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Nurse Joe Herndon is known as Sam Rayburn Memorial Veterans Center’s walking encyclopedia of knowledge and organizational history. And his patients sing his praises.

“I love coming to VA to see Joe because it’s more like visiting a friend than coming to an appointment,” said Arthur Finley, Jr., Army Veteran and longtime patient.

When you spend 52 years of your life serving service members and Veterans, the unofficial title and comments are well-earned.

Herndon started his health care career in 1971 as an Air Force nurse, serving 12 years in Spain, Fort Worth, San Antonio and in California, where he supported NASA and the first eight space shuttle landings with medical support at the Edwards Air Force Base Rodgers Dry Lake facility.

Leaving active military service in 1983, Herndon sought a new challenge that would allow him to focus on patient care and the organizational environment—and not just numbers and metrics. He found that new opportunity with VA in Bonham, Texas.

“VA health care is about the people.”

“Our patients need and require our caring and empathy,” said Herndon. “VA health care isn’t all about numbers. It’s about the people who gave so selflessly to our nation.”

During his many years of service to VA, Herndon chose to remain in hands-on patient care and education rather than continue on a senior management career path. His dedication has resulted in many profound coworker connections and a strong organizational environment that has benefited from his knowledge, experience and mentoring.

“Joe’s insight and efforts are invaluable to VA North Texas,” said Glenn Creswell, North Texas nurse and Herndon’s supervisor. “When you have decades of experience like Joe, you help the organization move past obstacles and better prepare professional caregivers to deliver the very best health care to patients.”

Herndon has changed many lives during his nearly 40 years with VA, including his own. He met his wife Beverly, a 37-year Veteran of Sam Rayburn VA, on the job 26 years ago. After 52 years of military and VA service, Herndon has no plans to retire. “I love what I do and am very content. Why would I retire?”

Challenging, Innovative, Rewarding and Secure! Help Deliver for America in Your Community

The Postal Service is the second largest employer in the United States. We offer our team variety, training, and the opportunity for advancement and great benefits that include more than good pay. USPS has competitive salaries and premium benefits.

We seek to attract and retain a diverse workforce in which employees respect and value each other’s differences and work to promote collaboration, flexibility, and fairness so that all employees can participate and contribute to their full potential.

Our workers are the backbone of USPS service. We want to develop and advance their careers within USPS, so our development programs train and prepare our employees for promotions and growth in a variety of USPS business areas.

To learn more, the Postal Service invites job seekers to attend the following USPS job fair to fill immediate openings:

Friday, Feb. 23, 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Herndon Post Office 590 Grove Street Herndon, Virginia 20170

To assist potential applicants, USPS personnel will be onsite at the job fair to provide detailed information about available positions and to answer questions about starting pay and benefits. Applications are accepted online only at www.usps.com/careers. Applicants must be 18 years of age and be able to pass drug screening and a background investigation. Applicants must be available to work weekends and holidays. See job postings at www.usps.com/careers for full details for duties, responsibilities, and requirements. Job postings are updated frequently, so check back often for additional opportunities.

Delivering For America

To read the DFA plan: Introduction: Delivering for America: Our ten-year plan - about.usps.com

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The United States Postal Service is an independent federal establishment, mandated to be self-financing and to serve every American community through the affordable, reliable and secure delivery of mail and packages to 167 million addresses six and often seven days a week. Overseen by a bipartisan Board of Governors, the Postal Service is implementing a 10-year transformation plan, Delivering for America, to modernize the postal network, restore long-term financial sustainability, dramatically improve service across all mail and shipping categories, and maintain the organization as one of America’s most valued and trusted brands.

The Postal Service generally receives no tax dollars for operating expenses and relies on the sale of postage, products and services to fund its operations.

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HERNDON, VA — With Christmas in the rearview mirror, many people in Herndon are making plans and reservations for where and when they will be celebrating New Year's Eve on Sunday.

Looking to enjoy a night of glittering lights, funky beats, retro-inspired cocktails, and dance floor magic? Then the Carpool Herndon's 2024 New Years Eve Disco may be for your. The event takes place Sunday, Dec. 31 from 9 p.m. to Monday, Jan. 1, 2 a.m., at 208 Elden St. in Herndon.

Why not welcome 2024 in by joining a long-time Herndon tradition? Jimmy's Old Town Tavern is hosting its 27th New Year's Eve Gala on Sunday, Dec. 31, at 697 Elden St., in Herndon. Two seatings available at 6 p.m. and 9 p.m. Reservations recommended.

Those who prefer to start the year off on the right foot have a couple of options. They can run in the New Years Day 5k, which starts at 10 a.m., on Jan. 1, at 11900 Market St. in Reston Town Center. They can also participate in the Fairfax County Park Authority's First Hike Fairfax Photo Contest, by hiking a park authority trail and taking a memorable photo.

Here is a look at some additional events happening in and around Herndon:

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If you have any New Year's celebrations you'd like to be added to this list, email all the details to herndon@patch.com.

In the United States, one of the most popular New Year’s Eve traditions is the dropping of the giant ball in New York City’s Times Square. Other U.S. cities have adopted iterations of the ball drop — the Chick Drop in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania and the giant Potato Drop in Boise, Idaho, for example.

Northern Virginia’s twist on the ball drop is First Night in Old Town Alexandria, featuring family-friendly activities and events starting a 2 p.m. and ending with fireworks over the Potomac River at 12 a.m.

The end of one year and beginning of another is often celebrated with the singing of “Auld Lang Syne,” a Scottish folk song whose title roughly translates to “days gone by,” according to Encyclopedia Britannica and History.com.

The history of New Year’s resolutions dates back 8,000 years to ancient Babylonians, who would make promises to return borrowed objects and pay outstanding debts at the beginning of the new year, in mid-March when they planted their crops.

According to legend, if they kept their word, pagan gods would grant them favor in the coming year. If they broke the promise, they would fall out of God’s favor, according to a history of New Year’s resolutions compiled by North Hampton Community College New Center in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania.

Many secular New Year’s resolutions focus on imagining new, improved versions of ourselves.

The failure rate of New Year’s resolutions is about 80 percent, according to U.S. News & World Report. There are myriad reasons, but a big one is they’re made out of remorse — for gaining weight, for example — and aren’t accompanied by a shift in attitude and a plan to meet the stress and discomfort of changing a habit or condition.

Competitive wages, health benefits, paid leave, retirement savings and more for a new career in 2024!

HERNDON, VA — The United States Postal Service, consistently named one of the most trusted brands in America, is hiring motivated and dynamic individuals to help us Deliver for America in Northern Virginia.

Accepting a position with the United States Postal Service is the first step that could lead to a long, fulfilling career with a dynamic, forward-thinking organization committed to delivering for the American people.

If you like working outside or prefer inside, we have openings for various positions, such as city carrier associates, rural carriers, personnel support employees, mail processing and maintenance just to name a few.

Various craft and management opportunities are available after you receive a career appointment. If you have a skillset, with more than 2,000 different job titles, we more than likely have positions that align. Don’t have a skillset? Not a problem, we offer free on-the-job training.

To learn more, the Postal Service invites job seekers to attend the following USPS job fair to fill immediate openings:

Friday, Jan. 26, 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Herndon Post Office 590 Grove Street Herndon, VA 20170

To assist potential applicants, USPS personnel will be onsite at the job fair to provide detailed information about available positions and to answer questions about starting pay and benefits. Applications are accepted online only at www.usps.com/careers. Applicants must be 18 years of age and be able to pass drug screening and a background investigation. Applicants must be available to work weekends and holidays. See job postings at www.usps.com/careers for full details for duties, responsibilities, and requirements. Job postings are updated frequently, so check back often for additional opportunities.

Delivering For America

The Postal Service is entering its fourth year of the Delivering For America (DFA), 10-Year Plan. If your news outlet is interested in interviewing a postal official about the progress made since the implementation of the DFA, please contact Mark Wahl at mark.a.wahl@usps.gov. To read the DFA plan: Introduction: Delivering for America: Our ten-year plan - about.usps.com

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Five executives at the Future of Reston & Herndon event offered ideas for Fairfax County leaders on how to improve the development process.

Michael O'Connell, Patch Staff

|Updated Fri, Feb 16, 2024 at 1:57 pm ET

RESTON, VA — Executives representing five Northern Virginia construction and development companies offered suggestions to Fairfax County leaders on how to improve the development process. The suggestions came during a panel discussion about Reston and Herndon's residential, office and retail markets that took place Thursday morning in Reston Station.

The panel was part of a Bisnow-sponsored event looking at the future of development in Reston and Herndon. Comstock Holding Companies hosted the event on the 12th floor of the first building that will be delivered as part of Reston Station's second phase.

"The Dulles corridor is one of the key gateways to the Washington, D.C. Reston and Herndon cannot rest on their laurels and just on their geographic proximity," said panel moderator Andrew Painter, a shareholder at Walsh, Colucci, Lubeley & Walsh.

Wrapping up the discussion, Painter asked the five business leaders on the panel for suggestions they would make to Fairfax County leaders about how they could improve the development process, while making sure "we don't kill the golden goose?"

Tim Steffan, Chief Operating Officer, Comstock

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"I think they should be open-minded as it relates to revenue sources, given the tremendous hit they're taking in the commercial office space. The tax base has decreased. How can we make up for that? Right now, you need to think about how you can do that. If they don't come up with alternative revenue sources outside of doubling the taxes on our houses, the golden goose is going to be in trouble."

Juan Manuel Segura, Director of Innovation, Securiport

"We needed their help with our transition here to Reston, so I sought that kind of leadership on that front. Just making sure that everything that they do does support companies like ourselves, who come into the area and take advantage of all of the amenities that are being developed, but also have access to Dulles and Reston."

Stephen Wilson, President, SCG Development

"Maybe a more collaborative approach to parking, particularly in these high density locations, right? Any developer is trying to at least provide enough parking that will match with the market. However, in 20 years, those ratios are going to change, right? So it suggests to me to create a garage that can be torn down and converted into an alternative use, rather than having every site on its own support enough parking today.

"We get pressure from county staff, on the one hand, to reduce parking beyond what the market really needs. On the other hand, zoning is kind of conflicting with that message, because we're consistently, just in our world, we're overdelivering on parking demand. So I'm thinking more of a collaborative county-sponsored approach to that."

Ken Houle, Vice President, TF Cornerstone

"It's always easy to dump on the government, but I actually think Fairfax is a really, really well-run county. The professional staff, I was really impressed with them throughout the process. The one thing that would be helpful for everyone is to speed up the process. I don't know how much they can do to speed it up, but speeding it up would help us a lot."

Aakash Thakkar, Chief Acquisitions Officer, EYA

"It's fair to say there's a housing, maybe not affordable housing, but an affordability building crisis. We're bringing all these great jobs to Reston-Herndon. I think there's a need for much more housing, much more quickly to keep costs down and a range of housing for what folks need. ... Let's work together. Let's get the right types of projects that have the vision that county leaders are looking for, and let's move it as quickly as possible through the process so we can get them up, built and do it all over again."

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