Lake of the Woods Democratic Club
More than 100 Lake of the Woods voters turned out July 18 to welcome U.S. Rep. Eugene Vindman and to support his re-election as congressman from Virginia’s 7th District. The Congressman described his accomplishments during his first term and his plans for the future and answered questions on a variety of topics. The General Election is scheduled for Nov. 3.
U.S. Rep. Eugene Vindman, who is seeking re-election in Virginia’s 7th Congressional District, will be the guest of the Lake of the Woods Democratic Club at a reception on Saturday, July 18.
Vindman will meet with constituents in Marian Pronk Hall at the LOW Community Center from 9:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. All are welcome to attend.
Vindman, a retired Army officer from Dale City, has represented Lake of the Woods in Congress since he was first elected in November of 2024. He serves on the House Committees on agriculture and armed services.
Born in Soviet Ukraine during the Cold War, Vindman came to America with his father, brothers, and grandmother when he was just four years old. For 25 years, he served as an infantry officer in the 82nd Airborne Division, a military prosecutor, and an advisor at the White House National Security Council. After serving across the county and around the globe, Eugene and his wife Cindy, an Army Reservist, have spent nearly a decade in the Commonwealth raising their two kids Max and Madi in Prince William County.
Vindman’s campaign web site quotes the candidate as saying, “I’m running… to protect our democracy, restore our freedoms and fight for all of our communities to thrive. America must remain a refuge for families like mine, where hard work matters, truth prevails, rights are protected, and we are all free to be who we are and pursue our dreams in this land of opportunity.”
Early voting ahead of the August 4 primary election began June 18. Vindman is unopposed in the Democratic primary. Three Republicans are vying for the opportunity to run against him in the Nov. 3 general election.
Coffee, tea and pastries will be available at the reception. The Vindman campaign will be accepting personal campaign donations.
The LOW Community Center was buzzing when a large crowd of happy Democrats showed up on June 19 for the LOW Democrats’ annual Flag Day picnic. Guest speaker for the occasion was Shannon Mort of the Orange County African-American Historical Society, who spoke about Gordonville’s “waiter-carriers,” the ladies who sold chicken and other food to to train passengers in the mid to late 19th Century.
The Lake of the Woods Democratic Club will hold its annual summer picnic on Juneteenth, June 19, from 5-7 p.m. in Marion Pronk Hall at the LOW Community Center.
The program for the event will be a presentation by Shannah Mort of the Orange County African American Historical Society on Gordonsville’s “waiter-carriers,” the “Fried Chicken Ladies” who sold food through the windows of trains passing through the town of Gordonsville in the 19th and early 20th century.
Tickets purchased in advance are $15 per person, which includes a fried chicken dinner with lots of sides — mac & cheese, potato salad, baked beans, and coleslaw and dessert. They can be purchased by credit card through the link below. Admission on the day of the event will be $20.
Watch a video on Gordonsville’s waiter-carriers, on Visit Orange Virginia
Ken Westbrook, founder and CEO of a non-profit organization whose mission is to fight online fraud and scams, will be guest speaker at the May 14 meeting of the Lake of the Woods Democratic Club.
The meeting will take place in Classroom II of the LOW Community Center. The program will start at 1:30 p.m. following a social time beginning at 1 p.m. All are welcome to attend.
The mission of the Stop Scams Alliance is to significantly reduce scams in the United States through a comprehensive, systemic approach involving public-private partnership and cross-sector cooperation from technology, telecom, financial institutions, consumer advocacy groups, and government. The focus is to stop scams at the source, before they reach the consumer in the first place.
According to the Stop Scams Alliance’s web site, there are 21 million fraud victims in the United States each year, costing consumers $196 billion. The average loss per victim is $20,699.
The FBI has reported a 20-fold increase in losses to scams since 2015. Losses ballooned 26 percent between 2024 and 2025.
Westbrook is a Distinguished Fellow at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, one of the nation’s most respected nonpartisan think tanks and policy forums.
He served as an executive in the Intelligence Community (IC), specializing in analysis and information management. He received numerous IC awards and subsequently held senior positions with two Fortune 500 software firms, co-invented a patented security technology, and created and taught a course in Information Management at Georgetown University.
