Loudoun County Sheriff's Office Capt. Jeff Ebersole recently graduated from the 220th session of the FBI National Academy Program at Quantico. Ebersole was one of 244 law enforcement officers who graduated March 18 from the 10-week training program.
Ebersole is the eighth member of the Sheriff's Office senior staff to have graduated from the FBI Academy in the past 10 years. He is a 15-year veteran of the Sheriff's Office, starting his career in 1989 as a correctional deputy, and later became a patrol deputy in the Field Operations Division in 1992. Since that time he has served in positions in patrol, special operations and criminal investigations. Ebersole is currently assigned to the Field Operations Division.
The National Academy Program offers 10 weeks of advanced
investigative, management and fitness training for selected officers having proven records as professionals within their agencies. On average, these officers have 19 years of law enforcement experience and usually return to their agencies to serve in executive-level positions.
Six 4-H youth competed in the Virginia Tech Block and Bridle club's annual Livestock Judging Contest, March 19, which draws teams from around the state.
The Loudoun 4-H Advanced team, made up of Willie Elgin, Emily Murray, Jessica Shockley and Amanda Virts, finished with a third place in the beef division; sixth place in the swine division; 13th in the sheep division; 14th in reasons; first in questions and seventh overall. There were 28 teams in the advanced contest.
In addition, Emily Murray, a junior at Loudoun County High, finished first in beef; second in swine; 14th in reasons; second in questions and 30th overall. Amanda Virts, a junior at Loudoun Valley High, finished 15th in beef; 23rd in sheep; third in questions and 16th overall.
Two individual members competed in the regular contest, and did not compete as a team. Out of 300 contestants, Adam Murray, a sixth-grader at Simpson Middle, finished ninth in beef; first in swine; third in sheep; second in questions and first overall. Jack Moore, a sixth-grader at Smarts Mill Middle, finished 22nd in beef; 20th in swine and ninth overall.
Thom Beres was elected as chairman of the Loudoun County Democratic Committee by acclamation of LCDC members meeting at Ashburn Library March 24. Beres will immediately focus the LCDC's efforts toward this November's statewide and local delegate races. Beres served previously as Potomac District Chair for the LCDC.
Beres and his wife Shirley are Cascades residents. Along with 26 years of service in the Air Force, retiring in the rank of colonel, 10 years in the Pentagon and currently working for Lockheed Martin, Beres has been a youth soccer coach for more than 15 years and a soccer referee for more than 20.
For more information about the LCDC, go to www.lcdems.com.