Reston Community Center is seeking candidates to run for seats on its Board of Governors.

Three seats will be open in this year’s Preference Poll. The Preference Poll is a community event held annually to guide selection of members to serve on the Board of Governors. The Board establishes the overall policies for RCC and priorities for its programs and budget.

Members also represent RCC at social, recreational, cultural and educational activities in Reston. Voters are members of Small Tax District 5 (Reston), which supports the community center, its programs and activities.

All residents of Small District 5, age 18 or older, are eligible to run for appointment to the board. Candidates must complete a Candidacy Statement in order to have their names placed on the Preference Poll ballot. Candidacy Statements will be available at RCC facilities or online at www.restoncommunitycenter.com beginning at 9 a.m. on Monday, Aug. 1. The deadline for candidacy filing is 5 p.m. on Monday, Aug. 15.

Online and mail-in balloting and walk-in voting will be available from Sept. 9 through Sept. 30. Mail-in ballots must be received by RCC’s Counting Agent no later than Sept. 29.

The RCC Board appointments are made by the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors after voters have made their preferences known in the annual poll.

For more information on the 2016 RCC Preference Poll or Board of Governors, please visit www.restoncommunitycenter.com or call 703-476-4500.

Week 5 of the Reston Swim Team Association 2016 season saw the Hunters Woods Blue Marlins set a new league record in the boys 13-14 age 200 medley relay. The team of Liam Tolbert, Daniel Li, Philip Pan, and Albert Xu finished with a time of 2:07.98, besting their own league record from earlier in the season.

For Lake Audubon, a new team record of 2:09.51 was set in the boys 13-14 200 medley relay.  Spencer Harris, Ian Ha, Matthew Fritz, and Maxwell Wilson beat their record from earlier in the season. Read More

The Fairfax County Police report no major crime incidents in the Reston District in the last week.

There were, however, many incidents of larcenies. Here is what was reported to police for the week ending July 15:

•  1800 block of Cameron Glen Drive, purse from vehicle
• 2400 block of Masons Ferry Drive, bicycle from school
• 13000 block of Park Crescent Circle, jewelry from residence
• 2400 block of Rolling Plains Drive, bicycle from residence
• 1200 block of Admiral Zumwalt Lane, items from vehicle
• 1600 block of Washington Plaza, property from residence
• 11800 block of Spectrum Center, beer from business
• 2200 block of Centreville Road, laptop computer from business
• 11800 block of Baron Cameron Avenue, beer from business
• 13200 block of Poener, cash from residence
• 1800 block of Cameron Glen Drive, jewelry from residence

This is a letter to the editor from the Reston Chorale. Something on your mind? Send a letter or op-ed to [email protected].

To the Editor:

On the Friday before Independence Day, nine large boxes from The Reston Chorale reached a platoon of American soldiers stationed halfway around the world.

They contained a Fourth of July Party-in-a-Box, hand-made thank you cards, snacks and sports equipment, health and hygiene products, books, games, DVDs and more — even the fixings for s’mores.

All of these items were generously donated to The Reston Chorale’s Care Packages for the Troops Drive — part of our annual Star-Spangled Sing-Along at Reston Town Center on the Saturday before Memorial Day. Now in its second year, this drive has delivered 650 pounds of donated goods for American soldiers serving overseas. Read More

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Happy July 4! Reston Now is off today, and hopefully, you are too.

In case you missed it, here are some local celebrations for the fourth:

Reston

Lake Fairfax Park will have its annul evening of fun, capped by fireworks.

There will be live music from 4 to 8 p.m., as well as food vendors, and other activities.

Get there early to enjoy the Water Mine Family Swimmin’ Hole water park.

There is a $5 per car admission fee on July 4 (walkers and cyclists will be let in free).

Fireworks begin at dark, about 9:30 p.m.

Lake Fairfax Park is located at 1400 Lake Fairfax Drive in Reston.  For more information call 703-471-5414.

Note: Many smaller fireworks celebrations usually take place at Reston’s lakes, where boaters set displays off from the water. Head over to a lake and you are sure to see some sparkle.

Herndon

Join the Town of Herndon on July 4 for a family-fun event featuring games, patriotic arts & craft activities, live music, family games, bingo, food, balloon artists and more. Events take place in Bready Park at the Herndon Community Center, 814 Ferndale Ave.

Schedule of Events:

6:30 p.m. – Games, bingo and children’s arts & crafts begin – all for free. Festival foods will be available for sale.

7:15 p.m. – Whiskey Rebellion takes the stage to play its mix of bluegrass, jazz and rock and roll.

9:30 pm – Fireworks show is choreographed to music and begins at dark.

Please note traffic will be rerouted. Motorists should expect detours and alteration of traffic routes throughout town at the conclusion of the fireworks display at Bready Park for up to 60 minutes, or until traffic clears. Those parked at Herndon Community Center may not exit until the officials give the all clear,  which can be as much as 60 minutes following the fireworks show.

Ferndale Avenue will close to through traffic from Vine Street to Barton Oaks Place once the event parking lots are full, and will remain closed until the conclusion of the fireworks. (Herndon Centennial golf course access is available until the course closes at dusk)

Vienna

Vienna’s celebration at Yeonas Park features fun for the whole family beginning at 4 p.m. Th day includes the 2nd Annual Vienna Inn Chili Dog Eating Contest (4 p.m.); Old Bay Circus Company (one-ring circus act) featuring Michael Rosman (5:30 and 6:30 p.m.); Fat Chance with live music (7 p.m.); Fireworks begin at dark (approximately 9:30 p.m.)

Kids’ games and moon bounces will be on the upper fields, and the Little League concession stand will be open.

Fireworks are at Southside Park at about 9:30 p.m. (viewing available at Yeonas Park; some seating will be available near the playground at Southside Park.

Vienna’s fireworks rain date is July 5. For more information and directions to parks, visit Vienna’s website.

Photo: American Flag/DKrebs Via Flickr Creative Commons

Aldrin Elementary School Principal Shane Wolfe ended the 2015-16 school year by allowing students to “slime” him.

For a Read Across America Challenge, Wolfe offered to be “slimed” by every student who read the most books from their class — but only the student body as a whole read 15,000 books.

The students read voraciously through the spring and as a result, reached their goal — surpassing 15,000 books, Aldrin teachers report.

Wolfe — who let the kids turn him into a human ice cream sundae last year — is pictured here disguised in wig and mustache, as is his trademark for the year-end assemblies.

Bechtel, Hidden Creek Country Club and Around Reston magazine are some of the Reston businesses that have earned honors in this year’s Great Reston Chamber of Commerce Awards for Chamber Excellence (ACE).

Winners were announced at a lunch last week. The honorees are companies and individuals who demonstrated excellence as Chamber and community members throughout the year.

ACE Award Winners

• Committee of the Year: GovCon Committee
• Small Business of the Year: Around Reston Magazine
• Medium Business of the Year: Hidden Creek Country Club
  Large Business of the Year: Bechtel
• Member of the Year: Iris Britt, Iris Britt Consulting
• New Member of the Year: Intelice Solutions
• Volunteer of the Year: Roman Blazauskas, SpeedPro Imaging
• President’s Award: Charles Kapur, Access National Bank
• Pinnacle Award: Cynthia Hyland

The Chamber also announced its new officers. Outgoing Chairman Michael Bradshaw (Google) passed the gavel to Incoming Chairman Charles Kapur (Access National Bank).

Charlene Wheeless (Bechtel) was elected by the membership as the Chair-Elect. Dee Kakar (M&T Bank) was elected to serve as the Treasurer for 2016-2017. Matt Clary (Law Office of Matt Clary) was selected to serve as General Counsel for 2016-2017.

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Pick up a new pet buddy — and some of his gear — this weekend at Pet Valu North Point Village Center’s Grand Opening celebration.

The new store has been open at 1422 North Point Village Center for about month, but will celebrate from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Saturday, June 25.

Several pet rescue groups will be on site with pets to adopt. Here is the schedule:

• 9:00 a.m. -12:00 p.m. Little Buddies Adoption and Humane Society
• 12:00 – 3:00 p.m. DC Shiba Inu Rescue
• 2:00 – 4:00 p.m. New Love Animal Rescue
• 3:00 – 5:00 p.m. SPCA of Northern Virginia

Guests can enjoy fun with a face painter and clown, as well as games, raffle prizes and complimentary refreshments.Canine visitors will also have the opportunity to bob for tennis balls.

The first 50 customers who make a purchase will receive a special goody bag with fun animal supplies.

Hunters Woods’ boys 13-14 200 medley relay set a new league records in the second week of Reston Swim Team Association 2016 action on Saturday. Philip Pan, Daniel Li, Roger Zeng, and Liam Tolbert swam in 2:10.20, besting the record they set in week 1.

Team records set on Saturday:

A new team record of 2:11.19 was set in the boys’ 13-14 age 200m Medley Relay by the Lake Audubon team of Spencer Harris, Ian Ha, Matthew Fritz, and Maxwell Wilson, beating a record from 2007.

With a time of 31.13 in the girls’ 11-12 age 50m Free, Hailey Wang of Ridge Heights beat the previous record set in 2002.

The Lake Newport boys 15-18 200m Medley Relay team of Michael George, Casey Storch, Jack Edgemond, and Grant Bommer set a new record with a time of 2:01.98, beating the record previously set in 2015. Read More

Reston native Daryl Rodney Smith died on May 12 following a short illness. He was 50.

Daryl was the son of Rodney E. Smith and Alene Smith and the older of their two children.

Daryl was born on Feb. 5, 1966 and grew up in Reston. He attended Lake Anne Elementary School, Herndon Middle School and Herndon High School. At HHS, he played football and participated in band.

He continued his education at Tennessee State University, where he earned a Bachelor of Science in Engineering in 1991.

Daryl worked for George Mason University and then at American Systems Corporation in Chantilly for 24 years.

Daryl was a loving son, uncle and brother. He loved sports, “The Simpsons,” playing computer games, eating popcorn and encouraging his nephew, Thomas Mayo, in his football career.

He will be greatly missed by all who knew and loved him. He is survived by his mother, Alene; sister, Leslie; nieces, Asheligh and Amber; nephews Thomas and Tory; grandnieces, Ayianna, Amariee, and Jamirah; and grandnephews Antonio and Jose.

Services were previously held. Contributions may be made to the Autism Society, 4340 East West Highway, Bethesda, Md., 20814.