I could tell you about the colors, or focus on the photo that I liked. But while those details where nice, it was certainly the squirrels cute expression that got him blogged. According to Flickr user NearDC the squirrel was in the process of stealing bird food - thus it’s guilty expression.
Mostly sunny, with a high near 86. Calm wind becoming east around 6 mph.
Photo by: NearDC
Indecent Exposure
Ridge Heights Road 11300 at Thursday, August 16
A young man allegedly exposed himself to a 15-year-old Reston-area girl. The teenager was walking alone in the 11300 block of Ridge Heights Road when a small blue car with a big spoiler in the rear passed her. The car stopped a short distance away and the driver got out. He approached the victim and asked her if she knew where Southlakes High School was. As she started to answer him, he exposed himself. The victim immediately said she had to leave, turned and walked abruptly to the high school. She was not injured and the suspect did not follow her. The suspect was described as an Asian/Pacific Islander, approximately 18 years old. He was about 5 feet 8 inches tall and weighed approximately 170 pounds. He had short, straight, black hair. He was wearing blue jeans, a white T-shirt and a light blue baseball cap.
Malicious Wounding/Arrest
Freedom Drive 11900 at Saturday, August 18
Two men, known to each other, got into an argument that turned physical. A 50-year-old man from Louisa County was allegedly hit in the face and was transported to Reston Hospital Center with non life-threatening injuries. William Reinhardt, 22, of 10125 Woodberry Drive #904 in Manassas, was arrested. Reinhardt was taken to the Fairfax County Adult Detention Center and charged with malicious wounding.
Robbery
North Shore Drive/Wainwright Drive at Friday, August 17
A 28-year-old Reston woman was robbed near North Shore Drive and Wainwright Drive. She was walking home from the grocery store around 11:30 p.m. A man approached and demanded money. The victim dropped her groceries and tried to run away. The suspect chased her, threw her onto the ground and stole her purse. The victim was not injured. The suspect was described as black, about 5 feet 9 inches tall, wearing a blue T-shirt and blue jeans.
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The ongoing renovation at South Lakes has continued progressing nicely. Much of the construction on student grounds will be completed by September 4th, the day school starts. Some areas such as the gym and new offices for the administration will not be completed until December.
Many environmental issues present at the then modern classrooms of South Lakes will have been corrected. Better lighting, larger class rooms, and new safety systems have been part of the $50 million renovation. Two years ago Fairfax County voters approved school bonds which paid for the upgrades.
I found the contrast between light and dark to be intriguing. The off centered composition also resonated with me.
Weather for Monday, August 27th: a chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 84. North wind 5 to 7 mph becoming east. Chance of precipitation is 30%.
Photo by: Lovey Lane
News Stories
Family signs deal to create a Sandellas (flat bread restaurant) in Reston. [Washington Biz Journal]
The Vasquez Group of Reston won all categories of producing, listing, selling and new listings (17) with a monthly sales volume of $2,517,900. [Fairfax Times]
Langston Hughes will be getting a new principal, Aimee Monticchi. Amoung other things she plans to strengthen the relationship between Hughes and South Lakes [Fairfax Times]
Sgt. Scott Kirkpatrick died in Iraq last week. He died when entering a building searching for an enemy sniper [Reston Connection]
Friday
Wolftrap Filene Center at 7:30pm: Travis Tritt performs with two new albums. Tickets $40 or $22. [more]
Saturday
Lake Fairfax at 12-6pm: 7th Annual Northern Virginia Family and Civic Picnic, with 43 local government officials. Presented by the All Dulles Area Muslim Society. Tickets are $2/person. [more]
Reston Town Center Pavilion at 7:30-10pm: Dance the Night Away The Mustangs (60s soul, Motown, swing, disco).
Sunday
Reston Town Center Pavilion and W&OD Trail at 6am: Bike riders can select from three routes of approximately 30, 63 and 100 miles. Presented by Reston Bike Club. [more]
Il Fornaio opens it’s first East Coast restaurant at the Reston Town Center Monday. Il Fornaio started as a cooking school in Lombardia, Italy, and later expanded to America.
Il Fornaio serves primarily Northern Italian cuisine, and has a list of 60+ wines. Several of the wines are unique to it’s Reston, Virginia location, as they believe in selling a few local wines. Il Fornaio’s chef, Claudio Zorloni and managing partner, David Carteni both come from Italy and have extensive experience.
Average menu prices are $16, lunch, and $30 dinner. The restaurant seats about 240 people, and is open from 11am to 11pm Monday-Thursday, and open until midnight on Friday and Saturday. Sunday hours are 10am to 11pm. It’s opening day is August 27th, and is located in the Midtown residential building.
I’m not sure what makes this photo seem great. The beautiful background? The in your face pose? The colors? Whatever makes it wonderful, has been used in the perfect balance.
Today’s Weather
Partly sunny, with a high near 88. South wind between 5 and 11 mph.
Photo by: j6 photo
Reston resident Allan Webb broke another record, this time it had been a record held for 25 years in the mile run. He completed it in 3 minutes 46.91 seconds, breaking Steve Scotts previous record. This was not Allan Webb’s first record breaker, while attending South Lakes he broke a 36 year old record, for the high school mile run. For his first record breaking run it was in a crowed stadium. This time it was only in front of a few hundred people, seated in plastic seats.
This recent victory seems to further propel South Lakes return to sports victories. But even better it seems to show a resurgence in American running supremacy.
Story from the Washington Post.
Fairfax County wants to balance population disparities in it’s schools by realigning its boundaries. One of it’s main ideas is getting rid of the Madison High School island, which sits in the middle of the South Lakes district. South Lakes currently has 800 open seats (after renovations) and when compared to other bordering high schools has more lower income students. According to the Reston Connection, many non-Reston residents don’t want the boundaries realigned, as they sight lower test scores, and more violent incidents. The county believes more balanced demographics would correct those issues.
To the right are the current school boundaries, with South Lakes in pink, and the Madison island in light purple.
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