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OakOak HillHill ❖❖ HerndonHerndon BikingBiking toto WorkWork DespiteDespite RainRain News,News, PagePage 33 Classifieds, Page 10 Classifieds, ❖ Sports, Page 9 ❖ Michael Johnson bikes down the W&OD trailtrail bikebike pathpath duringduring BikeBike ToTo WorkWork Day.Day. The bike path will have approximately Entertainment, Page 8 39 light posts installed along the trail in ❖ downtown Herndon. Opinion, Page 5 Protecting Children from Trafficking Page 6 News, Page 6 Giving Circle of Hope Honors 2013 Nonprofit Partners News, Page 12 Photo by Ryan Dunn/ The Connection online at www.connectionnewspapers.com www.ConnectionNewspapers.comMay 21-27, 2014 Oak Hill/Herndon Connection ❖ May 21-27, 2014 ❖ 1 National Merit Scholarship Winners ❖ Rohan Banerjee of TJHSST (aerospace ❖ Kelly Giddens of West Springfield High The National Merit Scholarship Corpora- (engineering). engineering). Hometown: Oak Hill School (international relations). tion (NMSC) has named 31 Fairfax County ❖ Katherine Tan of Langley High School ❖ Owen Gray of TJHSST (biotechnology). ❖ Isabella Brahm of Woodson High Public Schools (FCPS) students winners of (undecided). Hometown: McLean School (engineering). $2,500 National Merit Scholarships.ºThe ❖ Matthew Cohen of Madison High ❖ Veronica Lee of TJHSST (electrical en- ❖ Chloe Yun of Woodson High School students are part of a group of approxi- School (history). gineering). Hometown: McLean (medicine). mately 2,500 National Merit finalists cho- ❖ Paul Burke of Oakton High School ❖ TJHSST (biological engineering). Each scholarship winner was evaluated sen to receive scholarships primarily fi- (nuclear engineering). Hometown: Vienna on his or her academic record, including nanced by the NMSC.º ❖ Monica Hanratty of Oakton High ❖ Ivy Ren of TJHSST (physics). Home- difficulty level of subjects studied and Winners of the scholarships, with their School (economics). town: Springfield grades earned; scores from two standard- probable career fields in parentheses, are:º ❖ Ajay Mehta of Oakton High School ❖ Emily Schneider of TJHSST (medical ized tests; contributions and leadership in ❖ Emily Schaal of Herndon High School (medicine). research). Hometown: Fairfax. school and community activities; an essay (economics). ❖ Rhea Singh of Oakton High School (sur- ❖ Joseph Valery of TJHSST (physics). describing interests and goals; and a rec- ❖ Tae-Jung Yang of Herndon High School gical medicine). Hometown: Great Falls ommendation from a high school (chemical engineering). ❖ Sreenath Are of Thomas Jefferson High ❖ Victoria Xia of TJHSST (computer sci- official.ºThe number of winners named in ❖ Nathaniel Speiser of Langley High School for Science and Technology ence). Hometown: Vienna a state is in proportion to the state’s per- School (physics). 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Co- ordinated by Commuter Connec- tions and Washington Area Bicy- clist Association (WABA), the Bike to Work Day event attracts partici- pants from around the Washing- At Reston, the Bike To Work pit stop was held at the Green Lizard Cycling employee Brad Kendall was at the ton metropolitan region. This plaza of the new silver line metro stop at the Reston East Herndon pit stop to assist anyone who needed bike year’s theme was “Get your work- Metro station. service on Bike To Work Day. out before you get your work in.” The number of persons that pedal to work is up 60 percent over the past decade according to a report from the Census Bureau. And with new metro stations pre- paring for activation along the Sil- ver Line, organizations such as the Fairfax Advocates for Better Bicy- cling (FABB) hope events like Bike To Work day will build greater appreciation for bike lanes and alternate methods of transporta- tion. In Washington, D.C. another Northern Virginia Regional Park Authority representa- 14 miles of bike lanes will be tives Karl Mohle and Andrew Kaganowich were both at added this year to the 50 already Reston residents John and Kelley Westenhoff and Amy the Herndon pit stop the morning of Bike To Work Day. in place. Shaw. Westenhoff was at the Reston Station representing The W&OD trail is classified as a regional park, and is “It is a great event, it brings the Reston Pedestrian and Bicycling Advisory Committee maintained by the Northern Virginia Regional Park Au- some people out to work who have for the Bike To Work Day event. thority. thought about it but not tried it,” said Bruce Wright, Chairman of has taken so long because the at the plaza of the new silver line Knueven. “Reston is ripe with en- their commute Friday. Much of the FABB. Wright helped form the county has not devoted enough metro stop at the Reston East thusiasm to make it work.” D.C. metro area has invested Fairfax Advocates for Better Bicy- resources to a county bike pro- Metro station. Comstock Partners Friday’s event typifies what two of heavily in its bike infrastructure cling in 2005. “Fairfax County gram,” said Wright. On Wednes- opened the lobby of one of the Reston Association’s committees, for two-wheeled commuters. In needs to keep up with its neigh- day, May 21 Fairfax County bike buildings on the development, the Transportation Advisory Com- the Town of Herndon, plans are bors,” stated Wright. “Arlington coordinator Charlie Strunk will which was used by the event mittee (TAC) and the Pedestrian underway to light a 3,800 foot sec- County, with one-fifth our popu- present a final draft of Bicycle guests throughout the morning. “It and Bicycling Advisory Committee tion of the W&OD Trail with R.E. lation, has six full time people de- Master Plan to Fairfax County was unfortunate that it rained, but (PBAC), focus on everyday repre- Lee as contractor for the project. voted to building bike facilities, Planning Commission’s Transpor- Comstock was great to provide us senting and sharing the Approximately 39 light posts will encouraging people to bike, and tation Committee at the Fairfax with this space,” said Larry Butler, community’s interests in improv- be installed along the trail, as well educating cyclists and motorists. County Government Center. This Senior Director of Parks Recre- ing the area’s transportation as necessary above ground trans- Because we haven’t invested in a will initiate the Commission’s re- ation and Community Resources needs. “We thank the sponsors and formers. fully funded bicycle program, our view process. with Reston Association. Approxi- volunteers who were on the plan- bike coordinator doesn’t have the “In spite of the torrential rain mately 483 persons had preregis- ning committee and everyone who IN DOWNTOWN HERNDON funds to do the job.” According to and winds, we still had bikers, tered to come to the Reston Sta- came out despite the weather,” by the W&OD trail there was a pit a demographics report published both seasoned commuters as well tion, but due to the rain under 200 said Reston Association special stop from 5 a.m. to 10 a.m. com- in January 2014 with the Depart- as some new riders trying biking checked in. events coordinator Ashleigh pliments of A-1 Cycling. “It was ment of Neighborhood and Com- to work for the first time,” said The new Reston-Wiehle East Sta- Soloff. slow, but we had people coming munity Services, Fairfax County Charlie Strunk, bicycle coordina- tion will feature Fairfax County’s “I saw more women bicyclists in,” said David Meyer, owner of has forecasted 2014 population of tor for the Fairfax County Depart- first enclosed, secure bicycle park- then in previous years, even with Green Lizard Cycling, which over one million residents with an ment of Transportation. “Overall ing facility with a capacity for over the rain,” remarked Kelley hosted a booth at the Herndon sta- average annual increase of 4,700 in Fairfax County at our pit stops, 200 bicycles. Westenhoff. Westenhoff was at the tion. persons. we saw about 20 percent of the At the Reston Station, Reston Reston Station with her son John, “We had a number of bike adjust- At a meeting in January this year registered riders participating. Association President Ken representing the Reston Pedestrian ments for folks. Spirits were high, the Fairfax County Board of Super- Considering the weather, I thought Knueven, Del. Ken Plum (D-36) and Bicycling Advisory Commit- people had a good time.” At the visors approved approximately this was impressive. You also have and Supervisor Catherine M. tee. Herndon stop, set up began at 5 $40 million in funding for bike to be appreciative of all the vol- Hudgins (D-Hunter Mill) stopped “It was awesome and cool to see a.m. with the first rider arriving projects over six years as part of a unteers who man the pit stops.” by to say a few words and thank the space at the new metro sta- at 5:44 a.m.