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Published: Jul 30, 2008 Boards seek common ground on school expansion plan The Goochland Board of Supervisors has reached consensus on how to accommodate Goochland’s expanding student base. At a workshop session last week, the supervisors opted to fund expansions to all three Goochland elementary schools. Dr. Linda Underwood, Goochland school superintendent, told a School Board workshop session she sat in on the session and came away with some ideas on exactly where the board is headed. “The consensus of the supervisors at that meeting is that they would fund Option 4… period,” she told the school board at a workshop session last… Read more... Published: Jul 30, 2008  “I want to be Speaker of the House of Representatives,” declared Emily Neal last week. By age 40, if possible, she added. This summer the rising junior at Virginia Tech is interning at the office of Virginia Attorney General Bob McDonnell, where she works in the Special Counsel Division, which handles work by outside attorneys. The attorney general’s office has about 30 interns, said Neal, mostly law students. Neal is one of a handful of undergraduates. “She’s… Read more... Published: Jul 24, 2008  What is sustainable agriculture? According to Lisa Dearden, the Executive Director of the Center for Rural Culture (CFRC) sustainable agriculture is simply this: What you see now, you will see into perpetuity. It is preserving the land, and the way we use the land, for our children, and our children’s children. “The main mission of the CFRC is to sustain the rural culture of community, by educating, promoting and inspiring…” Inspiring what? An appreciation, and understanding, of the natural beauty we have here in Goochland, of, as Dearden… Read more... Published: Jul 24, 2008  Goochland’s Farm Bureau picnic is always a fun filled family get-together that reunites old neighbors and friends. This year’s event was no exception as more than 60 members gathered for the annual picnic, held at Westview on the James. Farm Bureau president Steve Bostic welcomed the group and said the agency looks forward to this event. “We hold this picnic and our annual dinner each year,” Bostic said. “It’s a way of showing our appreciation to our members and being involved in our community,” he said. Many families began the day’s… Read more... Published: Jul 24, 2008 It’s back! Sign controversy continues Goochland County’s latest attempt to resolve a lingering sign controversy came up short at last week’s Planning Commission Meeting. The ordinance changes would have clearly defined and restricted political signs to a maximum size. Officials drafted new language in the code to address the problem when Richmond attorney William Hefty recommended such a move in a report delivered the Board of Supervisors in February. The study was prompted by incidents in last fall’s election when several landowners were notified by letter regarding the size of the political signs… Read more... Published: Jul 24, 2008  After five years on the job, Goochland High School’s first full-time drama teacher Hunter Parker is going back to school to get her masters degree. “I’m definitely sad about leaving,” said Parker last week, just days before departing on a People to People trip to the British Isles. “I put my heart and soul into the program.” Parker will start work on her Master of Fine Arts degree in theater at the University of Georgia this fall. “I don’t know where it will lead me, but if I don’t do it now I might never do it,”… Read more... Published: Jul 24, 2008 Walking and biking to school promoted On July 17 Gov. Timothy M. Kaine announced that more than $1 million in Safe Routes to School funding would be awarded to 13 school systems, local governments and not-for-profit groups across the Commonwealth. Goochland received $10,170 to develop and implement Safe Routes to School programs, including crossing guard training, participation encouragement and safety education. What is Safe Routes to School funding meant to achieve? The governor’s office is hoping to encourage children in grades K-8 to walk or bicycle to school. According to a press release, Governor… Read more... Published: Jul 23, 2008 Supervisors call meeting to discuss school expansion On July 21, the board of supervisors met to discuss the school’s capital improvement program. Supervisors agreed that the three elementary schools should be improved in response to the county’s expanding student population, but continued to oppose the construction of a new school. At their July 1 board meeting, supervisors learned that renovating and enlarging Goochland Elementary School would cost an estimated $23 million, almost as much as a new school, according to what representatives from Moseley Architects told the Goochland County School Board. “To… Read more... Published: Jul 16, 2008  Last weekend, thousands of people found themselves on the road to Gum Spring. Whether they started from I-64 or I-95, each of these travelers would eventually follow routes that would become increasingly narrow. Max Peple-Abrams hopes, however, that when they reached their destination—the South African Food and Wine Festival, held at Grayhaven Winery—her visitors would discover a culture expansive in its history, its art, and its cuisine. “Nobody is getting the good word about South African life,” said Peple-Abrams, who co-owns the winery with her husband… Read more... Published: Jul 16, 2008  On a day when oil futures prices spiked to $147 dollars a barrel and the Dow Jones Industrial Average dipped below 11,000, Seventh District Republican congressman Eric Cantor presented a four-point energy plan to deal with soaring fuel prices at a news conference at a gas station in Richmond’s West End. Flanked by Henrico Del. Bill Janis (R), Henrico Sheriff Mike Wade (R) and Ashland trucking company owner John Cox, Cantor said Congress must act now, calling gas prices the biggest national security problem of a generation. “Congress shouldn’t leave for the summer… Read more... |
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