08/25/2011

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Volume 58, Number 33 • August 25, 2011

Cold cases cause families heartache By Jim Fields jfields@mechlocal.com

Guilt is a difficult emotion. Some people can’t handle it, and when they do something wrong, like commit a crime, they are more than willing to confess their transgression when caught. The other side of that coin is a person with a cold heart. Guilt doesn’t bother them, and even when caught or suspected of a

crime, they are unlikely to accept responsibility for their actions. Someplace on this little planet we call home, there are at least three people, maybe more, enjoying life while holding the answers to solve three cold cases in Goochland County. It takes only a few words about one of the cases to bring tears to people who want nothing more than closure and justice. The crimes are all of a differ-

Photo by Ken Odor

New GES principal Tina McCay gets a hug from returning fourth-grader Rilie Bass on the first day of school.

First day of school goes smoothly By Ken Odor jodor@goochlandgazette.com

The yellow buses started rolling in about 7:45 a.m. Monday morning at GES as about 350 new and returning students reported for their first day at school. It was also the first day, at least the first school day as prinicipal for Tina

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McCay at GES. “Our first priority is safety,” said McCay, named as GES principal last spring after Stacey Austin resigned. “We want to make sure all the students feel safe and loved,” she said. “I’m ecstatic being back in the schools where I belong,” added McCay, who spent two years working in the Central Office after 10 years as an

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elementary teacher in first and second grade at GES. McCay said coming back to GES was easier since she knows all the key people. This year only six buses pulled up at GES, the result of consolidation of bus routes done to save money. County-wide see First day > page 4

Photo by Jim Fields

Christina Maxwell, seated, holds a picture of her son Billy who was killed on West Broad Street Road Sept. 18, 2010, by a hitand-run driver. Behind her Jennifer Waldrop, left, holds a picture of her mother, Joan Weigelhofer, who was murdered at her real estate office Aug. 14, 2003. Connie Taylor’s step-brother, Waverly G. Sharpe Jr., disappeared in August 1997.

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Colby Cooke commits to Vanderbilt

Local cadet takes to the open seas

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