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Volume 64, Number 18 • May 2, 2019
Goochland County students take part in Project Plant It! See page 6 Righteous Outlaws set to perform for CASA fundraiser Contributed report
Once a year every spring, Goochland CASA sponsors a concert as its annual fundraising event, and this year the Righteous Outlaws will be coming to the Cub Scout Camp on Maidens Road on Saturday, May 18. The Righteous Outlaws provide a variety of original and cover music including Americana, Blues and good old Rock and Roll, and were the winners of the 2018 Mechanicsville Local’s Choice for Best Band. They have also been a finalist for four consecutive years in “The Best” contest that the Richmond Times-Dispatch holds annually. In addition to offering great music and food trucks, the event will feature several baskets to raffle off. Tickets for the event are $25, and doors open at 6:30 p.m. The concert begins at 7:30 p.m., and tickets may be purchased by visiting the Goochland CASA’s website, www.goochlandcasa.org or by calling the office at (804) 556-5876.
Photo by Roslyn Ryan
Goochland Commissioner of the Revenue Jennifer N. Brown, right, and Deputy Sandra Wray will travel to the 100th Commissioner of the Revenue Association Conference in Williamsburg this September to receive their Master’s Designation certificates.
Rescue Dog Olympics set for Saturday
Brown, Wray earn Master’s designation
By Roslyn Ryan Editor
Association Conference in Williamsburg this September. This designation program was designed to enhance the professionalism of local government officials and their staff, ensure greater knowledge and accountability with the citizens and increase statewide uniformity with respect to office procedures and assessment practices. The Master’s Designation, which takes a minimum of three years, requires extensive education
Local animal lovers will be gathering this Saturday for the second annual Rescue Dog Olympics, offering rescued pooches of all stripes the chance to show off their awesome — pawsome? — abili-
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oochland County’s Commissioner of the Revenue Jennifer N. Brown and her Deputy IV, Sandra F. Wray, recently earned their Master’s Designation through the University of Virginia’s Weldon Cooper Center for Public Service. The two will be presented with certificates at the 100th Commissioner of the Revenue
and governmental experience along with the service to the Commissioner of the Revenue Association. Brown and her Master Deputies must be recertified each year by attending at least two meetings and at least one class every three years. All staff members in the Goochland County Commissioner of the Revenue’s Office are actively enrolled and working towards certification from the Weldon Cooper Center for Public Service.
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