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By Alex McVeigh

The Connection

Hundreds of bikers who decided toforego their cars during their commutewere welcomed in downtownHerndon Friday, May 18, one of 58 pit

stops around the Washington, D.C. area during theday. The day was the culmination of National Biketo Work Week, and last year’s Bike to Work Day fea-tured more than 11,000 participants locally.

Cyclists who passed through Herndon on the Wand OD trail could stop for some breakfast, drinksand even a bicycle tune up if needed.

“We wanted to highlight the difference riding abike to work can make, whether it’s on the environ-ment, traffic or quality of life,” said Sarah Velasquezof A-1 Cycling. “We had almost 280 people registerfor today, up from about 215 last year. We’ve alsoseen a lot of groups getting together and organizingto commute as a group.”

A-1 Cycling co-sponsored the pit stop with theTown of Herndon. Cindy Roeder, director of thetown’s Parks and Recreation Department, said an-other goal of the event was to highlight the W andOD Trail.

“We certainly want to encourage activities andshow the benefits of the trail, one of the area’s mostfamous linear parks,” she said. “It’s been an eventthat has kept growing, and we’ve seen a lot of peoplewho have come out who didn’t officially register. Oneman said today was his 700th consecutive day bikingto work, and today was his birthday.”

Ben Heathcote of Sterling hasn’t come close to thatmany days, but after getting a top-of-the-line bikefor Christmas, he said he’s trying to make it a regu-lar part of his life.

“My New Year’s Resolution was to get out and bikemore, since it’s something I really hadn’t done sincecollege. I think I’ve probably biked from my houseto my office in Vienna about a dozen times this year,mostly in the last month,” he said. “I’m not ashardcore as I should be I guess, because I only reallydo it on nice days, when I’ve planned for it. But ifthey had snacks here every day, I’m sure I’d be more

of a regular.”Mike Calumet of Reston says he loves biking to his

job in Ashburn, but says the biking itself isn’t whatkeeps him from doing it more regularly.

“If it was as simple as riding there and back everyday, I’d do it even in the winter, that’s how much Ilike it,” he said. “But the problem comes when youget there. If I’ve got a big meeting, I can’t be allsweaty, and for the sake of my office-mates, I usu-ally need to change clothes. It’s a whole other levelof logistics, and it can be hard to find a shower nearthe office. If those things were present though, I’dhave no problem doing a majority of my commutingon my bike.”

Bike to Work Day started in 1956 through the ef-forts of the League of American Bicyclists to createan alternative to driving alone.

By Alex McVeigh

The Connection

Kevin Concannon, U.S.Department of Agricul-ture (USDA) Under

Secretary for Food, Nutritionand Consumer Services visitedthe Frying Pan Farm Park Farm-ers Market Thursday, May 17.In addition to visiting with lo-cal vendors and shoppers, heannounced new grant opportu-nities for states to purchaseElectronic Benefit Transferwireless technology for themarkets.

“There are about 7,000farmer’s markets nationally, andabout 2,500 of those have ac-cess to electricity or wirelessconnectivity,” Concannon said.“Our goal with these grants isto close the gap.”

Frying Pan Farm Park’s mar-ket is one of 11 sponsored bythe Fairfax County Park Author-ity, and the only one that cur-rently accepts EBT. This allowsthem to participate in theUSDA’s Supplemental NutritionAssistance Program (SNAP),formally known as food stamps,which allows benefits to beused to purchase produce atlocal markets.

“Our interest is encouragingpeople to eat healthy, and thisis a way to nudge people tomarkets like this to re-enforcethe fact that we need fruits andvegetables every day,”

Concannon said. “The fewerprocessed foods people eat thebetter, and I think it’s especiallyneat for kids to come and seewhere fruits and vegetablescome from, maybe it will makethem more apt to eat them.”

Megan Carroll, Farmers Mar-kets coordinator with the parkauthority, estimated they seearound four or five SNAP par-ticipants every week at the mar-ket.

“Because most markets don’thave EBT, they don’t even thinkto try, which is a mindset we canhopefully change,” she said.“Healthy, locally grown foodcan be less expensive and wewant people to know that.”

Grant money will be distrib-uted by state, depending on thenumber of markets. There area little more than 150 farmer’smarkets in Virginia.

Individuals using benefits atthe market can go to the mar-ket tent located in front of thestand and tell the staff memberhow much they would like tospend. The staff member willgive the person wooden tokensworth $1, which they can useto purchase only food items. Nochange is given, but tokens canbe used the following week atthe same market they were is-sued.

The Frying Pan Farm ParkFarmers Market runs everyThursday until October from3:30 to 7 p.m.

USDA Under Secre-tary for Food, Nutri-tion and ConsumerServices KevinConcannon examinesa selection of localflowers with SandyLombardi of KuhnOrchards at theFrying Pan Farm ParkFarmer’s MarketThursday, May 17.

USDA Under SecretaryVisits Frying PanKevin Concannon announces newgrant opportunities for markets.

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Downtown one of 58 localpit stops for annual event.


Matt McGee of A-1Cycling tightens thechain of Officer R.C.Daranko’s bicycle ofthe Herndon PoliceFriday, May 18.Herndon hosted one of58 pit stops in thearea, and providedsnacks and bike main-tenance to cyclists thatcame through.

Cyclists cross Elden Street in Herndonalong the W and OD Trail, part of Bike toWork Day Friday, May 18.

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Herndon Connection Editor Kemal Kurspahic

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The County Line

By Victoria Ross

The Connection

Governor RobertMcDonnell (R)signed watered-down versions of

Virginia’s Republican-backed voteridentification bills on Friday, add-ing the Commonwealth to thegrowing list of states adoptingstricter voting standards.

Under the new law, voters willbe required to show ID before theycast their ballots, a measure thatDemocrats in the Virginia GeneralAssembly have said will disenfran-chise many voters, especially mi-norities, the poor and the elderly.

To subdue critics, the Governorsigned measures expanding thetype of ID acceptable at the polls– which include a utility bill or aVirginia student ID card - and di-rected the State Board of Electionsto send every registered voter anew card before the 2012 presi-dential elections in November.

“Every qualified citizen has theright to cast one vote. Not twovotes; not zero votes,” McDonnell

said in a statement released Fri-day. “This legislation does twothings. It increases the forms ofidentification that can be used forpurpose of voting, while helpingto further prevent voter fraud andensuring Virginians that they canhave faith that votes have not beenfraudulently cast.”

THE PREVALENCE – or absence– of voter fraud is at the heart ofthe debate over whether Virginiaor other states need any new leg-islation.

“The ‘voter identification’ billsare a solution in search of a prob-lem,” said State Sen. ChapPetersen (D-34) in an email onSaturday. “Our current system is

working fine. By agreeing to thesegratuitous changes, the Governoris making the system less open andconvenient to law-abiding citi-zens.”

State Sen. David Marsden (D-37) has said that using voter fraudas a justification for new voter

identification rules is asmokescreen for voter sup-pression. “When we’ve askedthese legislators (in Virginia)to cite one example of voterfraud, they just can’t do it,”Marsden said.

Even McDonnell notedVirginia’s “tradition of hon-est elections” and a votercompliance rate of nearly100 percent in a survey of lo-

calities from the last presidentialand gubernatorial elections in2008 and 2009.

Currently, Virginia voters are al-lowed to vote without ID by sign-ing a sworn affidavit affirmingtheir identity. Under the new law,voters without ID cards will stillbe able to vote provisionally, onthe condition they provide properID later for the vote to be counted.

“Some have argued that thereare voters who do not have anyform of ID to bring to the polls.For that reason, we will be send-ing every voter in Virginia a freevoter card between now and Elec-tion Day to ensure they have atleast one form of ID to bring withthem to the polls,” McDonnell

said.In addition to issuing every ac-

tive voter a new card, McDonnellalso ordered election officials tocoordinate a public educationcampaign to help raise awarenessabout the approved ID to the poll-ing place on Election Day, and theprocess for obtaining a free votercard if someone does not have aform of ID.

McDonnell said the additionalsteps his administration istaking to implement thislegislation ensure that novoter is “overly burdenedby the provisions in-cluded in this legislation.”

According to the Na-tional Conference ofState Legislatures, a bi-partisan research organi-zation, Voter ID continues to be ahigh-profile and highly-contentiousissue in many state legislatures.Currently, 32 states have voter IDlegislation pending, and severalstates have pushed for rigorouslaws that require voters to presenta state-issued photo ID card.

JUST BEFORE McDonnell’s pro-nouncement, the Fairfax CountyOffice of Elections launched acampaign to alert voters to newvoter registration cards the stateis in the process of mailing to ap-proximately 195,000 county vot-ers this week.

But the cards are being mailed

only to voters affected by Congres-sional redistricting and voters stillholding a card that included theirSocial Security Number (SSN),which will be replaced with a sys-tem-generated identification num-ber.

Now, every registered voter willget at least one new voter card.The cards mailed out this weekalso indicate a language prefer-ence.

According to Cameron Quinn,Fairfax County’s chief electionsofficial, as a result of the 2010Census, Fairfax County falls underSection 203 of the Voting RightsAct, which requires the county toprovide voting and elections-re-lated materials in English andSpanish.

She said Fairfax County is nowproviding voter information andmaterials for Spanish speakers.And the county’s websitewww.fairfaxcounty.gov/electionshas a Google Translations line thatcan translate information intoSpanish and several other lan-guages.

Quinn said that while the FairfaxCounty and state websites are up-dated, not all voter election webpages and links have been updatedwith the new congressional districtinformation.

“Those voters whose congres-sional district changed as a resultof redistricting are currently beingmailed a new voter card,” Quinnsaid. “Whether or not you receiveda new voter card, if you have ques-tions or to be certain you knowyour congressional district infor-mation, refer to the county or stateelection office’s website for thecorrect information or call us at703-222-0776.”

Bulletin Board

Voter Information❖ If you have not received a new

card, but would like to checkyour voter registration statusand information, go to theVirginia State Board of Electionsat www.sbe.virginia.gov/

❖ For more information, go toFairfax County Office ofElections website atwww.fairfaxcounty.gov/elections

❖ Or contact the Office of Electionsat 703-222-0776, TTY 711.

The Burke Centre polling place at the Commons Commu-nity Centre preps for Election Day.

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Governor Signs Voter ID BillsMcDonnell directsstate to send everyvoter a new votercard beforeElection Day.

Acceptable Forms of IDUnder the new legislation and existing law, the following are acceptable

forms of ID for voting:❖ Virginia voter registration card❖ Social Security card❖ Valid Virginia driver’s license❖ Any other identification card issued

by an agency of theCommonwealth, one of its politicalsubdivisions, or the United States

❖ Any valid student identificationcard issued by a Virginia

institution of higher education❖ A valid identification card issued

by an employer containing aphotograph of the voter

❖ A copy of a current utility bill❖ A copy of a bank statement❖ A government check❖ A paycheck that shows the name

and address of the voter

“Every qualified citizenhas the right to castone vote. Not two votes;not zero votes.”

— Governor Robert McDonnell

“The ‘voter identification’bills are a solution insearch of a problem.”

— State Sen. Chap Petersen (D-34)

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PetSmart, 11860 SpectrumCenter, Reston. Every Sunday.Sponsored by Lost Dog & CatRescue Foundation.www.lostdogrescue.org.

THURSDAY/MAY 31DEQ Public Meeting on

Water Quality in HolmesRun and Tripps Run. 6:30p.m. Woodrow Wilson Library,6101 Knollwood Drive, FallsChurch. Holmes Run andTripps Run do not meet waterquality standards due to poorhealth in the benthic biologicalcommunities. Learn what thestate is doing to address theproblem. 703-583-3859 [email protected].

Faith Notes

Faith Notes are for announce-ments and events in the faithcommunity, including special holi-day services. Send [email protected] is Thursday.

United Christian Parish,11508 North Shore Drive inReston, will present a free concerton Friday, May 25, at 7:30 p.m.,with the premiere of a choralpiece written for the dedication ofthe new sanctuary. Singers fromthe United Christian Parish, St.Anne’s Episcopal Church, theUnitarian Universalist Church inReston and soloists from the Uni-versity of Maryland willparticipate. The builder of thechurch’s new custom-made or-gan, Warren Hood, will play asolo organ work. The UnitedChristian Parish is an ecumenicalchurch uniting United Methodist,Presbyterian Church (USA),United Church of Christ, andChristian Church (DIsciples ofChrist). 703-620-3065 orwww.unitedchristianparish.org.

Trinity PresbyterianChurch, 651 Dranesville Road inHerndon, has Sunday WorshipService at 8:30 a.m. and 11 a.m.Nursery and childcare are avail-able during worship services.Youth and Adult Sunday School isheld Sundays from 9:40-10:45a.m. 703-437-5500 orwww.trinityherndon.org.

Floris United MethodistChurch, 13600 Frying Pan Roadin Herndon, has worship servicesat 8 a.m., 9:15 a.m., 11 a.m. and5 p.m. on Sundays, with a Latinoservice on Saturdays at 7 p.m.703-793-0026 orwww.florisumc.org.

Vajrayogini Buddhist Cen-ter, Brown’s Chapel, 11450Baron Cameron Ave., Reston,holds monthly classes for the gen-eral public. Gen Kelsang Varahi,an American Buddhist nun, willteach ‘Living Meditation: Medita-tion for Relaxation,’ teachingsand guided meditations thatteach students how to relax theirbody and mind. $12.www.meditation-dc.org or 202-986-2257.


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Nearly 46 percent of all Herndon fami-lies speak a language other than En-glish at home. Vecinos Unidos is oneof the charities trying to fill a need

for services in this area. Mary Ann Kral, a volun-teer with Vecinos Unidos, said the charity provideshomework help to children with non-Englishspeaking parents. The Annual Connections forHope 5K run and 1/3-mile walk benefits VecinosUnidos and partners including the Jeanie SchmidtFree Clinic, Reston Interfaith, the Literacy Councilof Northern Virginia, Helping Children Worldwideand the Fairfax-Falls Church Community ServicesBoard among others.

Sarah Newman, Executive Director at Connec-tions for Hope, said, “We’ve been here for twoyears and have provided a place for people tocome to one location to gain training and gatherinformation.”

Among those who walked were Sam and JoanneAbbate—recent transplants from Long Island, N.Y.Sam, an employee of Northrop Grumman, walkedwith their team as did Joanne, his wife.

Rick Wormeli, a former teacher and currentauthor (of education books) had a lot of funcheering people on. He said, “I’m the clown/jesterMC here and then I have to run to another event inLorton.” He was wearing a costume that coveredhim from head to toe, which he sported through-out the morning into early afternoon, when hefinally got into his car to drive to his next gig.

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Running,Walking forCharitiesConnections for Hope run,walk benefits local charities.

Rick Wormeli, Clown MC of Herndon,getting ready to kickoff the one-miler atConnections for Hope.

Bryant Johnson, an IT auditor fromHerndon at the finish line after complet-ing a 3-mile walk

Melissa Ciavarella of Herndon is theChildren’s Ministry Director at FlorisUnited Methodist Church. The church andNorthrop Grumman team up to supportConnections for Hope and its partners.

From left, Holly Wieland, a volunteer andRegistered Nurse of Herndon; Mary AnnKral, who supports Connections for Hopeon behalf of Vecinos Unidos, and CornellHarris, a Consultant and Partner atWIPRO, who is on the Advisory Council ofConnections for Hope and describes hisrole at the event as “Parking Coordinator.”

From left, Anna Chavez, a 1st grader withsister Irais Chavez, a 2nd grader—both ofVirginia Run Elementary School—takecover from the hot sun overhead aftercompleting their mile long walk.

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Opinion

In February, Brig. Gen. Terence J.Hildner, 49, of Fairfax, was the high-est ranking military officer to die inthe war on terror. Hildner died Feb.

3, 2012 in Kabul province, Afghanistan.On Memorial Day, we remember all of

those who have died in military service,more than 400,000 in World War II, morethan 30,000 in Korea, more than 50,000 inVietnam.

Since Sept. 11, 2001, more than 6,400U.S. military service men and women havedied in support of the wars in Iraq and Af-ghanistan. In 2012, there is just onereported death in Iraq, and more than115 in Afghanistan.

Nearly 50,000 U.S. Military servicemembers have been wounded in the war onterror, although that number is likely to be re-vised upward. The New York Times reportedearlier this month that the military confirmedtraumatic brain injury in more than 220,000of the 2.3 million troops who have served inIraq and Afghanistan.

The long-term consequences of many ofthese injuries are unknown, but they will re-quire a national commitment to excellence inhealth care for both active duty military per-sonnel and veterans.

On Memorial Day, we honor and thank allthose who have served in the military, in timesof war and peace. It is also a time to reinvigo-rate efforts to provide the best services andopportunities to our veterans. The Post-9/11GI Bill dramatically increases the educationalbenefits extended to members of the militarywho have served at least three months of ac-tive duty since Sept. 11, 2001. Steps to pro-vide better, faster and more responsive healthcare to veterans, including mental health careare underway, but have a long way to go. Thisis one place where we must commit the re-sources to do better.

More than 175 U.S. Military service person-nel from Virginia have been killed in Iraq andAfghanistan, including several in the last year.

Aaron Carson Vaughn, 30, was one of 30American service members and 22 Navy SEALskilled Aug. 6, 2011 when their Chinook heli-copter was shot down in Afghanistan. Vaughn’sfamily has ties to McLean and Burke. He issurvived by his wife, Kimberly, and their twochildren.

Spc. Douglas Jay Green, 23 of Sterling, diedAug. 28, 2011. when insurgents attacked hisunit using a roadside bomb in Kandahar prov-ince, Afghanistan. Green enlisted in 2007, af-ter attending Potomac Falls High School.

Other Virginia losses since Memorial Day2011:

Capt. Jesse A. Ozbat, 28 of Prince George,Va., died earlier this month on May 20, 2012in Afghanistan when enemy forces attacked hisunit with a roadside bomb.

Constructionman Trevor J. Stanley, 22, of

Virginia Beach, Va., died April 7, 2012while deployed to Camp Lemonnier,Djibouti. Stanley, a Seabee, was as-

signed to Naval Mobile Construction Battalion3

Pfc. Michael W. Pyron, 30, of Hopewell, Va.,died Jan. 10, 2012 in Parwan province, Af-ghanistan. He was assigned to the 25th SignalBattalion, 160th Signal Brigade, 335th SignalCommand Theater, East Point, Ga.

Maj. Samuel M. Griffith, 36, of VirginiaBeach, Va., died Dec. 14, 2011 in combat op-erations in Helmand province, Afghanistan.

Staff Sgt. James Ronald Leep Jr., 44 of Rich-mond, died Oct. 17, 2011 at Forward Operat-ing Base Kalsu near Iskandariya in Babil prov-ince, Iraq.

Spc. Levi Efrain Nuncio, 24 of Harrisonburg,died June 22, 2011 when enemy forces at-tacked his unit with small-arms fire in theNarang district of Kunar province, Afghanistan.

Capt. Michael Wray Newton, 30 of NewportNews, died June 11, 2011 in Meymaneh,Faryab province, Afghanistan.

HERE ARE the names of other local men andwomen who have died in Iraq and Afghani-stan and in support of the “war on terror.” Werepeat these names at least twice a year onMemorial Day and Veterans Day to honor theirservice and to keep their memories in our con-sciousness.

If you know of someone who should be in-cluded in this list, or if you would like to sharehow you are honoring the memory of a familymember or friend lost, or about the progressof someone injured, please let us know.

Capt. Charles A. Ransom, 31, of Midlothian was oneof eight airmen who died April 27, 2011, at the KabulInternational Airport, Afghanistan, from gunfire. Sgt.Sean T. Callahan, 23, of Warrenton was one of twoMarines who died April 23, 2011 in combat inHelmand, Afghanistan:

Sgt. 1st Class Anthony Venetz Jr., 30, of Prince Wil-liam died Jan. 28, 2011 in Afghanistan, in anon-combat incident. Venetz had been seriouslywounded months before.

Spc. Sean R. Cutsforth, 22, of Radford, Va., diedDec. 15, 2010 in Afghanistan, when insurgents at-tacked his unit using small arms fire. Spc. William K.Middleton, 26, of Norfolk, was one of two soldiers whodied Nov. 22, 2010 in Afghanistan, when insurgentsattacked with an improvised explosive device. StaffSgt. Christopher F. Cabacoy, 30, of Virginia Beach, was

one of two soldiers who died July 5, 2010, inKandahar, Afghanistan, when insurgents at-tacked their vehicle with a roadside bomb.

Pfc. Benjamin J. Park, 25, of Fairfax Station,Va., died June 18, 2010 at Zhari district,Kandahar, Afghanistan, of injuries sustainedwhen insurgents attacked his unit with an impro-vised explosive device.

May 12, 2010, Donald J. Lamar II, 23 ofFredericksburg, was killed in Afghanistan. Chris-topher D. Worrell, 35 of Virginia Beach, waskilled in Iraq on April 22, 2010. Steven J. Bishop,29 of Christianburg, was killed March 13, 2010in Iraq. Kielin T. Dunn, 19 of Chesapeake, waskilled Feb. 18, 2010 in Afghanistan. Brandon T.Islip, 23 of Richmond, was killed Nov. 29, 2009,in Afghanistan. Stephan L. Mace, 21 ofLovettsville, died Oct. 3, 2009 in Afghanistan.

Bill Cahir, 40 of Alexandria, died Aug. 13,2009 of a gunshot wound while conducting com-bat operations in the Helmand Province ofAfghanistan. After 9/11, Cahir decided to leavehis career as a journalist and join the MarineCorps. After his application to become a Marinehad originally been denied because of his age, helobbied members of Congress to get a special ex-

emption.Fairfax Station resident Pfc. Dillon Jutras, 20, was

killed in combat operations in Al Anbar Province ofIraq Oct. 29, 2005.

Lance Cpl. Daniel Ryan Bennett, 23 of Clifton diedJan. 11, 2009, in Helmand province, Afghanistan. “Heloved his country, and we’re so proud of him,” said hismother.

2nd Lt. Sean P. O’Connor of Burke died Oct. 19,2008 while stationed at Hunter Army Air Field, Savan-nah, Ga. O’Connor was an athlete in soccer, baseballand football who attended Fairfax County PublicSchools and was a 1999 graduate of Bishop Denis J.O’Connell High School in Arlington.

Pfc. David Sharrett II, 27 of Oakton, died Jan, 16,2008 in Iraq. On Oct. 24, 2008, his father, David H.Sharrett, was on hand as the Oakton Post Office onWhite Granite Drive was renamed to honor his son. Butthe senior Sharrett has battled to learn the truth abouthis son’s death, that he was killed by his lieutenant inthe confusion of a firefight. Just last month, April,2012, Sharrett Sr. obtained documents confirmingsome of the details of his son’s death and a subsequentcover-up, according to Tom Jackman of the Washing-ton Post.

Army 1st Lt. Thomas J. Brown, a George MasonUniversity graduate and Burke resident, died on Sept.23, 2008, while serving in Iraq. His unit came undersmall arms fire, and Brown, 26, died from his wounds.

Sgt. Scott Kirkpatrick, 26, died on Aug. 11, 2007, inArab Jabour, Iraq. Kirkpatrick, who graduated fromPark View High School in Sterling, and also consideredHerndon and Reston as his hometowns, was a cham-pion slam poet. His father, Ed Kirkpatrick, calls him the“warrior poet,” and he and his wife help injured vetsat Walter Reed through the Yellow Ribbon fund(www.yellowribbonfund.org).

Ami Neiberger-Miller of Sterling lost her brother,U.S. Army Spc. Christopher Neiberger, in August 2007when he was killed by a roadside bomb in Iraq. He was22. Since her brother’s death, Neiberger-Miller hasdevoted herself to the Tragedy Assistance Program forSurvivors (www.taps.org), an amazing organizationwhich provides emotional support and other servicesfor families of the fallen. This Memorial Day weekend,TAPS will bring together survivors in Arlington for the18th National Military Survivor seminar, along with a“good grief” camp for children who have lost a parent.

Staff Sgt. Jesse G. Clowers Jr., 27, of Herndon, diedwhen an improvised bomb exploded near his vehiclein Afghanistan on Aug. 12, 2007. Jonathan D.Winterbottom, 21, of Falls Church, died in Iraq on May23, 2007, when an IED exploded near his vehicle.

Nicholas Rapavi, 22, of Springfield, died Nov. 24,2006, during combat in Anbar province in Iraq. ArmyCpl. Andy D. Anderson, 24, was killed by enemy firein Ar Ramadi, Iraq on Tuesday, June 6, 2006.

Airman 1st Class LeeBernard E. Chavis, 21, waskilled Oct. 14, 2006, by sniper fire in Iraq, trying toprotect civilians from a roadside bomb.

Spc. Robert Drawl Jr., 21, a 2003 graduate of T.C.Williams High School, was killed by a bomb in Kunar,Afghanistan, on Aug. 19, 2006.

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Command Sgt. Maj. Guitaud Leandre, 13thESC, hands Cindy Hildner an artillery shellmoments after it was fired from a cannonin her husband’s honor at Fort Hood Feb. 9.Brig. Gen. Terence J. Hildner of Fairfax diedin Afghanistan Feb. 3.

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U.S. Army Specialist Felipe J.Garcia Villareal, 26 of Burke, wasinjured in Iraq and flown to Wash-ington Hospital Center, where hedied Feb. 12, 2006. He was a gradu-ate of Herndon High School.

Capt. Shane R. M. Mahaffee, 36, a1987 graduate of Mount VernonHigh School, died May 15, 2006. Hewas a lawyer, married, with two chil-dren. His parents live in Alexandria.

U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. NicholasKirven, 21, was killed in Afghanistanin 2005 during a firefight in a cavewith insurgents. He enlisted whilestill in high school after 9/11. Maj.William F. Hecker III, a 1987 gradu-ate of McLean High School, waskilled in action in An Najaf, Iraq, Jan.5, 2005. Staff Sgt. Ayman Taha, 31,of Vienna, was killed Dec. 30, 2005,when an enemy munitions cache hewas prepping for demolition ex-ploded. Army Capt. Chris Petty ofVienna was killed Jan. 5, 2006.

Staff Sgt. George T. Alexander Jr.,the 2,000th soldier to be killed inIraq, was literally born into the Armyhere in Northern Virginia, at DeWittArmy Hospital at Fort Belvoir.Alexander died at Brooke ArmyMedical Center in San Antonio,Texas, Oct. 22, 2005, of injuries sus-tained in Samarra, Iraq, Oct. 17,2005.

Lt. Col. Thomas A. Wren, 44, ofLorton, died in Tallil, Iraq on Nov. 5,2005. Marine Capt. Michael Martino,32 of the City of Fairfax, died Nov. 2,2005, when his helicopter wasbrought down in Iraq.

Time to Honor1st Lt. Laura M. Walker of Oakton

was killed on Aug. 18, 2005, inKandahar, Afghanistan. CW4 Mat-thew S. Lourey of Lorton died frominjuries sustained on May 26, 2005in Buhriz, Iraq.

Operations Officer Helge Boes ofFairfax was killed on Feb. 5, 2003,while participating incounterterrorism efforts in easternAfghanistan.

Among other local lives lost: LanceCpl. Tavon Lee Hubbard, 24, ofReston; 1st Lt. Alexander Wetherbee,27, of McLean; 1st Lt. Jeff Kaylor, 25,of Clifton; Coast Guard Petty OfficerNathan B. Bruckenthal, 24, ofHerndon; Army Chief Warrant Of-ficer Sharon T. Swartworth, 43, ofMount Vernon; Command Sgt. Maj.James D. Blankenbecler, 40, ofMount Vernon; Capt. James F.Adamouski, 29, of Springfield; Sgt.DeForest L. Talbert, 22, of Alexan-dria; Marine Cpl. Binh N. Le, 20, ofAlexandria; Staff Sgt. RussellVerdugo, 34, of Alexandria. ArmyCapt. Mark N. Stubenhofer, 30, fromSpringfield; Marine Gunnery Sgt.Javier Obleas-Prado Pena, 36, fromFalls Church; Marine Sgt. KrisnaNachampassak, 27, from Burke;Army Staff Sgt. Nathaniel J. Nyren,31, from Reston; Marine Lance Cpl.Tenzin Dengkhim, 19, from FallsChurch, Navy Chief Joel EganBaldwin, 37, from Arlington; Maj.Joseph McCloud, of Alexandria, andMajor Gloria D. Davis, 47 of Lorton.

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Creation of the Plan. 7 p.m.Reston Community Center, 1609AWashington Plaza, Reston. Museumstaff member Loren Bruce and otherlocal residents on the origins ofReston, the nation’s first large-scaleplanned community that changed theface of the suburban landscape inAmerica. Free, donationsappreciated. 703-709-7700 orwww.restonmuseum.org.

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Festival. 8 a.m.-12 p.m. FairfaxCorner, 4100 Monument CornerDrive, Sully. Three ride distances,Israeli rock and roller DannySanderson, Israeli Scouts FriendshipCaravan, local dance and choirgroups, shuk market and more.Sponsored by the JCCNV, The JewishFederation of Greater Washington,Embassy of Israel and localsynagogues. Free admission. 703-227-0895 or www.jccnv.org.

On May 8, McNair Elementaryin Herndon, hosted an Art Fairfor grades K-6. Students’artwork was displayed in mattedframes, and hung in the library.All students passed throughduring the day to view the

Art teacher and students at McNair Elementary’s art fair.

Box art at McNair Elementary’s art fair.

Art Fair at McNair Elementaryworks. In the evening, it wasopen to family and friends andthe artwork was available forsale. The art instructors andadministration were very pleasedwith this first art fair and will becontinuing it in the future.

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The long term season plan for theHerndon High boys’ soccer teamwas to ultimately be playing its

best by the postseason. The Hornetscould not have fulfilled that mission anymore successfully than they did at lastweek’s Concorde District tournamentwhere, as the No. 3-seed, they won allthree of their games to capture the title.

“We always emphasize playoffs,” saidHerndon head coach Sean Lanigan, whoexplained that his Herndon teams, in thepast and present, have always tried to uti-lize the regular season to focus on play-ing as a team, getting better and betteras the season rolls along, and remaininghealthy as best as possible in order to bein prime form for postseason play. “Theplayoffs are a whole new season for us.”

In the district finals, last Friday night,May 18 at Westfield High School,Herndon (11-2-3) defeated upstart under-dog Chantilly, 1-0, to earn the district ban-ner. The victory capped a district tourna-ment surge in which Herndon defeatedNo. 6-seed Westfield, 3-1, in thequarterfinals, and defending districtchampion and No. 2-seed Oakton, 4-1, inthe semifinals prior to its title match win.

Oakton, which defeated Herndon, 3-0, in last year’s district tournament fi-nals, reached the finals once again as a

result of a semifinals victory over top seededRobinson last Wednesday, May 16.

The finals game was deadlocked at half-time. The game’s lone goal came with about12 minutes remaining in the second halfwhen Herndon senior Patrick McLauglinscored off a free kick shot. The kick, fromthe right side, found its place into the leftback of the net.

“He saw an opening in the [Chantilly de-fensive] wall and buried it in the back,” saidLanigan, of the goal.

Thereafter, Lanigan said, his team triedto maintain possession of the ball over thefinal 12 minutes.

“We continued to pressure,” he said. “Theguys were certainly energized by the[McLaughlin] goal because we didn’t wantthe game to go into overtime.”

McLaughlin had not played the final sixgames of the regular season due to a rightleg fracture.

During that month-long stretch withoutMcLaughlin in the line-up, the Hornets ral-lied and played together. They receivedoutstanding leadership at that time fromsenior striker EK Korvah.

“Ever since Patrick got hurt, EK has re-ally stepped up and been a leader on thisteam,” said Lanigan.

BY THE START of the postseason,McLaughlin was back in the line-up for thedistrict tournament. Herndon played anddefeated the Westfield Bulldogs, 3-1, at

Herndon on Monday, May 14. Korvahand McLaughlin provided the scoringand assists in that contest.

Two days later at Oakton in a semifi-nals game, Herndon took control over thefirst 20 minutes, building up a 3-0 leadon way to the 4-1 win over the Cougars.A year earlier in the finals, it had beenOakton which garnered early controlversus top-seeded Herndon and neverrelinquished it as the Cougars won 3-0.

But Friday night belonged to Herndon.“We just ran at their defense and slid

the ball to the outside midfield as wewent forward,” said Lanigan, of lastWednesday’s win over Oakton. “We wereup 3-0, 20 minutes into the game. EK wasjust on fire and stepped up.”

Korvah finished with a goal and twoassists in the victory. Other goals camefrom senior midfielder Bryant Fernandezand recent varsity call-up sophomorestriker Brian Maye.

Herndon was scheduled to host a firstround game of the 16-team Northern Re-gion tournament on Tuesday, May 22 ofthis week versus local cross-town rivalSouth Lakes, which is under head coachMarty Pfister. The Seahawks (8-3-4), atlast week’s Liberty District tournament,defeated Madison, 1-0, in a quarterfinalsround game on May 15. That victoryearned South Lakes an automatic seed-ing at regionals and also advanced theSeahawks to the district semifinals wherethey lost at top-seeded Langley, 2-0, onMay 17. Langley went on to lose toMcLean in the finals, 1-0, last Friday atMadison High School.

Herndon boys’ soccer fulfills season gameplan in winning Concorde title.

Hornets Follow the Season Script

Although it took more than 24hours, the South LakesSeahawks baseball team ulti-mately subdued the Fairfax

Rebels to win their opening Liberty DistrictTournament game, 8-7. The first three in-nings were played on Tuesday, May 15 withSeahawk senior pitcher Billy McLaughlinopening on the mound.

In the top of the second inning, SouthLakes’ designated hitter Bobby Rae Allensingled to left field and Austin Gibbonsparked a home run into the trees beyondthe fence for a 2-0 advantage for theSeahawks.

The Rebels promptly halved the lead inthe bottom of the frame with one run. SouthLakes tacked on another in the third, how-ever. Senior leadoff batter Ryan Forrestreached on an error; then McLaughlin andleft fielder Kyle King both earned walks toload the bases. Allen made contact for an-other base hit, plating Forrest. McLaughlin,on the Allen hit, was called out on a closeplay at the plate. The Rebels batted aroundin their half of the third, scoring three runsto take a 4-3 lead.

But lightning was then spotted in theskies, which led to a suspension of actionuntil the next day.

On Wednesday, May 16 the Seahawksscored a run in the top of the fourth inning.Junior second baseman Hayden Hall camehome on a timely single by Jared Abelson,knotting the count at four apiece.

After junior hurler Bobby Rae Allenpitched a scoreless fourth, South Lakes tal-lied three runs in the top of the fifth. Forrestwalked, stole second and moved to thirdon a McLaughlin single. King loaded thebases by drawing another walk. Allen, sus-taining the sizzle at the plate, singled againto center, driving in two runs. ShortstopJoJo Lear drew a bases-loaded walk andthen Hall drove in the third run of the in-ning with a walk. Fairfax got one back inthe bottom of the fifth and the score stoodat 7-5 South Lakes with two innings to go.

In the top of the sixth, with runners onfirst and third, sophomore Justin Cosingentered the game as a courtesy runner atfirst base. Moments later, McLaughlin, fromthird base, scored what proved to be thewinning run on an attempted double steal,aided significantly by Cosing’s heads up ef-fort to remain alive in a run-down betweenfirst and second base. He was hung up longenough to allow McLaughlin to score.

Allen held the Rebels scoreless in the sixthand the Seahawks were blanked themselvesin the opening frame of the seventh. Allenascended the hill for the bottom of the sev-enth inning with South Lakes holding an 8-5 lead. He struck out the first batter before

the next two hitters singled and homeredrespectively, closing the gap to 8-7. ButAllen kept his composure and induced twoground outs to close out the hard-foughtSeahawk victory, advancing them to thesecond round.

THERE, IN THE second round

(quarterfinals) of the district playoffs,South Lakes, on Thursday, May 17, sawits season end with a 6-3 road loss atMarshall.

McLaughlin got his team off to a goodstart, smacking a two-run home run overthe left center fence to drive in fellowsenior and lead-off batter Ryan Forrest.The Statesmen stormed back in theirhalf of the frame, scoring four runs asMcLaughlin, the Seahawks’ startingpitcher, struggled with his control. In thetop of the fourth, Austin Gibbons drovein JoJo Lear with a single to get SouthLakes within 4-3.

McLaughlin pitched out of trouble inboth the third and fourth innings, aidedin the latter by a spectacular diving catchby Josh Forrest in right field. But

Marshall sealed the deal with two more runsin the bottom of the sixth. Austin Schweppecame on to pitch a scoreless seventh forSouth Lakes.

The 6-3 loss ended South Lakes’ run inthe Liberty District postseason tournamentand brought the season and high schoolplaying careers to a close for Seahawk se-

niors Billy McLaughlin, Ryan Forrest, Aus-tin Schweppe, Michael Francis and KyleSather.

All LibertyDistrict Honors

Three South Lakes players earned All-Lib-erty District honors this season. Senior BillyMcLaughlin was selected to the first teamAll-District team. McLaughlin powered theSeahawks all season as the team’s No. 1pitcher and leading hitter. Offensively, heled the team with a robust .407 batting av-erage, 14 runs batted in, and a .515 on basepercentage. He also led the Seahawks ininnings pitched (55) and strikeouts (22).

Senior Ryan Forrest was named to thesecond team. His versatility in the field hadhim playing centerfield, shortstop, andpitcher among other spots. Forrest led theteam with 12 runs scored and seven sto-len bases. Freshman Kyle King was selectedthird-team All-District. He led theSeahawks with three home runs and alsoknocked in 12.

South Lakes Baseball Wraps Up Spring SeasonSeahawks edgeFairfax in play-in gamebefore season-endingloss at Marshall.

Bobby Rae Allen pitched the seventhinning versus Fairfax last week,earning the save in his team’s 8-7playoff win.

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Herndon will host its 32nd annualHerndon Festival May 31 to June 3,attracting more than 80,000 metro-politan Washington, D.C. residents to

one of the area’s largest admission free festivals.The four-day festival will feature the usual array

of live music, carnival rides and games, arts and craftsbooths, fireworks displays (on Thursday and Satur-day nights) and children’s entertainment.

New this year is the Kid’s Alley, which will featurehands-on art activities during the festival, and a va-riety of street performers.

“The whole area will be dedicated to children’sentertainment, it’s something different for this year,and there will be street performers walking aroundat all times” said Jacqui Mathews of the town’s Parksand Recreation Department.

One of the performers will be The Monkey Man,who will be there Saturday and Sunday from 11:30a.m. to 5 p.m. with his monkey Django. Django willinteract with children, sit on their shoulders and posefor photos.

ANOTHER NEW ADDITION this year is the Ameri-cana Stage, which will be at the Herndon MunicipalCenter stage Sunday from noon to 3:30 p.m. FryingPan Farm Park will be there with a petting zoo, therewill also be a blacksmith, a quilter and an antiquetruck, which carries its own interesting story.

“The truck was restored by a vision-impaired manwho will take the time to explain just how he re-built the truck,” said Ann Marie Heiser, deputy di-rector for the town’s Parks and Recreation Depart-ment.

The HMC stage will also feature a variety of actsthroughout the weekend, as well as the Depot Stagelocated at the corner of Station Street and Lynn Streetand the Café Stage, which will feature singersongwriter-style entertainment Saturday and Sun-day.

“The arts and crafts section has 105 spots, witheverything from jewelry to soap makers and potters,”Heiser said. “We’ll also have some other communityorganizations such as the Women’s Club, the GirlScouts, Boy Scouts and others. We always make surethat this is a community-driven event.”

Several recent additions to the Herndon businesscommunity will be making their presence known aswell. Volkswagen, which recently moved to Herndon,will serve as the title sponsor, and the recently openedFlagship Carwash Center will serve as a Gold Spon-sor and raffle off a year’s worth of free car washesduring the business expo.

THE FESTIVAL will be open from 6 to 10 p.m.Thursday, May 31; 5 to 11 p.m. Friday, June 1; 10a.m. to 11 p.m. Saturday, June 2; and 11 a.m. to 7p.m. Sunday, June 3. A free shuttle will be availablefrom Worldgate Center and Herndon High School.

More information, including a complete scheduleof events, can be found at www.herndonfestival.net.

Herndon Hosts Annual FestivalTown festival will takeplace May 31 to June 3.

Annie and Emily Powell, 3, of Sterling,create a print at the Council for the Arts ofHerndon’s children’s art tent during theHerndon Festival.

Johnathan Watson, 2, watches a train go by during theWashington, Virginia and Maryland Garden RailwaySociety’s display on the Herndon Town Green at lastyear’s Herndon festival. This year’s will take place fromMay 31 to June 3.

Visitors to the Herndon Festival bend the rules of gravity on the Zipper (left) or theRound Up (right).

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Though my column has appeared in thenewspaper as usual the last few weeks, I haven’tfelt much like writing. Typically, I’m weeksahead with my column inventory, having regu-larly found the time and inclination to put pento paper and provide the prose you regularreaders have come to expect. To say I haven’tbeen in the mood lately would be an oversim-plification of epic proportions. To say that I’vebeen depressed and dealing with the weight(subconsciously for sure, consciously for maybe)of my diagnosis, prognosis, life expectancy, andlife as a cancer patient in general, would bemore accurate. It’s an admission I take no pridein making. I never wanted to be a victim of myown circumstances (unless I was quoting CurlyHoward from The Three Stooges) and I neverwanted to use my having cancer for an excuse/explanation for anything. However, given mymood and manner these last few weeks andminimal literary output, that’s exactly what I’mnow doing; and I’m not too happy about iteither, which almost makes its use even moredisturbing.

Obviously, living with a terminal disease isheavy duty. To think I could shrug it off – all thetime, is a bit naive. Not that cancer has a mindof its own, but it does find a way to infiltrateyour defenses and occasionally bring you toyour knees, literally and figuratively. After all, Iam human, not Vulcan. I am ruled by emotion,not logic. Though the good of the many out-weigh the good of the one, this one is weigheddown pretty good by the one not being so good.When I see and read and hear about real peo-ple and even fake people (television, movies,etc.) dying of cancer (and lung cancer is a par-ticularly pernicious player), it’s impossible forme, after repeated exposure, to not take it per-sonally; as in: you’re next!

So yes, I feel it. And the longer I live beyondmy original prognosis, the heavier the weight ofinevitability becomes. In spite of lifestyle choicesand changes I’ve made, and the miscellaneoussupplements and homeopathic-type remediesI’ve employed, there does seem to be a realitythat one would be hard-pressed to ignore: a ter-minal diagnosis (which stage IV lung cancer is) isnot identified as such because of where one wasdiagnosed (at the airport), it’s how long one canexpect to live based on the best medical andstatistical information known at the time. And asmuch as I want to believe that such prognostica-tions are merely educated guesses and subjectto interpretation – and reinterpretation (whichof course they are, to a degree), there is somereasonably acceptable medical data to supportthe notion that cancer kills.Though dismissingthat notion and maintaining a positive attitudehas thus far been my approach, there are days –and weeks, like now, where that approachseems arrogant and pretentious, and I sufferaccordingly, mentally mostly.

Not because of any recent change in myhealth or results (although this new chemo drugI’m on is exhausting me), it’s more about theevolution of the reality: one can’t live with ter-minal cancer forever, can they? I mean, itwouldn’t be terminal if you could. There mustbe an end in sight. Otherwise, the end wouldn’thave been mentioned at the beginning, duringthe original Team Lourie meeting with myoncologist. Sure, doctors can be wrong and Icould be an anomaly: “the exception,” as mybrother, Richard has said, “that proves the rule,”statistically speaking, anyway. But betting againstlong odds seems illogical; and if my years offaithful “Star Trek” viewing have showed meanything, it’s that one’s feelings can sometimesget in the way of how one acts, and not alwayswith great results.

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Herndon-Reston FISH named, from left, Mary Allen and Felicia Roney ofthe National Rural Telecommunications Cooperative, Helen Sellman, SueMaynard, Chris Griffin and Diane Hardcastle as their Star FISH volun-teers of the year Saturday, May 19 at the annual FISH Fling.

Ann Rust shows off an auction item to raise money for Herndon-RestonFISH at their annual FISH Fling Fundraiser Saturday, May 19.

Guests hit the dance floor during the annual FISH FlingSaturday, May 19 at the Crowne Plaza in Herndon.

JoAnn Bordeaux, FISH board member and Doug Whalldance at the annual FISH Fling Saturday, May 19, whichraised funds for FISH’s community assistance programs.

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Most guests at theannual Herndon-Reston FISH FlingSaturday, May 19

were already familiar with thework done by Friendly InstantSympathetic Help. GeorgeBuckfield of Centreville wasn’tvery familiar, but it didn’t take longinto dinner for him to realize theirimpact.

“We sat down, and there wereall these scrolls at the table. Outof curiosity I started opening them,and the stories I read were justincredible,” he said, referring tothe stories of FISH providing forthose in need.

One scroll told the story of a di-vorced mother of four who wasdiagnosed with multiple sclerosis,and lost several weeks of work.FISH helped her supplement herrent payments until she returnedto work.

Another told the story of agrandmother taking care of hergrandchild because the mothersuddenly passed away. FISHhelped the grandmother make herrent payment while she got a joband waited for her first check.

There have been hundreds ofstories like this since FISH wasfounded in 1969. In additional torent assistance, they help providehome furnishings to those in need,drive people to medical appoint-ments, make utility payments andrun financial workshops to men-tor their clients.

“The words, friendly, sympa-

thetic, instant and sympathetic arewhat I start each of my classeswith,” said Don Owens, whoteaches one of the budget work-shops. “It’s those words that helpkeep the lights on for our clients,or help them from being evicted.”

IN 2011, FISH provided help tomore than 2,000 families of 5,313people. They made $220,000 inrent assistance payments (up 91percent from the year before) and$183,000 in utility payments (up35 percent from the year before).

It was also a year of change forFISH.

“Our longtime executive direc-tor Sherri Longhill moved on to

other opportunities. She was aspecial person, and we were for-tunate enough to get some spe-cial people to replace her,” saidJanet Hyman, president of FISH’sboard. “We’ve got a new director,Gale Napoliello and a lot ofpeople who helped us keep goingin the interim. The event alsohonored four longtime volunteersand one company as their annualStar FISH, volunteers who arerecognized for their exceptionalefforts.

Diane Hardcastle, who currentlyserves as treasurer, began volun-teering with her husband Jim in1980 answering assistance callsand moving furniture.

“She has been treasurer since2009, which became increasinglycomplex as FISH experiencedgrowth,” Hyman said. “She helpedus move our record keeping fullyinto the digital age.”

Chris Griffin, along with herhusband, Owens, hosted boardmeetings at their Herndon officefor years, and has served on thecorporate board of directors forseveral years.

Hyman also thanked Griffin andOwens for “their ongoing gener-osity donating some of the raffleofferings, which helps fund ourvital assistance work.”

Sue Maynard began volunteer-ing at The Bargain Loft, FISH’svolunteer-run thrift store, in 1981.She ran the toy department for 15years, and served two separatetimes on the board. She also servesas the historian, putting togetherscrapbooks highlighting FISH’sfour-plus decades of work.

Helen Sellman was the fourthindividual honored. She hasserved with FISH since 2004,served three years on the boardand still works at The Bargain Loft.

This year also marked the firsttime FISH honored a company, theNational Rural Telecommunica-tions Cooperative. They havesponsored the FISH Fling for thepast six years in addition to otherwork.

“Employees have collected foodand gifts for our annual HolidayBasket programs, which they be-gan each autumn to make the holi-days brighter for so many fami-lies,” Hyman said.

THE EVENT also featured a si-lent and live auction, which wascalled by Del. Tom Rust (R-86),which helped raise more funds.

“It’s a sign of how deep this or-ganization has planted roots intothis community that this event wasattended by a who’s who of theHerndon and Reston area,” saidRoger McCallum, a guest at theevent. “Knowing everything theydo for the people who need it themost, it’s the least we can do tosupport them.”

More information on servicesprovided by FISH can be found atwww.herndonrestonfish.org.

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