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Volume 64, Number 10 • March 7, 2019
Talking trash: Community staging clean-up event Saturday. See page 2
Garden festival marking 15 years
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Goochland County student earns honor for embracing optimism, helping others By Roslyn Ryan Editor
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sk Randolph Elementary School student Rosie Williams what she might like to be when she grows up, and she will happily share with you the four career paths she is currently considering. She might be a doctor — specifically a pediatrician — or perhaps a psychologist. She has also thought about trying her hand politics, or possibly interior design. Photo by Roslyn Ryan
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The Goochland – Powhatan Master Gardeners Association (GPMGA) will hold its 15th annual Spring Garden Festival on Saturday, April 27, at Reynolds Community College, 1851 Dickinson Road, Goochland. This annual event of the Goochland-Powhatan Master Gardener Association (GPMGA) in cooperation with RCC and the VA Cooperative Extension is a free, familyfriendly event that is a celebration of all things related to gardening. Spring Garden Fest 2019 will include the muchloved GPMGA Plant Sale, with plants suited to Central Virginia gardens at great prices, an Ask the Master Gardener station for free gardening help, and lots of fun gardening related vendor booths. For a small registration fee, participants can also increase their gardening
Randolph Elementary School student Rosie Williams displays the ECCHO award she received from Goochland County Public Schools last month.
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