INSIDE Festival celebrates Goohland’s pet dogs > page 4
Volume 57, Number 32 • August 12, 2010
Goochland 4-H Shooting Club teaches new skills Group practices at Cavalier Rifle and Pistol Club By Ken Odor jodor@goochlandgazette.com
Photos by Ken Odor
Maintenance Supervisor Sonny Turner, above, stands in the pit used to work on the county’s school buses at the bus garage. Below left, a new safety cover will be obtained so that buses will not have to be parked over the pit when it is not in use.
GCPS bus garage concerns School board discusses bus garage repair, new space for GES By Ken Odor jodor@goochlandgazette.com
advised County Administrator Rebecca Dickson in a July 12 email to School Superintendent Linda Underwood. Before the current economic downturn plans were made to replace the facility across from the old Goochland High School football field.
Limited repairs to the school system’s bus garage should go forward,
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Calendar Classifieds People Features Letters
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Education Opinion Sports TV Listings
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SPORTS GHS golf tees off another season > page 8
see Bus garage> page 2
“Today we are going to work on the standing position,” said head 4-H rifle instructor Mike Wilson last Sunday, as nine-year-old Matthew Cosby and Zack Bennett, 13, both members of the Goochland 4-H Shooting Education Club listened attentively. To get the most stable shooting platform, you need bone on bone support, Wilson explained, as he demonstrated supporting the forearm of a .22 rifle with his left hand while resting his left elbow on his hip. “It may look a little funny but it definitely works,” said Wilson. After the coaching session, Cosby and Bennett went to the line, shooting 10-round strings at a distance of 25 yards under the watchful eyes of their T H E
instructor and their dads, and Cavalier Rifle and Pistol Club volunteer Mike Fitzpatrick. Clear range commands to begin and cease fire were issued to the shooters. And at the end of each string of 10 rounds, the command was given to place the rifles on the table with bolt open and a clear rifle indicator inserted into the chamber. Meanwhile, four more 4-H members were honing their shotgun skills at the sporting clays station at Cavalier in western Hanover County, using .410, 20 and 12 gauge shotguns. They took a break when the device that threw the clay targets briefly malfunctioned. Adam Henley, 14, said he was learning the proper stance and how to lead the target. “You’ve got to lead it just a little bit,” he explained. “I’ve hit a few,” he responded when asked how see 4-H Club> page 3
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