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Volume 55, Number 44 • November 12 2009

County facing budget cuts $2.5 million revenue shortfall for 2010; $5.4 million for 2011 By Amy Condra acondra@goochlandgazette.com

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The Edible Garden is now closed, after almost five years of encouraging diners to enjoy food prepared from local sources.

Edible Garden closes doors By Ken Odor news@goochlandgazette.com

Hard times have forced a local restaurant with a menu that revolved around locally grown food to close. But the restaurant’s promotion of local fare has made a difference, said one of the Edible Garden’s co-owners.

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“We accomplished our mission to promote local food,” said Molly Harris, who paused for a moment while serving a busy lunch crowd last Thursday. Harris and co-owner Lisa Goldstein opened the restaurant in 2005 after purchasing the building, which formerly housed the English Garden, at 12506 River Road.

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Their goal was to serve dishes, concentrating on seasonal foods, prepared from ingredients available within a 100-mile radius. “We didn’t just want to close our doors,” said Harris. So the restaurant posted a notice on its Web site announcing they were closing up

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At last week’s Board of Supervisors meeting, County Administrator Rebecca Dickson said the county is projecting a revenue shortfall of about $2.5 million in the 2010 budget. Last year the Board of Supervisors set aside $1.2 million from the county’s fund balance in response to a tumultuous economy. This leaves a $1.3 million shortfall that needs to be addressed this year. Schools have been asked to contribute $650,000, said Dickson. “On the county side… I’ve asked folks to identify $600,000 in cuts right now,” she said. “They have done that.” She said that these cuts included unfilled positions and a reduction in part-time staff. Dickson said that things don’t look any better for 2011, when revenue is expected to fall by $5.4 million. The biggest drop in revenue sources comes from a $3.7 mil-

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lion loss in real estate taxes. “The county is projecting a 12 percent reduction in assessed values from last July to this,” said Dickson, “and next January, another five percent reduction. That’s a significant loss.” The county is also looking to lose $550,000 in interest income and $511,000 in personal property tax. “Other local taxes are down $100,000,” said Dickson. “We hope local sales taxes hold.” Both the general county and the schools look to share in the budget shortfall in the coming year, said the county administrator. “$2.9 million on the school side and $2.5 million on the county side,” said Dickson of how much needs to be slashed from the 2011 budget. “On the county side, nothing’s off the table,” she added. Schools are expected to make deeper cuts since they represent about 55% of the see Budget> page 3

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and Edwards shops for the food on Thursday. Her two Food and Wellness classes will alternate Fridays running the cafe. Decor for the Eagle Cafe was provided by Amanda Tolsons’s art students. “The Gifted Art 6 students learned about the history of food in art, and studied artist Maremi Hooff and her recipe paintings. Each student chose a recipe from the Eagle Cafe menu and designed an oil pastel drawing depicting all of the ingredients,” said Tolson. Edwards said she came up with the idea for the cafe last year. “I wanted to give students an opportunity to apply what they learn in class to a real world experience,” she said. Her eighth grade Food and Wellness class students created the menu and were responsible for the atmosphere of the restaurant, she said. The Eagle Cafe will be open to teachers and staff of Goochland Middle School every Friday, during all four lunches, for the remainder of the school year.

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Budget continued from > page 1 county’s overall budget. In a letter sent last month to School Superintendent Linda Underwood, Dickson wrote that in 2011 local funding for schools will be cut by 15 percent, or $2.9 million. The county also is asking the school system to cut $650,000 from this year’s $27.1 million budget. Several citizens stood to protest cuts to the school budget, citing concerns that the quality of Goochland’s schools will suffer from decreased funding. “Cuts to electives, to substitute teachers will be destroying the school system that many in this county have worked to build,” said Carolyn Elliott. “Our children will pay the price and unfortunately so will the county.” One teacher asked about alternative funding for the school budget. “Like everyone else I’m worried about my position,” said John Driscoll, a fifth grade teacher at Goochland Elementary School. “But I’m equally worried about the heart of this county. I’ve heard rumors of a rainy day fund; if there is such a thing, look in your hearts and use it.”

Bill Williams was one of several people who said they would be willing to pay higher taxes to fund schools. “No one wants to hear the tax word raised,” he said. “But I’d be more than happy to look at an increase in my tax rate to maintain our excellent school system and other services in the county,” he said. Dickson reminded the audience that the budget is far from being finalized. “This is just the beginning of the process so we can have the discussion we’re having right now,” she said.

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Republicans sweep Goochland By Ken Odor news@goochlandgazette.com

The Republican Party won big last week in Virginia. In Goochland, they won even bigger, with all four GOP candidates winning every county precinct. In each of the three top contests, Goochland went for the GOP victor by 10 to 12 percentage points more than the statewide margin. Governor-elect Bob McDonnell won the state vote 59 to 41 percent. In Goochland, he got almost 71 percent of the ballots cast. Lt. Governor Bill Bolling and Attorney General-elect Ken Cuccinelli polled similar

margins in Goochland, besting their statewide percentages by 11 and 13 percentage points respectively. In the race for the 56th District House of Delegates seat, incumbent Republican Bill Janis retained his seat with a convincing win over Democratic challenger James Towey. Janis polled more than 72 percent of votes cast in the race. The big difference in this election, according to Goochland County Registrar Frances Ragland, was turnout, which, at just under 55 percent, was about 30 percent lower than last fall’s number in the presidential election, the highest for any

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had more name recognition and a strong conservative record. “People are happy with his representation,” said Sloane. “It shows their satisfaction with Bill Janis.” Despite Janis’s convincing victory over him, Towey said he would not rule out running for public office again. “It was certainly an uphill battle from the beginning,” said Towey, who said it was important to turn back the “party first” mindset. Towey said he had voters tell him they would have voted for him except they wanted to “send a message to Washington” that they didn’t like what was going on there. Janis said the election numbers spoke for themselves. “After eight years of serving the citizens of Goochland, Henrico and Louisa the vote tally indicates that they know they can count on me to represent their interests in Virginia,” said Janis. “I’m grateful they have chosen me to go back and serve them for another two years.”

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Where to skip the scissors Last week our county administrator, Rebecca Dickson, told a grim story of Goochland’s financial future. Due to projected revenue shortfalls of $2.5 million this year and $5.4 million the year after that, the county is going to have to slash and burn a way through its current budget. It might seem reasonable to start that decimation in the schools, since that is where more than half of the county’s money goes. But as several citizens pointed out at Tuesday’s meeting of the Board of Supervisors, such cuts could leave enduring scars in schools that have measurably improved in recent years. In fact, hacking away at educational and protective services—at our schools, our fire and rescue department and our sheriff ’s office—seems like a dangerous idea. Raising well-adjusted and educated children in a safe environment is the goal of most communities, and it has always seemed like an attainable one in Goochland. As one mother pointed out at the BOS meeting, strong schools and other services attract homebuyers. Those homebuyers pay taxes and invest in local businesses, thus creating the revenue to further strengthen schools. This is a positive cycle, one we should aspire to and facilitate, and one that if broken, could be hard to repair. Unfortunately, too many of our resources in Goochland have gone to negative cycles, such as rash decisions and their subsequent consequences. If we have to make cuts, why don’t we make them in the cost of legal services? Following practices that don’t involve litigation would be a good fiscal goal for Goochland. Compensation packages for certain employees, the ones who dabble in the very activities that get us in legal trouble, would be another place to start slashing away. I can think of a lot of places where Goochland County could make some deeply satisfying cuts… and our school system doesn’t happen to be one of them. - Amy Condra

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Tyranny by a minority? When times are good, no one seems to question what our elected officials decide for us. In those times greed and arrogance can raise its head “unnoticed” “unchecked”. We need to encourage our media to be bold and unrelenting in their reporting for they are charged with making sure power doesn’t get corrupt by exposing that which is done in darkness and we as citizens should not leave that job solely to the media. We need to speak out like those at the last board meeting. There we got a glimpse of the fear, frustration, concern, anguish felt because of a failing economy and poor economic management decisions by a board that, at times, appears to have distanced itself from its citizens daily struggles. We must ask, do these people

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have our best interest in mind or do we have tyranny by a minority? We only have to remind ourselves of the TCSD mess, Dept. of Engineering, Wolfrey, McRoberts and more, to see there still is a problem. Can any old board member see there still is a problem? Can any old board member sufficiently distance himself from so many issues? Are they still making those “old boy” decisions? For another example they are still spending our tax dollars to hire outside counsel to put me out of business and just another statistic of bankruptcy/ foreclosure. And you have to ask why, when statements have been made that we should be grandfathered by zoning administrator (see another article in previous paper) and BZA agreed. Why after 14 years of service to the community and tax revenue even in a down economy, is not this board doing everything in its power to keep business

here and build business here? Seems like they are still waving that red flag, hey don’t come here as we might decide we don’t want you after all those long hours you spent starting your business as we may find some way to tell you to close. To me there still seems to a “core” problem and this was conveyed by Ned Creasy with his statement that he wanted read into the record of October’s meeting. A statement that was interrupted with a scoffing laugh by another supervisor when he said that “our voices will be heard come next election”. So, I encourage all of you to keep an eye on our government and hold them accountable to make sound, compassionate decisions where all our citizens are treated fairly and that they do not unduly hinder or obstruct our right as citizens

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we are set to spend quadrillions of dollars on national health care while our local school board has to cut millions of dollars from our beloved Goochland County Public Schools. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s an outrage that Obama can steal our money to pay for a wildly unpopular idea that aims to â&#x20AC;&#x153;fixâ&#x20AC;? a system thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the best in the entire world. Is our system of insurance and health care delivery broken? Can they be improved? Yes, thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s no doubt about that. But trillions of dollars of public financing poured into a broken system will necessarily turn into quadrillions of dollars in debt, bankrupting our entire economy and making us even more dependent on a government thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s more grotesquely inefficient with each new day. Moreover, this kind of reckless spending will put us at the mercy of Chinese and Arab bankers who are drooling at the opportunity of beating our dollar into submission. All the while, our teachers and school administrators have to take

a 15% cut, across the board. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s just shameful. I willingly pay my taxes because they support education. But the balance is shifting. If you think these two events are disconnected, youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re fooling yourself. They are stealing from our schools first because they are wired into the same balance sheet. Donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t give me the â&#x20AC;&#x153;no, schools are funded at the state level nonsenseâ&#x20AC;? either. A buck is a buck and with Obama at the helm, the bucks stop there, literally, to pay his cronies for their allegiance. Our highways will be next. And public safety jobs like police and firefighters will suffer, too. Wake up, people! We cannot afford to let the Obama-bots destroy our schools. Stop this national health care nonsense in the Senate so we can get some money back into our school system. Our children and our teachers deserve much better from us.

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GHS grind-it-out stalls high octane Albemarle Bulldogs claim share of Jefferson title in first year BY ARTHUR THOMPSON IV sports@goochlandgazette.com

t was the tale of two opposing forces with distinct differences. One was a slick and sleek Lamborghini speeding down the highway. The other was a grind it out Chevy suburban. The Lamborghini had its moments but the Chevy eventually won out as The Goochland Bulldogs (9-1, 6-1) knocked off previously undefeated Western Albemarle (9-1, 6-1) 23-0 last Friday. The Warriors came into the contest ranked No. 6 in the Group AA poll but the victory allowed Goochland to claim a share of the Jefferson District title. Goochland, who made the jump to AA football in the Jefferson District this year, overcame early turnovers and eventually took control of the game. The Bulldogs got their first points on a safety after, to the chagrin of the capacity home crowd, they fumbled the ball away twice on their first two possessions. “When we fumbled the kickoff and then we fumbled the ball on the one I was like, ‘Here we go’,” said Goochland head coach Joe Fowler. “But the defense made a great play and stopped them. We were able to get into half time without shooting ourselves in the foot anymore. And then we came out the second half and was able to push the ball down the field a little bit.” Goochland pushed the ball down the field the entire game via of their four-headed rushing attack. The power game came from Desmond Athey (14 carries for 91 yards) and David McKenna (14 carries for 84 yards). They helped the Bulldogs control clock and dominate the time of possession. “We call them the clock-killers,” Fowler said. “We start feeding them the ball and we just eat up some clock.” Fowler came into the contest with the plan of testing Albemarle’s defensive line via his rushing attack. “We

said all week we didn’t know if anyone had lined up and hit them in the mouth,” he said. “We are smash mouth. That is what we do. We made a conscience effort that we were going to run right at them. We thought that was our strength and it might be their weakness.” While Athey and McKenna did all the heavy inside lifting, the other half of the attack did the outside running and scored the touchdowns. Wing back Dustin Plumber (13 carries for 48 yards, 1 TD) was stopped for most of the game but scored a 13-yard touchdown for Goochland’s final score. However, it was other wingback, senior Willie Ezell, who broke the game open in the third quarter. With Goochland only up 2-0, Ezell broke to the short side of the field, tip-toed the right side line and scurried 81 yards for a touchdown. “I wanted to win and my team wanted to win,” said Ezell, who finished with 129 yards rushing on just eight carries. “Big plays in big games, I had to make a play and make people miss. I had to do what I had to do and get down there. I was so proud of our offensive line. It was the best game they ever had.” No one, including Coach Fowler thought the defense would shut out Western Albemarle’s vaunted passing offense. The defense picked off Warriors’ quarterback Stephen Schuler three times. And while Ezell broke the game open it was linebacker B. J. Clark who provided the back-breaker by picking off a Schuler pass and racing 84 yards for a touchdown. “Heck they scored nine points on their own,” Fowler said of his defense. “Coach Summitt just got him in the right spot and B. J. just made a great play. Just amazing. Dan Summitt our defensive coordinator all night long and all year long has dialed our kids in. That’s what it comes down to on Friday nights. The kids making plays. Tonight they came through.” The task ahead for the Bulldogs is very simple according to the players. When Ezell and defensive back Brandon Henry were asked what’s next

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they had only one answer. The state championships. People have doubted them including some in their own school. “We know what we can do so we just had to show them,” said Henry, who finished the game with two interceptions. “They got to believe it now. If they don’t then, ‘Oh well’. The States is all we want now. The team we have this year I feel can go anywhere.” Goochland moved to No. 9 in both this week’s TD Top-10 High School Poll and the Virginia Group AA Poll. The Bulldogs will host Millbrook (55) this Friday at 7:30 in their regional opener. A win would most likely take the Bulldogs to Handley High School in Winchester, Va. to face a Judges team that is currently undefeated and ranked No. 5 in the state. Western Albemarle ..................0 0 0 0 — 0 Goochland............................... 2 0 14 7 — 23 G—Safety (Jordan tackled Davis in end zone) G—Ezell 81 run (Cooke kick) G—Clark 84 interception return (Cooke kick) G—Plummer 13 run (Cooke kick) RUSHING: Western Albemarle — Schyuler 8 carries, 39 yards, Davis 2-3, Diehl 2-3. Goochland — Ezell 8-129, Athey 14-91, McKenna 14-84, Plummer 13-48, Henley

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Top: Goochland senior Willie Ezell, center, bursts through a hole created by the blocking of Desmond Athey, left, and Kyle Tormey (68). Ezell broke the game open with a third quarter 81-yard touchdown run. Above: Junior BJ Clark (10) watches as Brandon Henry (2) gets up to pick off one of his two interceptions on the night. The Bulldogs’ defense virtually shut down the vaunted Warrior passing game in the first half before closing out strong in the shutout win. 6-22, Clark 1-minus 6. PASSING: Western Albemarle — Schuler 10 completions, 27 attempts, 3 interceptions, 125 yards. Goochland — Henley

0-4-1-0. RECEIVING: Western Albemarle — Ward 5 receptions, 51 yards, Losco 3-46, Kuzjak 2-28.

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GUSA Fire to compete in MegaBlast Submitted by Raleigh deShazo

he GUSA Fire will compete in the 14th Annual Midlothian MegaBlast Recreational soccer tournament hosted by the Midlothian Youth Soccer League. The tournament will take place on November 21– 22 in Chesterfield County. During the fall 2009 season, the Fire have competed in the Richmond Kicker’s U10 Recreational League earning a 7–0 record with two games still to play. “We have been very pleased with the development and dedication of our kids” said Assistant Coach Jerry Hefner. “We are in first place in league play, despite the fact that four of our nine players still qualify for U8 divisional play, and seven of our nine players are U10 rookies.” Many of the Fire players have tournament experience. Zachary deShazo, Jacob Hayward, Meredith Hefner, Nicholas Kernan, and Hunter Willms competed in the SunCup, Jefferson Open 3v3,

AAU tryouts

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Front: Matthew Lewis, Hunter Willms, Zachary deShazo, Jacob Hayward, Meredith Hefner. Back: Peter Trevor, Wyatt Murray, Corwin Willms, Nicholas Kernan.

and KickIt3v3 Regional tournaments over the summer. Coach Hefner hopes that experience will lead to victories during the MegaBlast. The Fire isn’t the only GUSA entry in this year’s tournament. The U10 (Girls) Green Tigers, led by coach Dusty Holcombe; U12 (Girls) Red Sox, coached by

Kathy Grainer; U14 Thunder, coached by Ricky Gordon; and a U19 (Girls) team coached by Bob Dewar will also compete. GUSA would like to thank Goochland County, the Parks & Rec and Building & Grounds departments for their help with the soccer fields this fall.

Connock bags deer

The VA Bruins AAU Boys Basketball will hold 2010 tryouts for boys 15-16 years old November 14-15 from 9-11a.m. at the University of Richmond Weinstein gym. For more information contact virginiabruins@comcast.net or Tim Gray 866-537-1377 or cell 837-0759.

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Submitted by Chant Connock

Fourteen-year-old John Connock took this nice deer this past Friday in Hanover County. It was his first as a Bow Hunter and he was so proud. He had early release from school that day so we had a few hours to sit. Connock had eight turkeys and seven deer within 30 yards but they were just a little to far. So he waited and his patience paid off when one of the deer got close enough to make a shot.

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