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Volume 58, Number 1 • January 5, 2012

Incoming supervisors tour county By Ken Odor jodor@goochlandgazette.com

Goochland’s newly elected supervisors got a look at the county they will be working for last Thursday. In a tour suggested by District 3 Supervisor Ned Creasey, they visited a number of county government sites, including convenience centers, the Sheriff’s Office, three park sites, Animal Control, the Fire Training Center and more. “I went to Ms. Dickson to set up the tour,” said Creasey. “I thought the new board needed to see where the tax dollars were going.” One place tax dollars are not currently going is to arm Sheriff’s deputies, said Maj. Don Bewkes, who showed the supervisors an impressive display of high-quality H&K weaponry and other equipment funded by drug forfeiture money. Even the deputies sidearms were paid for in this manner, said Bewkes. But Creasey, contacted Friday, noting the obvious, said that funds from such forfeitures can’t be counted on as a reliable source of money for law enforcement equipment. “My impression is that

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Photo by Ken Odor

Guest speaker Paul Galanti, right, talks with Jeff Hawkins and Catherine Mika at the Goochland Rotary Club breakfast last Friday. Galanti spoke about the Families of the Wounded Fund.

Photo by Ken Odor

Incoming District 2 Supervisor Manuel Alvarez, left, gets the feel of the heft for a bulletproof vest from Maj. Don Bewkes, who gave the incoming board a tour of the Sheriff’s Office facilities and talked to them about the challenges his agency faces.

our public safety officials are professional, well trained, and are doing a great job but are being asked to do a lot given the resources at their disposal,” said incoming District 5 Supervisor Ken Peterson, who also praised the work of Parks and Recreation employees and

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those who work at the convenience centers. District 3 Supervisor-elect Manuel Alvarez said he was concerned about the condition of the Old Middle School building. “I think it will take a lot of work and some positive thinking to come up with the right

uses for the building and to get it into inhabitable condition. That said, it is a great space that should not be wasted. I hope to work with the board, county employees and citizens to come up with some see Tour > page 4

Rotary supports fund for wounded soldiers’ families By Ken Odor jodor@goochlandgazette.com

“The most worthwhile charity I’ve ever been involved in.” That’s what Paul Galanti called Families of the Wounded Fund, Inc. as he addressed the Goochland Rotary Club last Friday.

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Bulldogs roll into New Year

Local boy shows off big catch

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Retired naval officer, Vietnam POW and Virginia Commissioner of Veterans Services, Galanti was the guest speaker at the club’s monthly meeting. He is a director of the fund. see Club supports fund > page 7


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