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Volume 57, Number 16 • April 21, 2011
Chamber’s first bingo night a success Contributed Report news@goochlandgazette.com
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School attorney Andrea Erard, left, talks with School Superintendent Linda Underwood and board member Raymond Miller about the issue of how to estimate sales tax revenue at last week’s School Board meeting.
On Thursday April 7 The Goochland County Chamber of Commerce held its first bingo game with more than 50 people attending the inaugural event. Bonnie Creasy, Executive Director of the Chamber said, “We are so pleased with how well-received the bingo event has been. We are looking forward to our attendance growing as more and more people hear about how much fun everyone has.” The Bingo games will be run on the 1st and 3rd Thursday of each month. They are held at the American Legion, 3386 River Road West (Rt. 6) a half-
mile west of the high school. Doors open at 5 p.m. with the games beginning at 6:30 p.m. This is a smoke free environment and participants must be age 12 or older. Food and drinks are being provided by Haywood Grill in Sandy Hook, and will be available for purchase each night at 5 p.m. The Goochland Chamber will use the proceeds to conduct educational programs for their businesses, and to contribute to their Scholarship Fund for Goochland High School Seniors. The public is invited to come out and share in the fun. Contact the Chamber office at 804-556-3811 or by email at director@goochlandchamber.org.
Underwood to school board: how much money should we cut? Ken Odor jodor@goochlandgazette.com
Goochland School Superintendent Linda Underwood had an important question for school board members last Tuesday night. And that was, what number to plan on when coming up with a revised budget, after the Board of
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Supervisors approved less money than requested for schools at its April 5 meeting. With a nominal shortfall of $629,000 compared to the schools’ original request, the question was whether to add to that the $132,000 derived by the supervisors’ inclusion of 100 percent of projected sales tax due schools and $500,000 that some school board members
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found iffy because its appropriation hinges on schools complying with new reporting requirements. Underwood presented a history of sales tax revenue going back to 2005, showing that the average amount received over those years was 98.9 percent. The schools have normally included a 95 percent see School Board > page 2
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Chamber Board members Libby Clark and Josh Sojda explain how the bingo game works at the Goochland Chamber of Commerce’s first Bingo Night earlier this month.
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