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PRSRT STD U.S. Postage PAID Elkton, MD Herndon PERMIT #31 Attention Postmaster: Time sensitive material. Requested in home 5-15-08 Just FISH-ing News, Page 3 Cal and Nancy Larson browse through items available during the Classifieds, Page 16 Classifieds, ❖ silent auction for the organization’s gala and fundraiser held at Sallie Mae in Reston on May 10. Sports, Page 12 ❖ Real Estate, Page 15 Real Estate, ❖ Faith, Page 15 ❖ Opinion, Page 8 insideinside Election Reaffirms Mayor, Council News, Page 3 CountyCounty PolicePolice SeekSeek FeedbackFeedback News,News, PagePage 33 Photo by Robbie Hammer/The Connection Photo May 14-20, 2008 ❖ Volume XXII, Number 20 www.connectionnewspapers.com Herndon Connection ❖ May 14-20, 2008 ❖ 1 To buy or sell, call Michele! 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The Connection By Mirza Kurspahic The Connection erndon voters elected on Tuesday, May 6, all six of im Diehl’s home sits on H the incumbents in the 2008 Fairfax County’s border election. Mayor Steve DeBenedittis with Loudoun County, in J Herndon was reelected with 1,313 votes, more the unincorporated part of Mayor Steve than challengers Herndon. While streets close to his DeBenedittis Harlon Reece and Rock Hill community receive attention was a Jasbinder Singh com- “I know I from the Fairfax County Police Depart- celebrity bined, and all five ment, it is rare to see the FCPD blue greeter at the Town Council mem- can work in his neighborhood. FISH special bers seeking reelection “We don’t have a police presence,” with event. — Connie Hutchinson, said Diehl. “If we see you guys three Bill Tirrell, Dave Kirby, times a year that’s a good year,” he Photos by Steve.” Charlie Waddell and — Richard said, speaking to FCPD representatives Robbie Hammer/ Dennis Husch — suc- at a meeting held The Connection ceeded in their bids. Downer, Council at Reston Com- “The election results member-elect “I get letters, munity Center at confirm that people Lake Anne on think we’re doing a good job,” said phone calls Wednesday night, Gala Supports FISH DeBenedittis, whose second term as May 7. “We have mayor will begin on July 1. great service from and e-mails, erndon-Reston FISH, Inc. With Reece, a current council mem- the Fire Depart- (Friendly Instant Sympathetic ber, challenging DeBenedittis for the but I most ment, but next to H Help) held its third annual Mayor seat, one new council mem none from you FISH Fling Gala and Fundraiser on May appreciate guys,” said Diehl. See Vote, Page 6 10 at the Sallie Mae facility in Reston He said a previous Town Center. Friends of FISH bid on dialogue.” phone call to the items in silent auctions, played games — David Rohrer, Police Depart- Siblings Arrested and bid on items in the live auction, ex- ment yielded a Chief of Fairfax ecuted by auctioneer Del. Ken Plum. The For Robbing Church 25-minute re- County Police Fling was attended by Herndon and sponse time. wo brothers from Herndon Department Reston residents, FISH volunteers, and “Don’t get me were arrested and charged some local dignitaries, such as Reston T wrong, I am really with stealing money from donation founder Robert E. Simon, state Delegates pro-police,” said Diehl afterward. boxes at St. Leo The Great Church in the Ken Plum and Tom Rust, Dranesville Su- “They’re underresourced. They’re City of Fairfax. pervisor John Foust, and Herndon Town woefully understaffed.” Officers in the Surveillance cameras in the lobby of St. Mayor Steve DeBenedittis. Reston District Station patrol all of Leo the Great Catholic Church, 3704 Old This year’s “Starfish Honorees” are Reston, most of unincorporated Lee Highway, showed two men entering the Judy Duncan and Trudy Gibson, the Herndon and large parts of Great Falls. church on Friday, April 25. One man was voices of the FISH Answering and Refer- John Kapinos, a strategic planner While helping to support the shown putting his hand in a basin of holy ral Service, taking over 100 calls a day. with the chief’s Office of Research and Reston-Herndon FISH program, water, making the sign of the cross, and re- Duncan has been answering calls since Support at FCPD, said the officer de- Maurice and Suzanne Rudiselle moving his hat before opening a donation 1988 and enlisted Gibson in 1992 to help ployment throughout the county is browse through items available box and removing an undisclosed amount take calls and coordinate the FISH trans- “pretty thin.” Diehl said that given the during the silent auction for the of cash, according to Sgt. Pam Nevlud of portation program for giving free rides lack of manpower the Police make organization’s gala and the Fairfax City Police Department. to medical appointments. They each “unusual” decisions: For example, tak- fundraiser held at Sallie Mae in “I thought that was a pretty brazen thing learned about FISH when they, them- ing eight officers to conduct a DUI en- Reston on May 10. for him to do,” Nevlud said. selves, received free rides to medical forcement campaign. After the video was released to local tele- appointments years ago. FISH now pro- the FISH organization. Kapinos said he has spent the last vision stations, phone calls identifying the vides about 100 free rides a month. FISH has assisted local residents for year analyzing the effects of the pro- brothers were made to the Fairfax City Po- Duncan and Gibson were honored for over 39 years, since 1969. To learn jected population growth in the lice, she said. their dedication to FISH clients and to more, visit www.herndonrestonfish.org. county on the Police Department’s “Someone called in and said they had just See Dialogue, Page 6 See Arredsted, Page 6 Herndon Connection ❖ May 14-20, 2008 ❖ 3 News Week in Herndon Academy of Engineering Photos by Photos Excellence Inducts Rust State Del. Tom Rust (R-86) was inducted into the Academy of Engineering Excellence at Virginia Tech on May 1. The induction Robbie Hammer is Virginia Tech’s highest engineering award. The College of En- gineering chose Rust for his meritorious lifetime achievements and contributions to engineering. Rust graduated from Virginia Tech in 1965 with a bachelor of science degree in civil engineer- ing. He is currently the chairman of the board of directors of Patton Harris Rust and Associates, a consulting firm. /The Connection Seat Belt Enforcement The Herndon Police Department will partner with law enforce- ment agencies across Virginia and the United States to increase seat belt use with the “Click It or Ticket” campaign. According to Commanding Officer CDR Joan O’Bryan hands out awards the Virginia Highway Safety Office preliminary numbers, there Christopher Warnock was Change of and congratulates members of her were 1,026 fatalities on Virginia roadways in 2007, 451 of those relieved of duty during JROTC platoon at Herndon High involved no restraint use.