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A Herndon Department of Public Work truckstruggles with snow from the Winter StormJonas. By Sunday, Jan. 25 snowplows wereclearing major roads within the Reston andHerndon area. The area received 28 inches of

A Herndon Department of Public Works truckstruggles with snow from the Winter StormJonas. By Sunday, Jan. 25 snowplows wereclearing major roads within the Reston andHerndon area. The area received 28 inches of

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21800 Towncenter PlazaSterling, VA 20164703-450-5453

1051 Edwards Ferry RoadLeesburg, VA 20176703-771-4688

www.sterlingappliance.com

Major IncidentsFatal Accident - Jan. 13, Monroe

Street/Van Buren Street. On Wednesday,Jan. 13 at approximately 9:35 a.m. a mo-torcycle traveling eastbound on MonroeStreet and a vehicle traveling northboundon Van Buren Street collided. The motorcy-clist, a 19-year-old male of Ashburn, wastransported to a local hospital where he waspronounced dead. No charges have beenplaced at this time, the accident remainsunder investigation. Anyone who witnessedor may have information about this acci-dent is asked to call the Herndon Police at703-435-6844.

Robbery - Jan. 12, 500-Blk Florida Av-enue. A suspect known to the victim alleg-edly stole a phone valued at approximately$200. The case is under investigation.

Jan. 13, 1:35 p.m. Fail to Appear, 700Lynn St.

Jan. 14, 8:16 p.m. Larceny-from MotorVehicle, 700 Station St./Elden St.

Jan. 17,5:38 p.m. Larceny-All Other, 1000Hertford St.

Jan. 11, 1:46 a.m. Driving Under the In-fluence Redwood Pl/Sterling Road

Jan. 11, 2:53 a.m. Assault-Simple, 1300April Way

Jan. 11, 6:57 a.m. Trespass - Banned,1000 Elden St.

Jan. 11, 7:35 p.m. Drunkenness (DIP),1000 Elden St.

Jan. 12, 5:36 p.m. Drunkenness (DIP),1200 Elden St.

Jan. 13, 9 a.m. Disorderly Conduct, 1000Elden St.

Jan. 13, 1:34 p.m. Fail to Appear, 600Dulles Park Court

Jan. 13, 4:56 p.m. Drunkenness (DIP),1100 Elden St.

Jan. 14, midnight. Alarm Residential,1300 Summerfield Drive

Jan. 14, 7:57 a.m. Warrant Service Ster-ling Road/Herndon Parkway

Jan. 14, 12:27 a.m. Destruction of Prop-erty, 1200 Springtide Place

Jan. 15, 11:55 a.m. Solicitation, 1000Elden St.

Jan. 15, 6:35 p.m. Larceny-All Other,1000 Elden St.

Jan. 15, 9:41 p.m. Unauthorized Use ofMotor Vehicle, 1200 Elden St.

Jan. 16, 2:01 p.m. Assault-Simple, 600Dulles Park Court

Jan. 16, 3:01 p.m. Larceny-All Other,1200 Elden St.

Jan. 17, midnight. Solicitation, 1000Elden St.

Jan. 17, 12:47 a.m. Drunkenness (DIP),1200 Elden St.

Jan. 17, 11:01 a.m. Larceny-Theft fromBuilding, 500 Early Fall Court

Herndon Crime Reports

Notable incidents from the Herndon PoliceReports from Jan. 11-17.

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Outlook 2016Herndon Connection Editor Kemal Kurspahic

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1 Ashwell Property/Herndon’sDowntown

Elden StreetFollowing the purchase of the Ashwell

property which created a contiguous 4.675acres of Town-owned land in Herndon’sdowntown, the Town issued a Request forProposals (RFP) on Nov. 2.

The town’s vision for redevelopment callsfor four-story (mixed-use/residential) andthree-story (mixed-use/commercial) struc-tures, a jointly-funded public/private park-ing structure, and an 18,000-square-footarts center, among other features.

Initial proposals are due in February2016.

Herndon’s Council voted in May to pur-chase 1.67 acres of land in Herndon’s his-toric downtown from Ashwell, LLC for$3.519 million.

The process will be executed in twophases: an initial concept phase, open toall proposers, and a detailed phase, opento proposers upon invitation following re-view of initial concept phase proposals.

According to the RFP, Herndon: “herebysolicits submission of proposals for the re-development of 4.675 acres of land in his-toric downtown Herndon into an attractive,mixed-use development, including a park-ing structure in which the Town has fee in-terest to a minimum of 220 spaces. TheTown envisions a development of excellentdesign and quality providing the historictown core with additional vitality while re-specting and reflecting the heritage of thedowntown,” according to Town documents.“The Town envisions these benefits to beutilized to develop a superb environment

for outdoor pedestrian enhancements in-cluding outdoor dining and passive andprogrammed activities.”

The Town will have circulator bus servicefrom the downtown to the future Metro sta-tion.

See progress on the downtown projectson its website www.herndon.va-gov.

“The Town of Herndon has been envision-ing a comprehensive redevelopment in ourdowntown for decades,” said Mayor LisaMerkel. “Until this purchase, however, wehave been limited in our ability to effec-tively position downtown Herndon for com-prehensive redevelopment, as much of thenecessary land was under private owner-ship.”

See http://www.herndon-va.gov/Con-tent/Zoning/Downtown_Planning/PatternBookFINALTCadoptedJan292013.pdffor Herndon’s guide for downtown devel-opment.

2 Herndon Fire Station680 Spring StreetThe new Herndon Fire Station, estimated

to cost $13.35 million, is anticipated to becompleted in the summer of 2016. The14,500 square-foot fire station at 680 SpringStreet will be a two-story facility with be-low-grade parking. A temporary fire stationhas been constructed at 791 Elden Streetso Fire and Rescue can maintain serviceduring construction. The project is fundedthrough a bond referendum that FairfaxCounty voters approved in November 2014.The former fire station on Spring Street wasthe oldest station in operation in FairfaxCounty.

3 Innovation Center MetrorailStation (Fairfax County Board ofSupervisors)

PCA/FDPA 2009-HM-017South side of Dulles Toll Road and Sun-

rise Valley Drive, West of Dulles StationBoulevard

The Fairfax County Board of Supervisorsseek to amend the approved proffers asso-ciated with RZ 2009-PR-017 previouslyapproved for transit oriented developmentnear the future Innovation Center MetrorailStation consisting of approximately 1.65million square feet of residential, office,hotel, retail and public use development(including bonus density associated withthe provision of workforce dwelling units).Changes proposed include requirements fortree preservation, landscaping, stormwatermanagement and sign locations. No changeto the previously approved floor area ratio(FAR) of 3.05 for the original rezoning ap-plication area is proposed.

The Planning Commission has scheduleda public hearing for Feb. 3 at 8:15 p.m. andthe Board of Supervisors has a scheduledhearing for Feb. 16 at 3:30 p.m.

http://ldsnet.fairfaxcounty.gov/

4 Herndon Silver Linehttp://www.dullesmetro.com/silver-line-

stations/herndon/“We are so fortunate,” Mayor Lisa Merkel

said of the Silver Line. “This is a hugeproject, one of the biggest infrastructureprojects in the country. There’s aren’t manytowns that can get involved in projects like

this.”Construction will begin on Herndon’s fu-

ture Silver Line Stop in 2016 with its open-ing within five years.

The entire Silver Line will be a 23-mileextension of the existing Metrorail systemfrom East Falls Church, through Tysons andReston, and eventually to WashingtonDulles International Airport west intoLoudoun County.

The Herndon Town Council approved 38acres to be set aside for its future Metrostop in February 2012. The Herndon MetroArea Station Plan envisions: a mix of retail,hotel, office and residential space, to in-clude 3.2 million net square feet of addi-tional commercial floor area and 2,400dwellings by 2035; a promenade, pedes-trian and bicycle-friendly trails and en-hancements, and recreational amenities;premier office space; parking garages withshort-term spaces for kiss-and-ride passen-gers; and pull-offs along Herndon Parkwayfor vehicles dropping off and picking uppassengers.

“We passed a resolution in February ad-vocating for the County to put a CirculatorBus route for Phase II because we want ourresidents to get to the Metro without hav-ing to get in the car,” Mayor Merkel said.“If we have reliable, frequent transit op-tions, people will use it.”

Merkel wants everything in place by thetime the Silver Line’s doors open to Herndonin four or so years.

“People are going to establish their com-muting patterns on that first day,” Merkelsaid. “We are working with Fairfax Countybecause we do want to be ready on dayone.”

5 Vinehaven Homes800 Vine Street, Center and Vine streetsEvergreene Homes has already sold more

than half of the 17 new homes at the inter-section of Center and Vine streets and alongthe W&OD Trail in Herndon’s Historic Dis

Sites and developmentsto look at inHerndon area.

What’s Coming?Metrorail is coming.

Photo by Ryan Dunn/The Connection

Sign for the Woody’s Golf Range located on Route 7 in Herndon. After 35years in operation, business owner Woody FitzHugh is closing the range.

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Opinion

Have you ever paid 36 percent in-terest on a loan or credit card?

Not likely. It’s an outrageousrate, especially given that the ac-

tual cost of money is close to zero right now.But right now, some people in Northern Vir-

ginia are paying more than 200 percent onloans secured by their car title. These arepeople who are both financially desperate andfinancially unsophisticated, who likely assumethat regulation would keep a lender frombleeding them dry with unrestricted interestrates.

Predatory lending is a local issue, with cartitle lenders congregating in lower income ar-eas like along Route 1 in the Mount Vernonarea, and also queuing up near the border withPrince George’s County, Md., where car titlelending is illegal.

Earlier this week, a Virginia Senate commit-tee killed a bill that would have capped con-sumer loan interest rates at 36 percent. It’s hard

to believe, but right now there are no limits tothe interest rates that can be charged in Vir-ginia. And car title lenders, which are not con-sumer loans, often have effective interest ratesof more than 200 percent.

“Predatory lending is a major problem in theU.S. 1 Corridor,” said Sen. Scott Surovell (D-36), who introduced the failed legislation tocurb predatory lending. “Car title lenders havebeen abusing this loophole by charging ratesover 200 percent. ... To rein in car title lenderbait and switch tactics, I am proposing to limitinterest rates on consumer finance loans at 36percent.” But that effort died in a Virginia Sen-ate Committee this week.

Between 2010, when the Virginia GeneralAssembly gave the green light to the car titlelending industry, the total number of locationsmore than doubled from 184 to 395.

Some legislators claim this is a free marketand personal responsibility issue, that peoplewho have no other options should be able toturn to high interest lending as a last resort.But most people who turn to these loans wouldbe better off without this last resort.

“It’s a trap, and although it’s presented as aloan it’s really loan-sharking,” said Jay Speech,

executive director of the Virginia Poverty LawCenter. “People who get into this end up muchworse off than when they started.”

We all pay the price when an industry preyson the poor. People who lose their cars can losetheir jobs, then relying on the frayed and in-adequate safety net.

Michael Pope, who wrote about car title lend-ing abuses when he worked for the Connec-tion and Gazette Packet, recently completed amulti-part investigative series on predatorylending for WAMU, which you can listen tohere: http://wamu.org/the_debt_trap

When his series concluded, the message ofthe damage of predatory lending seemed toresonate. Legislation to rein in the abuses of200 percent interest seemed destined to makea difference.

This year, it will not.Attorney General Mark Herring tweeted,

“disappointing, not surprising” on Monday inresponse to the news that all four bills thatsought to limit predatory lending were voteddown in committee.

Disappointing, but not surprising. A sad com-mentary.

— Mary Kimm

[email protected]

Bills to rein inpredatory lending diein Senate committee.

‘Disappointing, Not Surprising’

Pet Photos for thePet Connection

The Pet Connection, a twice-yearly spe-cial edition, will publish on Feb. 24, andphotos and stories of your pets with you andyour family should be submitted by Feb. 17.

We invite you to send us stories about yourpets, photos of you and/or your family withyour cats, dogs, llamas, alpacas, hamsters,snakes, lizards, frogs, rabbits, or whateverother creatures share your home or yardwith you.

Tell us the story of a special bond betweena child and a dog, the story of how you cameto adopt your pet, or examples of amazingfeats of your creatures. Do you volunteer atan animal shelter or therapeutic riding cen-ter or take your pet to visit people in a nurs-ing home? Does your business have a pet?Is your business about pets? Have youhelped to train an assistance dog? Do youor someone in your family depend on anassistance dog?

Or take this opportunity to memorializea beloved pet you have lost.

Just a cute photo is fine too. Our favoritepictures include both pets and humans.

Please tell us a little bit about your crea-ture, identify everyone in the photo, give abrief description what is happening in thephoto, and include address and phone num-ber (we will not publish your address orphone number, just your town name).

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By Kenneth R. “Ken” Plum

State Delegate (D-36)

In the early years of the 20th-centurytravelers were advised not to come toVirginia because of the poor condition

of the roads. Deep ruts, mud holes and lackof maintenance made travel precarious inthe Old Dominion. In 1925 State SenatorHarry F. Byrd who as a young man hadworked part-time on a private toll road—the Valley Pike in the Shenandoah Valley—ran for governor on the campaign slogan“Get Virginia out of the mud.” Byrd’s cam-paign was successful, and in his single termas governor he established the Virginia De-partment of Highways. His centralized high-way system led to the present-day highwaysystem that is one of the largest in the coun-try with 57,867 miles of highways and20,991 bridges. Byrd also implemented a“pay as you go” financing system that keepsthe pace of highway construction and im-provement at the rate of current revenuewithout borrowing. Old timers in the stateremember traveling on roads that went fromtwo to four lanes and back to two every fewmiles as money was available in the high-way construction fund to complete the wid-ening.

Governor Gerald Baliles who served from1986 to 1990 was able to get a significanthighway funding program approved in 1986that along with federal funding was able tomake improvements to the highway systemand to introduce funding for mass transit.That was the last time politicians in Rich-mond could agree on a financing plan for

transportation until 2013 when new monies wereapproved along with a new approach for identi-fying projects.

Secretary of Transportation Aubrey Layne lastweek briefed the House Transportation Commit-tee on which I serve and outlined the three Rs intransportation planning that have come about be-cause of legislation passed the last couple of years.As a result of bipartisan efforts, Virginia’s trans-portation program has been renewed with new re-sources for all modes of transportation. The pro-gram has been reformed by requiring use of anoutcome-based prioritization process with in-creased accountability and transparency. The trans-portation program has been refocused by replac-ing the decades-old allocation formula with a newformula that aligns funding with need. Gone is theapproval of funding transportation by locality to ashift to regional consideration and statewide needs.Rather than the piecemeal approach to projectfunding there now will be full funding of projects.And the new system of funding that has been putin place is designed to shift prioritization from poli-tics to factors of congestion mitigation, safety, ac-cessibility, economic development, environmentalconcerns and land usage.

Governor Byrd’s Department of Highwayswhose name was changed to the Department ofTransportation years ago has begun functioningwith a multi-modal approach that includes busand rail as well as bicycles and pedestrians. WhileNorthern Virginia continues to face significantchallenges as one of the most congested parts ofthe country, additional funding that is now avail-able along with the outcome-based prioritizationprocess will accrue to the benefit of our region.Results will not be immediate, but I believe weare moving in the right direction.

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Outlook 2016

By Andrea Worker

The Connection

The final figures are in, and itlooks like the 2015 local hous-ing market was a modest win-ner. Coming off a banner 2013,

the 2014 market left buyers, sellers, agents,brokers and lenders all feeling a bit edgywhen the previous year’s successes did notspill over into the next year. But despite abit of a rollercoaster ride, 2015 closed withannual regional sales 9.4 percent higherthan 2014 – their highest since 2006. Datafor the region, that includes the generalMetro area, as well as specifics for Fairfaxand Arlington counties, the cities of Fairfax,Falls Church and Alexandria, and the townsof Herndon, Vienna and Clifton is suppliedby RealEstate Business Intelligence, L.L.C.(RBI), an arm of the local MLS system.

In the first half of the year the normalbuying pattern was disrupted by a numberof factors, not the least being the long anddifficult winter which pushed the start ofthe spring market from late January or Feb-ruary to mid-March.

“The hottest real estate season lost a solidmonth of sales,” said Reston-based KellerWilliams agent Andy Krumholz. “Then itended earlier than normal, as well,” headded.

“Normally lasting until late June beforethe summer slowdown, this past year themarket went to sleep in May and stayed thatway through Labor Day.”

TO EVERYONE’S RELIEF, the second halfof the year saw a real pick up in real estateaction. Virgil Frizzell, the Northern VirginiaAssociation of Realtors (NVAR) chairmanof the board noted “a strong fall market andsometimes a flurry of bidding wars” thathelped overcome the slow start, even withthe jitters that came as the world waitedfor the anticipated increase in the Fed FundsRate by the Federal Reserve, and the ad-justments to be made as new closing lawswent into effect.

According to the RBI data, Fairfax Countyhad the most closed sales in 2015, increas-ing 9.6 percent over 2014. Alexandria camein with a 9.4 percent increase, Fairfax Citywith 7.9 percent, Arlington with 3.9 per-cent and Falls Church with 3.8 percent.

Among the jurisdictions, Fairfax Countyalso saw the highest increase in new list-ings, up 14.6 percent over the previous year,a trend that Anita Lasansky, CRB, manag-ing broker-vice president Long and FosterRealtors in North Reston can attest to.

“We’re a 60 percent/40 percent listing ver-sus sales organization and it was a brisk yearfor us,” she said, although at the moment“there’s not a lot of inventory.” ChairmanFrizzell agrees that “our region could alwaysbenefit from affordably priced new homesthat will help our renter population makethe move to home ownership.”

In terms of sales pricing, Lasansky’s opin-ion is that it was an almost neutral marketyear. “Buyers couldn’t ‘steal’ a house, butsellers couldn’t easily sell a property not ingood condition.

There was quite a bit of negotiating dur-ing many of the transactions.” Krumholzagreed with that assessment. “Even as in-ventory increased and some sellers wereadjusting their sales price expectations,buyers were remaining selective. Homes

that needed repairs or improvements lan-guished on the market.”

The RBI numbers show that bothLasansky and Krumholz were right in theirthoughts about pricing and the average dayson the market (DOM) of a given property.The region saw only a 1.1 percent increasein the median sales price. Behind D.C., Ar-lington County and Alexandria City led theway, with increases over 4 percent. InFairfax County median sales prices were 3.2percent higher in 2015 than in 2014. OnlyFalls Church saw a year-over-year decrease,dropping 1.4 percent, but keeping the “mostexpensive location crown” among theNorthern Virginia locales with a 2015 me-dian sales price of $690,000. At 22, dayson the market increased slightly for all ofthe areas analyzed, but even those increases

did not depress the overall sense of markethealth, since the two-day increase in themedian DOM from 2014 is still an impres-sive 41 days less than the DOM high of 68in 2008, and not far off the lowest DOMlevel recorded in the past decade of 15 daysin 2013.

SO WHAT DO THE EXPERTS take fromthis plethora of information as they look tothe 2016 market? NVAR CEO Ryan T.Conrad believes the positive trends will con-tinue throughout the year. “Our region’ssales pace last year reflected that there washomebuyer confidence,” he stated in a re-cent NVAR press release, and “serioushomebuyers will understand that their buy-ing power will be strongest in the early partof the year” considering further expectedrate hikes from the Federal Reserve.

Lasansky, with her 40 years of local ex-perience, is looking at 2016 to be “as good,if not better, than 2015.” Asked if she sawthe current Wall Street woes as a challengeto the market, she replied the effect mightjust be the opposite. “With interest rates stillso low, the volatility of the stock marketmight just steer people more toward realestate as the safer bet.” Lasansky also feelsthat the recent easing of some of the regu-lations and requirements could make home-buying more of a possibility, especially foryounger and first-time buyers.

Frizzell is equally positive about the 2016outlook. “Millenials are starting to make themove,” he stated. Several of his rental cli-ents are now on the hunt for homes of theirown.

Armed with the RBI data, his own exper-tise, and encouraging information providedfrom the George Mason University Centerfor Regional Analysis, Frizzell thinks thatcontinued employment growth and a morebalanced economy in the region might make2016 “one of the best years ever.”

Links to data and analysis by locale canbe found on the NVAR website,www.nvar.com. Readers interested in com-prehensive date on the region includinghousing, job growth by sector and wagesand more, can visit the George Mason Uni-versity Center for Regional Analysis websiteat www.cra.gmu.edu.

Positive 2015 Real Estate MarketSpurs Upbeat Outlook for the New YearExperts predictcontinuing positivetrend.

AndyKrumholz,Agent KellerWilliamsReston: “Theimprovingeconomicmetrics havemany punditsfeeling opti-mistic about2016. I expect

most areas to experience a 3–4percent price improvement.”

AnitaLasansky, CRBmanagingbroker-vicepresident,Long andFoster NorthReston: “Thecurrent stockmarket fluc-tuations couldbe a good

thing for the local real estatemarket. Housing is looking like apretty good bet.”

Virgil Frizzell,Chairman ofthe BoardNorthernVirginiaAssociation ofRealtors: “The2016 marketis a dynamicsituation, butI think all theindicators are

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All That Snow!Jodi Aime sent us this photo of ‘unhappy pups in Herndon.’

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Stay active by running someraces, find out if we havesix more weeks of winter(we hope not), or enjoy

some s’mores by the campfire.

GoWill that cowardly groundhog

get spooked by its own shadow andcurse us with six more weeks ofwinter? Let us hope not. Find outat Groundhog’s Day Out onSunday, Jan. 31 at Frying Pan FarmPark, 2739 West Ox Road,Herndon. Find out if groundhogscan really predict the weather. Visita groundhog burrow, learn coolgroundhog facts, enjoy games andmake your own groundhog friendto take home. Dress for theweather, hot chocolate provided.Children must be accompanied byan adult. Cost is $8 and $10. Pre-register at http://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/parks/fryingpanpark/.

A cold and clear night providesthe best view of the night sky.Warm up at Winter Night-TimeCampfire at Lake Fairfax Park,1400 Lake Fairfax Drive, Reston.The campfire is on Saturday, March12 at 6:30 p.m. Discover the nightsky through hands-on activitiesand storytelling. Families can comeearly and picnic or toast hotdogs.Bring a toasting stick, blanket andflashlight. S’mores provided. Chil-dren must be accompanied by aregistered adult. Cost is $8, $10.Sign up at http://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/parks/lakefairfax/.

Meet the makers. No, not yourMaker. The Maker Movement hear-kens to the past, when peoplemade stuff. The desire to makestuff is experiencing a resurgence.

At NoVa Mini MakerFaire, a collection of techenthusiasts, engineers,woodworkers, artists andcraftspeople will gather onSunday, March 13 atLangston Hughes MiddleSchool and South LakeHigh School. Children willhave the opportunity tobecome makers them-selves, so bring the wholefamily. Langston HughesMiddle School is locatedat 11401 Ridge HeightsRoad, Reston. South LakesHigh School is located at11400 South Lake Drive,Reston. For more informa-tion, visit http://makerfairenova.com/.

DoAt the Reston Town

Center Ice Skating Pa-vilion , skaters get achance to show off theirfigure 8s and their triple lutz tripleflip combo. Not ready for the Olym-pics? Classes are offered to all skilllevels that you’ll soon be glidingand spinning...or at least be ableto stay upright. The rink is opendaily and is located at 11900 Mar-ket St., Reston. For more informa-tion on rates, rentals and sched-ules, call 703-709-6300 or visith t t p : / /www.restontowncenter.com/amenities/ice-skating/.

Seniors, show us how it was andis done at the Social BallroomDance on Sunday, Feb. 7 at theHerndon Senior Center, 873 GraceSt., Herndon from 3 to 6 p.m.There will be a West Coast Swinglesson. Basic knowledge suggested.For more information, call 703-980-7793.

For an Instagram-worthyValentine’s Day, take a Horse-Drawn Carriage Ride at RestonTown Center. Your coach is at theready from 5:30 to 9:30 p.m onSunday, Feb. 14, in front of Talbots,11888 Market St., Reston. Formore information, go torestontowncenter.com.

See and HearHerndon sure loves bluegrass.

Frying Pan Farm Park holds itsBluegrass Barn. Performancesby regional bluegrass bands are onSundays starting at 6 p.m. Sched-uled dates are Jan. 17, 31; Feb. 14;March 6, 20; and April 3. Cost is$18, $20, and $128 for a seasonpass. Frying Pan Farm Park is lo-cated at 2709 West Ox Road,

Herndon. For tickets, visit http://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/parks/fryingpanpark/.

Holy Cross Lutheran Church pre-sents its Weekend BluegrassConcert Series. Doors open at6:30 p.m. Cost is $15, free for chil-dren 12 and younger. For a list ofdates and performers, visit, https://hclcbluegrass.wordpress.com/.The church is located at 1090 Ster-ling Road, Herndon.

FitnessFight that urge to just lay on the

couch and Netflix-binge till it’s atleast 50 degrees outside.

The All-Comers’ Group FunRun at Potomac River Run-ning meets on Tuesdays andThursdays at 6:30 p.m. at Reston

Town Center, 11911 De-mocracy Drive, Reston.For beginners or competi-tive runners, come out fora fun, low-key run that issafe and social. For moreinformation, call 703-689-0999 or visit https://potomacriverrunning.com.

Take a tour of Herndonat the Ice Breaker 5K,which will be held on Sun-day, March 13 at 7:45 a.m.The race begins at 200Spring St., Herndon. Reg-ister at http://w w w. a c t i v e . c o m /herndon-va/running/dis-tance-running-races/herndon-ice-breaker-5k-2016.

Run like you’ve got theluck of the Irish on your

side and then enjoy a fun-filledcelebration at the finish line atLucky Leprechaun 5K. The raceis on Saturday, March 12 at 8:30a.m. at Reston Town Center, 11911Democracy Drive. To register, go toh t t p : / / w w w. p r r a c e s . c o m /luckyleprechaun/.

Use your love of running to helpa mother, a child, a family — live abetter life. Run for Haiti 5K orthe One-Mile will provide mon-etary aid to Project Haiti andGHATES (Global Haitian Advance-ment Through Education &Sports). The race will be on theSouth Lakes High School track at11400 South Lakes Drive, Reston,on Sunday, March 20 at 9 a.m. Forinformation and registration, go toh t t p : / / w w w. p r r a c e s . c o m /runforhaiti/.

ONGOING”Middletown” by Will Eno. Jan. 14-

Feb. 7. NextStop TheatreCompany, 269 Sunset Park Drive,Herndon. In this quirky, moderncompanion to “Our Town,”residents of Middletown seek themeaning of suburban life.Encounter thought-provokinguniversal themes and a fewpersonalities you may recognizefrom your own neighbors andfriends.www.NextStopTheatre.org. 703-481-5930.

Integral Tai Chi. 12:30-2 p.m.Mondays and Wednesdays throughMarch 30. Herndon Senior Center,873 Grace St., Herndon. IntegralTai Chi is a combination oftraditional Chinese Tai Chi and QiKong. The movements come fromboth forms of practice, in additionto yoga movements in the warmup section. Students need to bringtheir own yoga mat, a towel andwater. Free-$5. 703-464-6200.

Feldenkrais Floor Class. 2:30-3:30 p.m. Jan. 12-Feb. 2. HerndonSenior Center, 873 Grace St.,Herndon. This gentle and preciselyfocused exercise method canimprove range of motion,flexibility, coordination andbalance, and reduce body pain. Toparticipate, you must be able toget down to and back up from thefloor easily and by yourself. Foryour comfort, please bring a toweland warm clothes or layers. Free-$10. 703-464-6200.

Threaded with Green QuiltShow. Jan. 12-Feb. 14. ArtSpaceHerndon, 750 Center St.,Herndon. Display of talent,dedication and attention to detailfrom nineteen invited fiber artists.Every quilt in the show has anelement of green.The exhibitfeatures the challenge “There is aSeason” from 12 fiber artistscreating a quilt for each season.www.artspaceherndon.com.

WEDNESDAY/JAN. 27Frosty and Friends-

Snowonderful News! 7 p.m.Reston Regional Library, 11925Bowman Towne Drive, Reston.Frosty the Snowman returns againthis year, bringing our wintryfamily story time a blizzard of fun!Join us before he melts away. Allages. 703-689-2700.

Meet me at the Movies. 10 a.m.Bow Tie Cinemas, 11940 MarketSt., Reston. Reston Associationpresents “Bridge of Spies.”Refreshments and door prizesprovided prior to movie. Free to

55+. [email protected]. 703-435-6530.

SATURDAY/JAN. 30Weekend Bluegrass Concert

Series. 7:30 p.m. Holy CrossLutheran Church, 1090 SterlingRoad, Herndon. East of Monroeplays. If you like bluegrass, bothtraditional and contemporary,with a touch of gospel, blues orjazz then this band is just who youare looking for.

SUNDAY/JAN. 31Bluegrass-Goldheart. 7 p.m.

Frying Pan Park, 2709 West OxRoad, Herndon. The threeyouthful but talented Gold sisters(Tori, Jocey and Shelby) bringtheir original songs and beautifulsister harmonies supported bytheir capable instrumental work.$18, $20. http://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/parks/fryingpanpark/.

Groundhog’s Day Out. 2 p.m.Frying Pan Farm Park, 2739 WestOx Road, Herndon. Find out ifgroundhogs can really predict theweather. Visit a groundhogburrow, learn cool groundhogfacts, enjoy games and make yourown groundhog friend to takehome. Dress for the weather, hotchocolate provided. Children mustbe accompanied by an adult. Allparticipants must pre-register.http://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/parks/fryingpanpark/.

FRIDAY/FEB. 5Fall Registration St. Timothy’s

Preschool. 10 a.m. St. Timothy’sPreschool, 432 Van Buren St.,Herndon. The pre-school offershalf-day classes for three, four andfive year olds, with an optionalafternoon enrichment program.Please call the school or visit ourwebsite for more information.www.sttimothypreschool.com.703-437-4767.

SATURDAY/FEB. 6Annual Father Daughter Dance.

Herndon Community Center, 814Ferndale Ave., Herndon. Thissemi-formal event will include anevening of dancing, appetizers,drinks, a photo of the couple, anda keepsake. Daughter may beaccompanied by an uncle,grandfather or a male guardian.$50 per couple, $25 additionaldaughter. Ages 3-12.www.herndon-va.gov.

Send announcements to [email protected]. The deadline isthe Friday prior to the following week’s paper. Photos/artwork encouraged.

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Photo by Traci J. Brooks Studios/Courtesy of NextStop Theatre

Tamieka Chavis as Mary Swanson and John Stange asJohn Dodge in “Middletown” from NextStop Theatrefrom Jan. 14-Feb. 27.

Photo by Ryan Dunn/The Connection

Frying Pan Farm Park employee Catherine Vaughan shows Mandy, thefarm’s pet rabbit during the information session at the park’s visitorcenter on Groundhog Day.

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At the first Ice Breaker 5K in 2015, Herndon branch manager CherylShackleford (right) presents a $100 gift card from Northwest Federal toAllison Boone.

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The Ice Skating Rink at Reston Town Center.

Winter Fun Guide

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Sports

A snowstorm caused Fairfax County PublicSchools to cancel classes and athleticevents from Thursday, Jan. 21 throughTuesday, Jan. 26. Some areas received

more than 20 inches of snow during the weekend,according to the National Weather Service, creatinga break from competition for local high school ath-letes.

Herndon junior Alexa Bradley, the defending Con-ference 5 all-around gymnastics champion, sharedher storm experience via email with The Connec-tion.

Q: In what city do you live?A: I live in Herndon.Q: How did the amount of snowfall in your neigh-

borhood compare to what you thought would fall?A: I didn’t doubt that we were going to be getting

a big snow storm but didn’t realize how much snowactually comes from a non-stop snowstorm for morethan 24 hours. I’ve never seen so much snow in mylife, so it was hard to imagine what to expect.

Q: What, if any, preparations did you and your fam-ily make for the storm?

A: We went grocery shopping before the snowstarted on Friday. I didn’t want to be stuck in thehouse with my mom and a group of my brother’sfriends, so I prepared a four-day long suitcase andgot snowed in with my best friend.

Q: What did you do to pass the time during thestorm?

A: During the storm I watched a bunch of cooldocumentaries on Netflix, played board games withmy friends, cooked and baked many good treats,napped, and did homework.

Q: Did you play in the snow? If so, what did youdo?

A: When it started snowing I took a walk up thestreet. I wanted to build a snowman but didn’t haveany gloves so I haven’t (as of Sunday night) beenable to use my hands to make anything, but on mysnow days I’m planning on building an igloo andsnowman.

Q: Were you able to exercise/practice during thestorm? If so, what did you do?

A: We have not been practicing at all since thesnowstorm but I’ve been trying to stay stretched outso my body doesn’t hurt too bad after I return to aregular practice schedule.

Q: The Conference 5 gymnastics meet is approach-ing (Feb. 3). At this point in the season, how do youfeel you’re performing?

A: I feel like I’ve had a slow start to this seasontaking more time to get my body back to the way itwas when I ended last season, but trying my best.

Q: As the defending all-around champion, whatare your expectations for this season?

A: My expectation for this season is to be beat mypersonal best and to keep moving forward and get-ting better in my skills.

— Jon Roetman

A snowstorm caused Fairfax County PublicSchools to cancel classes and athletic eventsfrom Thursday, Jan. 21 through Tuesday, Jan.

26. Some areas received more than 20 inches of snowduring the weekend, according to the NationalWeather Service, creating a break from competitionfor local high school athletes.

South Lakes volleyball player MelodyCaloyannides, who is committed to Virginia Tech,shared her storm experience via email with The Con-nection.

Q: In what city do you live?A: Reston.Q: How did the amount of snowfall in your neigh-

borhood compare to what you thought would fall?A: We accumulated around 28 inches, but due to

drift there were spots as high as 33 inches. We ex-pected 1-2 feet, but it was well over that.

Q: What, if any, preparations did you and your fam-ily make for the storm?

A: Like many families, we purchased salt, an extrashovel, and food for a little under a week of homemeals. However, I did hear from a few families thatgenerators were bought, as well.

Q: What did you do to pass the time during thestorm?

A: The first day I spent mainly at home with myfamily, but after the first day I walked to visit friends.With water-resistant clothes, it was not too bad. Thewalk was definitely a workout though.

Q: Did you play in the snow? If so, what did youdo?

A: Yes, I did play outside. A few friends and I wentsledding and we also built an igloo since there wasplenty of snow to do so.

Q: Do you play a winter sport at South Lakes?A: No, I do not play a winter sport at South Lakes

because I play volleyball all year; indoor volleyballduring the school year, and sand volleyball duringthe summer.

Q: Were you able to exercise/practice during thestorm? If so, what did you do?

A: Unfortunately, no. We have had about a weekoff of practice and conditioning which has made pre-paring for a tournament this coming weekend a littledifficult. However, every night we would completeour “homework,” which would consist of an hour-long training program to stay in shape.

Q: What made Virginia Tech the right choice foryou?

A: I have loved Tech since sophomore year, butwas on and off because I wanted to research intomore schools. I knew it was the school for me whenI went on my third visit during the fall. Up until then,I had not visited since my sophomore year. The day Icalled the coach telling them I’m accepting their of-fer, I cried tears of joy like no other. It’s an amazingfeeling and I couldn’t be happier to call myself aHokie.

— Jon Roetman

Snowstorm Q&A: South Lakes’Caloyannides Built an Igloo

Herndongymnast AlexaBradley, seenlast season, isthe defendingConference 5all-aroundchampion.

Snowstorm Q&A: Herndon’s BradleySnowed in with Best Friend

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8 Trinity Land, Woody’s GolfRange

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pervisors approved Trinity Land’s applica-tion for a special exception to build 30 singlefamily units using a cluster developmentconfiguration on the 28.9 acre property for-merly known as Woody’s Golf range. Thesite is zoned R-1 (one dwelling unit peracre) and is located in the Dranesville Tav-ern Historic Overlay District.

“Woody’s Golf Range is now closed. Wewant to thank you for letting us be part ofsuch a wonderful community. We haveloved serving our customers for over threedecades, and we will always cherish thememories of our great customers. We hopethat you will continue to keep up with usto see where we go next,” according toWoody’s website.

See http://ldsnet.fairfaxcounty.gov/ldsnet/ZAPSMain.aspx?cde=SE&seq=4192058 andhttp://ldsnet.fairfaxcounty.gov/ldsnet/ldsdwf/4498561.PDF for details.

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Government, schools and librar-ies were closed throughoutReston and Herndon as thearea continued to shovel out

the snow from blizzard Jonas. Reston As-sociation events and meetings were can-celed Monday, Jan. 25, as were programswith the Town of Herndon. Herndon TownCouncil’s meeting on Tuesday, Jan. 26 wascanceled, the next meeting will be the Feb.2 work session. Fairfax County PublicSchools and offices were closed Mondayand Tuesday, Jan. 25 and 26, and schoolevents and presentations have been re-scheduled due to the weather.

RESIDENTS stocked up on supplies andgroceries as they prepared for the snow.According to reports from meteorologists,the Reston-Herndon area received 28 inchesof snow, Leesburg area 28-34 inches, andAshburn 36 inches. Sunday, Jan. 24, the skycleared, giving residents the opportunity toget out and begin clearing the roads anddriveways. “I am glad there was no loss ofelectric power,” said Herndon residentSusanna Patton. On Sunday, she and neigh-bor Jeff Sevila brought their children to gosledding down a hill near Herndon Elemen-tary school. Sevila, a graduate of theHerndon High class of 1991, rememberedwhen he went sledding as a child. “It was alot of snow, yet is has been fun,” said Sevila.

Local delegates and officials alerted resi-dents of the approaching snowfall, and pro-vided updates of the snow removal. “OurDepartment of Public Work (DPW) crewsare the heroes of the town,” stated Town ofHerndon Mayor Lisa Merkel. “They havebeen working 12 hour shifts, throughout theweekend and are still doing so. Some haveslept in their offices at DPW to ensure they

could be here for their next shift… Whenyou see our crews arrive in your neighbor-hoods, please thank them!” Fairfax CountyFire and Rescue worked at an incident atDulles Glen apartments complex inHerndon where a carbon monoxide leakforced an evacuation.

By Monday, Jan. 25, most sidewalks wereclear at Reston Town Center, although somestores decided to stay closed for the day.Reston Hospital Center began preparing forWinter Storm Jonas earlier in the week,establishing a command center on Fridayto ensure the highest level of care for pa-tients. Reston Hospital thanks the surround-ing community members who stepped upas volunteer drivers, allowing critical staffmembers to get to and from the hospitalcampus. Reston Hospital also thanks staffmembers who braved the weather to en-sure the patients received the care theyneeded.

“On behalf of the entire administration,I’d like to thank those amazing staff mem-bers whose dedication made surviving Win-ter Storm Jonas possible. Without them, wecouldn’t provide the care our patients de-serve. I’d also like to thank each of our vol-unteer drivers. Without their help, our es-sential staff members would have been de-layed in providing necessary patient care.We are very fortunate to have such won-derful staff here and to be based in this greatcommunity where people truly care,” saidJohn Deardorff, CEO, Reston Hospital Cen-ter.

MONDAY, FEB. 1, the Fairfax County De-partment of Transportation (FCDOT) ishosting an information session on a pro-posed grid of streets within the Reston Tran-sit Station Areas. The session will be at LakeAnne Elementary School, at the cafeteriaat 11510 North Shore Drive. All commu-nity members are welcome to attend.

Reston and Herndon DigOut Of BlizzardBlizzard limits trans-portation, volunteersand crews step up.

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The Reston Hospital Center was ready to treat patients despite theblizzard. John Deardorff, CEO, Reston Hospital Center thanked volun-teers and surrounding community members who stepped up as volun-teer drivers.

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