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Volume 57, Number 45 • November, 17 2011

Election puts nine new members on Goochland County boards By Ken Odor jodor@goochlandgazette.com

Goochland County will have two very new looking boards next year. In an election billed by many as the most important in decades, 46.5 percent of Goochland’s 15,588 registered voters cast ballots, according to unofficial results, changing the face of Goochland County government. Only one incumbent candidate up for reelection, District 3 supervisor Ned Creasey, was victorious. Goochland’s new School Board line up is: Mike Payne, Kevin Hazzard, John Lumpkins, Beth Hardy and John Wright. Three incumbents, District 1 James Haskell, District 2 Raymond Miller and District 3Ivan Mattox were defeated. In District 1, challenger Payne easily defeated long-time incumbent James Haskell with almost 64 percent of the vote. Miller faced two opponents in District 2, where he lost to Hazzard, who polled 55 percent with Penny Palen in third place. Challenger John Lumpkins bested current School Board Chairman Ivan Mattox soundly in District 3, winning 70 percent of the vote. District 4 pitted Phil Davis against Hardy in a contest for an open seat after the retirement of Andrew Meng. Hardy won convincingly, garnering 72 percent of the vote. John Wright won in District 5, where he was uncontested. Creasey, who defeated Independent Alan Tucker with almost 71 percent of the vote, will Contributed Photo be joined on the Board of Supervisors by Susan The broom at the top of Michael McDermott’s collage of campaign signs tells

Photo by Ken Odor

WWII bomber pilot Kenneth Rowe, left, stands with American Legion Post 215’s Joe Wadlle as the Color Guard presents the colors last week during the ceremony at GHS.

Veterans Day event at GHS features WWII bomber pilot By Ken Odor jodor@goochlandgazette.com

“Because of them this country remains the greatest nation on earth,” said American Legion Post 215 Commander Matthew Kalan Friday at the Post’s annual Veterans Day program just before the wreath laying in tribute to the nation’s veterans. Held at Goochland High School, the ceremony featured an appearance by Guest of Honor Maj. Kenneth A. Rowe, USAF Retired, a decorated B-24 bomber pilot in WWII. Rowe was introduced by Post 215’s Joe Wadle, who lavished praise on the undefeated Goochland Bulldogs,

the story of the 2011 elections in Goochland, where nine of 10 members of the

see Veterans > page 10

see Election > page 2 Board of Supervisors and the School Board were replaced.

INDEX

Calendar 20 Classifieds 21-23 Letters 6 Local Exchange 12

Obituaries Opinion Sports TV Listings

9 6 16 18-20

SPORTS

NEWS

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