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Volume 57, Number 49 • December 9, 2010
Two more men arrested in baby shower shooting case
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One additional arrest expected to be made Photo by Ken Odor
An angel announces the birth of Christ at the Bethlehem Walk. The event drew thousands of visitors to Goochland last week.
Thousands turn out for Bethlehem Walk Christ held annually by the church. Now in its seventh year, the event attempts to recreate the atmosphere in Bethlehem at the time of the birth of Jesus. Last year, despite persistent rain, the event By Ken Odor drew 7,500 visitors. jodor@goochlandgazette.com Rev. Zack Zbinden started the project after moving to Salem Baptist in 2003. His Several thousand visitors stood in line former church in Georgia had done a similast week to tour Salem Baptist Church’s lar project. Bethlehem Walk, a recreation of the time of Rev. Zbinden said about 5,000 had
Cold weather doesn’t deter crowds
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attended on the first three nights and predicted the total might rise to 11,000 this year. “The first year we pretty much did it by ourselves,” he said, with almost all the church’s active members pitching in to recreate the time of Christ. Over the years the event has grown and
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By Ken Odor jodor@goochlandgazette.com
Goochland Sheriff ’s deputies arrested two men last Monday in connection with the September 12 shootings that left one man dead and two others injured. “We expect to make one more arrest in the case,” said Goochland Sheriff Jim Agnew Friday. Maron P. Carter, 22, of Townhouse Road in Henrico County and Desmond W. Owens of River Road West
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OWENS in Goochland have both been charged with malicious wounding, use of a firearm in the commission of a felony and gang participation. Agnew said that Carter and Owens were in automobile fleeing the scene where Dwayne Hardy, 24, of Goochland was killed, allegedly after shooting Alvin Daniels, 23. Kwamane G. Davis of Columbia has been charged with the murder of Hardy. Agnew said the Sheriff ’s Office believes the shootings stemmed from a confrontation between two rival gangs after a baby shower in the western end see Shower > page 4
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