closely with the Country Club to ensure that we do not send the same information. They handle all information related to Belmont Country Club and the Recreation Center. We handle everything else.
-Web Committee

Sign Up for the Home/Property Safety Seminar

Sign up now for the workshop provided by the Loudoun County Sheriff's Office on May 10th.

It will cover steps you can take to better secure your property and residence. Deputy Payne, who will be presenting, is very specific in his recommendations and suggestions. It is a very informative presentation and you will walk away with tons of helpful/useful tips.

Sign Up (login required)

Join Loudoun Breast Health Network in the Komen Race on 6/5

The Loudoun Breast Health Network (LBHN) and the INOVA Loudoun Hospital Ladies Board invite you to join them for the “Komen Global Race for the Cure” being held in Washington DC on June 5th.

We are offering free bus transportation from both INOVA campuses. The buses will be leaving at 5:45 AM from both the Loudoun Hospital Cornwall Campus (Leesburg) and Loudoun Hospital Lansdowne Campus (Lansdowne) and arriving back no later than 12:30PM. A $10.00 deposit per seat is required to reserve a seat on the bus. The check will be returned to you when you board the bus.

Please send the deposit, (checks made out to LBHN), no later than May 27th to:

LBHN

PO Box 6154

Leesburg, VA 20178

Include your name, cell phone number (so we can contact your during the race if necessary), your email address and bus pick-up preference for either Leesburg or Lansdowne. Get your registration in early as it is a first come availability for the buses.

Team members from any team are welcomed or use our team name: LBHN. To receive your Komen Global Race for the Cure shirt via mail, register by May 21st.

Click Here to Register Online to Join a Race Team

We look forward to you joining us as this is always a fun and uplifting event. The Loudoun Breast Health Network is an all-volunteer organization with the mission to support breast health and wellness in Loudoun County. We also promote public education about breast health. We facilitate early detection and provide emotional, spiritual and day to day support for those diagnosed with breast cancer and their families.

Our ongoing mantra is …Awareness, education, support…and life.

EarthDay@Loudoun Family Festival is This Sunday

The Second Annual EarthDay@Loudoun Family Festival is being held this Sunday, April 25th from 11am - 4pm at Willow Creek Farm (near Clyde's Restaurant). Google Map

This admission-free festival will offer virtually everything for the eco-conscious including more than 75 exhibitors, a Green Marketplace offering earth-friendly products and services, hands-on educational activities for all ages and many other entertainment options.

Exhibit Map

John Stevens, the event’s Honorary Co-Chair and the Chairman of the Loudoun County Public School Board said EarthDay@Loudoun will be an opportunity for families to become real agents of change. “The EarthDay@Loudoun Family Festival will educate, entertain and inspire people to make quick and easy lifestyle changes. This is a new way of looking at many aspects of our lives, from what we buy, throw away and recycle, to where we buy our food, how we landscape and how to conserve,” said Stevens.

The festival is designed to be a family-oriented event to educate Loudouners on the environmental changes happening in the local area. Scott York, Honorary Co-Chair of the event and Chairman of the Loudoun County Board of Supervisors said the Willow Creek Farm venue will offer a backdrop that will truly motivate people to make a difference. “We all can benefit from education and direction about the evolving focus of wildlife conservation. This venue truly captures the essence of our new eco-friendly world and its right in own backyard in the Broadlands,” said York.

The EarthDay@Loudoun Family Festival is a non-profit event in partnership with The Piedmont Environmental Council.

About Broadlands Wildlife Habitat Committee

The Broadlands Wildlife Habitat Committee was established in 2003. Their first accomplishment was to receive national certification for the Broadlands to be the 25th community in the nation certified as a Community Wildlife Habitat by the National Wildlife Federation. The Broadlands Wildlife Habitat Committee is the founder of the EarthDay@Loudoun Family Festival and is supported by volunteers.

(from http://www.earthdayatloudoun.org/ )

Join the New Belmont EcoClub!

Happy Earth Day! Today marks the 40th anniversary of Earth Day. To celebrate, you can join the new Belmont EcoClub!


Belmont Residents can come together and share their interest in anything related to the environment. There are no restrictions on what to share and discuss, just that it be about the Great Outdoors:

• Green Living
• Conservation
• Birding
• Biking (the W&OD connector is coming!)
• Hiking
• Recycling
• Gardening
• etc...

Join the Club

If you are new to Google Groups, you can check out the Help Page on the website. If you have any questions about the club or need help accessing the google group, you can email Katie Ayres at webmaster@belmonthoa.org

Come and share your interest! See you online!

Loudoun County's Spring Farm Tour Set for May 15 and 16

Loudoun.gov News Release:

Enjoy a free, self-guided driving tour down country roads to participating farms and wineries during the Loudoun County Spring Farm Tour, Saturday, May 15 and Sunday, May 16, from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.

The Spring Farm Tour weekend serves as an introduction to Loudoun's growing season. Buy spring seedlings and plants for your home, say hello to farm animals and greet spring babies, tour a winery, pick your own fresh-as-it-gets strawberries, and much more. Bring the whole family for a day or two of fun, education, and agritainment!

In addition to the 25 participating farms, 14 wineries and 3 country stores, Grandale Farm Restaurant, Stoneybrook Farm Market, the Leesburg Animal Park, and the Heritage Farm Museum will provide special events during farm tour weekend. New farms participating this spring include the American Academy of Equestrian Sciences in Leesburg, where visitors can get a tour of the facility by world class dressage competitor, Marina Genn.

Visitors can take a hayride at Ballentine Farm and see the lifestyle of a working farm while enjoying some hand-churned ice cream. See a working distillery in production at the first family-owned microdistillery in Loudoun at Catoctin Creek Distilling Company. The kids will enjoy a pony ride and stable tour at Chase Run Stable and the parents can enjoy live music and a glass of wine at neighboring Hunter’s Run Wine Barn. WeatherLea Farm will be offering tours of the vineyard and cottage, and the Loudoun Valley Sheep Producers will be selling their famous lamb sausage sandwiches. In the evening the barn will rock with a barn dance to benefit Loudoun’s 4-H Program.

Complete information for the Loudoun Spring Farm Tour, including a map and directions to all participating farms, can be downloaded from http://www.loudounfarms.org/ and will be available at Loudoun County libraries, the Heritage Farm Museum, and the Visitor Center in Leesburg. Watch your mail for the Buy Fresh Buy Local guide which includes all the farm tour information. To have information mailed to you, submit your request by email (info@LoudounFarms.org) or call the Loudoun County Department of Economic Development at 703-777-0426 or the Loudoun Visitors Center at 703-771-2170.

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Contact: Ann Higgins, Department of Economic Development, 703-777-0426

Let's Tango, Dance Club Announces its Next Event!

Dance Club Members!

It's time for our April event and I'm feeling like a tantalizing Tango! Most of us have not had the opportunity to learn the Tango so we will plan to spend the entire time on Tango and learn as many steps as possible. So get your Tango on and join us!

Tantalizing Tango Lessons with Susan Cox

Wednesday, April 28th from 7:30 - 9:30 pm

Belmont Country Club Ballroom

$10 per person (paid in cash to instructor at the event)

Click Here to RSVP

A minimum number of people are required to pay for this event, so please R.S.V.P. as soon as possible.

Water will be available in the ballroom and a waiter will check on us occasionally and provide you with anything else from the bar downstairs or the dining room. All items provided by the waiter can be charged to your member account.

Country Club Casual attire is appropriate for this event; however, make sure you are dressed comfortably for dancing.   See you on the dance floor!

Leesburg Flower and Garden Festival is This Weekend April 17-18th

The following was announced on the Town of Leesburg Website:

Historic Leesburg will once again be in full bloom as lush landscapes and gorgeous gardens fill the streets. Over 120 vendors will be on display featuring landscape designs, gardening supplies, outdoor living items, plants, flowers, herbs, and so much more! Be sure to visit our new Demonstration Stage and take a stroll along Wirt Street as we introduce a new street of vendors. A variety of food, music, children’s entertainment, and crafts will be on hand to make this event a weekend not to miss; it’s an annual event and a perennial experience! For more information, please visit http://www.idalee.org/ or call 703-777-1368.

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Front Gate Closure for 5K Run this Saturday, 4/17

St. Davids Episcopal Church will be holding the Mercer Festival 5K and Fun Run this Saturday April 17th, 2010.

The entrance to the Belmont Front Gate on Russell Branch will be blocked on Saturday from approximately 8:15 am to 9:15 am for the runners. The run continues down Claiborne Pkwy to Gloucester Pkwy. For further information you can view the Course Map.

This route is permitted through Loudoun County and will be escorted by the Sheriff's office.

Belmont Book Club Announces Next Book

The Belmont Book Club has announced it's next book, "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" by Stieg Larsson. The meeting to discuss the book will be held on Wednesday, May 5th at the Manor House.


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Kindergarten Registration Has Begun

Kindergarten Registration has begun.  The following text was published in the Newton-Lee Elementary School April Newsletter:

On Tuesday, April 13, 2010, we will begin Kindergarten Registration for the 2010-2011 school year. If your child turns five by September 30, 2010,  he/she is eligible to enter kindergarten next school year.

To register your child you will need to bring with you:

• Original birth certificate
• Record of immunization
• Social Security number if available
• Physical examination information
• Proof of residence (deed to home, signed settlement papers, or lease for an apartment) in the Newton-Lee Elementary school zone.

Your child does not have to be present for registration. Please call Mrs. Ferrer, our attendance secretary, if you have any questions at 571-252-1535.

Kindergarten Registration Checklist
Overview and FAQs

Mowing Starts Today - Mowing Schedule

Mowing starts today, Monday, April 12th.

Last year, the Board of Directors authorized the rotation of your village's lawn mowing day to more fairly distribute service near weekends and holidays.

The following schedule will be in place for 2010:

Monday

• Augusta
• Bay Hill
• Cypress Point
• Gleneagles
• St. Andrews 

Tuesday

• Cherry Hills
• Medinah
• Muirfield
• Sawgrass
• Turnberry
• Valhalla
• Westchester
• Willowbend

Wednesday

• Baltusrol
• Merion
• Oakmont
• Pine Valley
• Riviera
• The Greens
• The Meadows
• Troon

Thursday

• Birkdale
• Doral
• Inverarry
• Pebble Beach
• Pinehurst
• Spyglass Hill
• The Ridges 

Friday

• The Hunt
• The Chase
• Russell Branch
• Palmer Classic
• Tournament
• Medalist
• Gloucester
• Claiborne
• Common Areas

Second Annual Father Daughter Dance on Sunday, April 25th

You are cordially invited to take part in a special evening out, just for Dads and their little girls. Join us for the 2nd Annual Father Daughter Dance at Belmont Country Club on Sunday, April 25th. You both will enjoy a special menu and dancing while you create memories that will last a lifetime!

For more information or reservations, email Amanda at abouman@tollbrothersinc.com or call Amanda directly at 703-723-5330. Reservations are required for this event. If you have already requested reservations, thank you! You will receive a final event confirmation from me on Wednesday, April 21st.

Father Daughter Dance
Sunday, April 25th
Belmont Ballroom
$25.95 ~ Fathers
$15 ~ Daughters

Belmont Youth Soccer Season Kick Off This Saturday

Join Lara's League and Community Sports, LLC in kicking off the 2010 Belmont Youth Soccer Season this Saturday, April 10th at 8:30am on the Belmont Soccer Fields!

After a few opening words from Delegate Tag Greason, Lara's League will be providing coffee, donuts, juice boxes and other special treats for purchase and enjoyment (and maybe a few surprises) as they continue their fundraising efforts to acheive and exceed their team monetary goal as they prepare to take part in the Avon Breast Cancer Walk coming up soon on May 1st and 2nd this year!

We look forward to seeing all our Belmont Soccer families and Community Residents out for "Breakfast with Belmont" to support our dedication to Community Sports, LLC and the Lara's League cause this Saturday morning!!

P.S. - Lara's League will also be selling Team specific cookbooks, baseball hats, chocolate pink ribbon pops and cookies!

Ashburn Volunteer Fire Rescue Grand Opening & Ice Cream Social

In August 2009, the Ashburn Volunteer Fire and Rescue Department and Loudoun County began running emergency calls from the new Lansdowne Public Safety Center, a.k.a. Station 22, in Lansdowne on Sandridge Way near the intersection of Claiborne Pkwy and Riverside Pkwy.    Map

After spending the last few months finalizing the construction details, we're excited to invite you in to see our new station on Saturday, April 10th from 10 am to 2 pm.

On this spring day, we'll have:

• Guided station tours of our state-of-the-art facility
• "Ask the Fire Chief" sessions
• Fire and rescue equipment on display
• Fire safety obstacle course for kids
• Special appearance by Terry the Traumasaurus
• Refreshments

Parking: Riverside Office Park - directly in front of Station 22 on Sandridge Way

Hope to see you there!