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Requested in home 10-30-08 Countryside ❖ Potomac Falls ❖ Lowes Island ❖ Sterling Fleet-footed Panthers Sports, page 12 Classifieds, page 13 Classifieds, ❖ Health & Fitness, page 5 Health & Fitness, ❖ Sports, page 12 ❖ Real Estate, page 11 Real Estate, ❖ Faith, page 2 ❖ E, page 9 ❖ The Potomac Falls girls cross country team earned the team title at the Camps & Schools, page 7 Camps & Schools, Dulles District championships last week. /The Connection Remembering Heather Presidential Partnering News, page 3 Visits Up Politics, page 4 News, page 3 Photo by Craig Sterbutzel Photo Octoberwww.ConnectionNewspapers.com 29-November 4, 2008 ❖ Volume V, Number 44 Loudoun/Cascades Connectionwww.connectionnewspapers.com ❖ October 29 - November 4, 2008 ❖ 1 Faith Send announcements or events, which are open to Rabbi Michael Alex Ragozin’s appointment as the the public at no or minimal cost, to The Loudoun congregation’s rabbi in a ceremony Sunday, Nov. 9, Connection, 7913 Westpark Drive, McLean, VA from 2-4 p.m. in the synagogue, 19357 Evergreen Mills 22102 or e-mail loudoun@connection Road, Leesburg. Speaking will be Ronald P. Rubin, newspapers.com. Deadline is Friday, two weeks be- president of Congregation Sha’are Shalom; Kristen C. fore the event. Photos/artwork encouraged. For more Umstattd, mayor of Leesburg; Rabbi Steven Glazer of information, call 703-917-6454. Congregation Beth Emeth, Herndon; Ned Gladstein; and Rabbi Michael Ragozin. The event is free and open The 10:30 a.m. service, Sunday, Nov. 2, at the to the public. Call Congregation Sha’are Shalom at Unitarian Universalists of Sterling is called, 703-737-6500 or visit www.sha-areshalom.org. Did Someone Say that There Would Be an End? Rev. Anya Sammler-Michael leads a service in the In recognition of the 250th anniversary of spirit of All Souls Day. The often-challenging topic Leesburg, the combined choirs of Holy Trinity of death will be considered and soft remembrance Lutheran Church and St. James’ Episcopal Church and reflection of lost loved ones will be invited. will sing early American hymns at two services, UUS meets every Sunday, at 10:30 a.m., at the Nov. 9, 8:30 a.m., at Holy Trinity, 605 W. Market Sterling Oaks Commerce Center at 22135 Davis St., S.W. and 11:15 a.m., at St. James’, 14 W. Drive. Call 703-406-3068 or visit uusterling.org. Cornwall St., N.W. The music will feature tunes that originated in Virginia. The public is invited to Congregation Sha’are Shalom will celebrate these worship services. No fee. Call 703-777-4912. Bulletin Board WEDNESDAY/OCT. 29 MONDAY/NOV. 3 • The strong steel frame; fat, aggressive tires; oiled-type air filters; beefy shocks front and rear and off-road style brush RIBBON CUTTING. 5-6:30 p.m., 71 Lawson Road, BOOK CLUB. 7 p.m., Ashburn Library, 43316 Hay deflectors make this scooter at home on unpaved roads while delivering all the attitude you could want for the street. • All- S.E., Leesburg. ECHO celebrates the opening of Road, Ashburn. Adult book club, “The God of new 125cc 4-stroke engine with 4 valves and electronic fuel injection gives this new-generation Zuma a new level of per- its newly expanded Medically Fragile Program Animals,” by Aryn Kyle. Call 703-737-8100. formance. • Fully automatic C.V. Transmission and pushbutton electric starting along with center and side stands and lock- with an open house and light refreshments. BOOK CLUB. 7 p.m., Cascades Library, 21030 ing cover on the ignition switch, make it convenient. • There’s room for two atop its seat, and lots of locking storage Ribbon cutting ceremony with Congressmen Whitfield Place, Potomac Falls. Adult book club, beneath it. • The Zuma 125 achieves fuel economy up to an estimated 89 mpg*with a fuel tank that holds 1.6 gallons of gas. Frank Wolf (R-10) at 5:30 p.m. RSVP by Oct. 23, “The Screwtape Letters,” by C.S. Lewis. Call 703-779-2100 or [email protected]. 703-444-3228. BOOK CLUB. 7 p.m., at Ashburn Library, 43316 SCIENCE CLUB. 7 p.m., Ashburn Library, 43316 These 2009 scooters are now available at Hay Road, Ashburn. Adult book club, “Nothing Hay Road, Ashburn. The mad scientists club for But the Truth” by Avi. Call 703-737-8100. children, ages 9-11. Explore scientific topics Loudoun MotorSports! Hurry... these sell out fast! through recreational and informational activities. Register online at library.loudoun.gov THURSDAY/OCT. 30 or phone 703-737-8100. 212 Catoctin Circle, S.E. CLUB MEETING. 4 p.m., in Ashburn. The MOMS Leesburg, VA Club of Ashburn Village Area will hold an open house for current and potential members. THURSDAY/NOV. 6 www.loudounmotorsports.com Children are welcome and encouraged to come MASTER GARDENERS. 7 p.m., at the Loudoun 703-777-1652 in Halloween costumes. The club includes Extension Office, 30-B Catoctin Circle, S.E., members from Belmont Country Club, Ashburn Leesburg. Loudoun County Master Gardener Village and several other Ashburn Volunteers invite the public to attend a free neighborhoods. Visit www.geocities.com/ monthly meeting. Visit ashburnmomsclub/ or e-mail www.loudouncountymastergardeners.org or call [email protected]. 703-777-0373. COMMUNITIES OF WORSHIP Photo Galleries Now! 1,000s Making more and better disciples of Christ of pictures Sunday Worship: 8:00 and 11:00 am of sports, Sunday School: 9:20 am gradua- Child Care 703-437-5020 tions, Available at 1133 Reston Ave., Herndon, VA 20170 Preschool: All Services www.goodshepherd-lutheran.org 703-437-5020 703-437-4511 current events Progressive & Welcoming and ST. ANNE’S more— EPISCOPAL never CHURCH- Reston published, 9:00 a.m Holy Communion but posted 11:15 a.m. Holy Communion on the (Children’s Chapel & Nursery Provided) 5:00 p.m. Contemporary Service Web. Free The Rev. James Papile, Rector for evalua- The Rev. Jacqueline Thomson tion, avail- 703-437-6530 www.stannes-reston.org able for 1700 Wainwright Dr., Reston b prints. b For advertising information b call Lauri Swift at 703-917-6460 or e-mail [email protected] Connection Newspapers.com 2 ❖ Loudoun/Cascades Connection ❖ October 29 - November 4, 2008 www.ConnectionNewspapers.com Cascades Connection Editor Jennifer Lesinski News 703-917-6454 or [email protected] Life Cut Short Friends and family remember Potomac Falls senior killed in crash. By Mike DiCicco granddaughter as “a self-driven girl. Reli- The Connection able. You never had to worry about her.” Potomac Falls High School had initially o a person, friends and family denied her enrollment this year because her of Potomac Falls senior Heather parents had moved to Africa, where her fa- THendrickson remembered her ther was a missionary, her grandfather said. as a bright, determined, cheer- Heather had elected to stay behind and live ful girl who knew what she wanted and how with friends, determined to attend Virginia to get it. Tech and go to veterinary school. Contact- Her primary goal was to become an ing everyone from the American Civil Lib- equine veterinarian, and her grandfather, erties Union (ACLU) to Sen. John Warner Myron Hendrickson, said she had been on (R-Va.), she fought her way back into the her way to her part-time job at the Marion school, Myron Hendrickson said. duPont Scott Equine Medical Center in And, in addition to her love of horseback Leesburg the morning of Sunday, Oct. 19, riding, she had also taken up boxing and when she lost control of her car, hit a tree played powder puff football, he said. He re- and was killed. Hendrickson called that his granddaugh- said she had been speeding, ter, who was just shy of 5 probably because she had “She made feet tall, had once bought a been running late for work. pair of extremely high heels, It was the morning after friends so easy.” which subsequently proved her school’s homecoming — Myron Hendrickson too steep for her to wear. dance. Having grown up in Rich- He noted that police had mond, Heather was only in said the 17-year-old had not been wearing her second year at Potomac Falls, but her a seatbelt, but he said she never drove with- grandfather said she never had trouble find- out one. He speculated that she may have ing friends wherever she was. “She made taken it off to reach for something. friends so easy. Everybody loved her,” he said. Contributed AT A WAKE in Herndon Friday night, while Her friend Amanda MacLean recalled get- Heather’s parents, Rob and Denise, greeted ting ready for homecoming with Heather the a steady stream of visitors, Denise night before her death. “I remember how Hendrickson in tears, the teen’s loved ones excited she was, how much life and energy recalled her life. Myron Hendrickson remembered his See Friends, Page 6 Heather Hendrickson Police, Businesses Unite Halloween Hijinks Sterling Park rant was not what it used to be, with few customers showing up after dark. “The so- Fun-filled alternatives “business watch” lution we need to have here is to work to- All the Details gether,” he said, noting that this would to trick-or-treating. For more on the Great Farms Pumpkin Harvest mean bridging cultural divides between the and the Pumpkin Chunkin’, visit kicks off last week. www.greatcountryfarms.com. For full schedule many ethnicities represented in the Sterling and ticket purchases for the Halloween Woods in Park business community. By Justin Fanizzi Algonkian Park and Fright Night in Ashburn, visit By Mike DiCicco Frye said deputies had been planning the The Connection www.halloweenwoods.com and The Connection creation of a new “business watch” and con- www.thefrightnight.com, respectively.