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Volume 57, Number 47 • December 1, 2011

Board scheduled to vote on CUP for Benedictine School’s move to Goochland will be decided Dec. 6 By Ken Odor jodor@goochlandgazette.com

Goochland’s Board of Supervisors will decide whether or not to grant a Conditional Use Permit to Benedictine College Preparatory School at their Dec.6 meeting next week,

their last of the year. The school, which hopes to relocate to its property on River Road in time to open for the 2012 school year, was granted a 90 day delay at the supervisors’ September meeting. Although action was deferred for three months, almost 40 speakers rose that night to tell the Board what they thought of the school relocating, with supporters see Benedictine > page 2

File Photo by Ken Odor

Bob Minnick , left, and Rudy Butler applaud a presentation during the Goochland Chamber of Commerce Candidates Forum earlier this year. Butler, who lost his seat by six votes, has petiitioned the Goochland Circuit Court for a recount.

Butler petitions court for recount Court, said Goochland’s Clerk of the Circuit Court Lee Turner last week. Butler filed his petition Friday, Nov. 18, within the 10-day period after the Nov. 9 certification of the ballots. By Ken Odor “I had a lot of people call and say I jodor@goochlandgazette.com should do it,” said Butler Tuesday. Independent R.H. “Bob” Minnick District 4 Republican supervisor Malvern R. “Rudy” Butler has filed a peti- defeated incumbent Republican Butler tion for recount in Goochland Circuit in the Nov. 8 election by a mere six

Margin of victory under half percent

INDEX

Calendar 16 Classifieds 17-19 Letters 6 Local Exchange 10

Obituaries Opinion Sports TV Listings

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votes in the closest of the four contested Board of Supervisors races. Minnick polled 842 votes, or 50.11 percent to Butler’s 836, or 49.76 percent. Only incumbent District 3 supervisor Ned S. Creasey retained his seat in the election, as two other incumbents, District 1 Andrew W. Pryor and see Recount > page 5

File Photo by Ken Odor

Whether or not Benedictine moves to River Road should be settled at the Dec. 6. Board of Supervisors meeting.

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