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Volume 57, Number 37 • September 16, 2010
One man dead, two injured after Sunday morning shooting By Ken Odor jodor@goochlandgazette.com
A man wanted by the Goochland Sheriff’s Office for a Sunday morning shooting death is now in custody. Kwamane Gordon Davis, 21, turned himself in peacefully at the Goochland Sheriff’s office at 10:30 p.m. Monday night, said Goochland Sheriff James Agnew. He is being held in the Henrico County Jail pending a video arraignment
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At the flagpole at Company 5 Saturday, Chan Rowland, left, and Preston Smith lay a memorial wreath in honor of 9-11 victims.
Goochland remembers 9-11 By Ken Odor jodor@goochlandgazette.com
Shoppers at Company Five’s semiannual yard sale took a break Saturday morning for a commemorative observance of the terrorist attack that, nine years ago, changed the nation. Timed to coincide with the time of the collapse of the South Tower of the World Trade Center, the ceremony centered around reading the names of
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the 343 members of the New York Fire Department and the 72 members of the law enforcement community who lost their lives that day. Many of those present at the ceremony were affected by the events of that Tuesday in September 2001, a bright sunny day much like Saturday. “It was hard to believe that it was really happening,” said District 3 Supervisor Ned Creasey, who said he was on the job getting ready to
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pour some concrete when he heard the news. Company 1 member Preston Smith, who along with Chan Rowland laid a commemorative wreath before the flag at Company 5, worked for Fiduciary Trust Company in Tower II from 1983 until 1991 on the 94th floor. He knew many of the 100 employees of the company who died
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scheduled for next Monday morning. Davis has been charged by the Goochland Sheriff’s Office with first degree murder after a Sunday morning shootout that left one man dead and two others injured. In addition to the murder charge, Davis faces charges of shooting in the commission of a felony and using a firearm while committing murder. see Shooting > page 5
Supervisors vote against rezoning BOS denies county’s rezoning application for Oilville exchange By Amy Condra acondra@goochlandgazette.com
Goochland’s Planning Commission recommended last month that the Goochland Board of Supervisors deny the county’s application to rezone
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land at the I-64 and Oilville interchange. When the supervisors voted last week to follow the planning commission’s advice, residents who had gathered to protest the application clapped their approval. Deputy County Administrator Don Charles told supervisors that the see BOS > page 4
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