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INSIDE SOUNDING OFF: Residents share views on COVID-19 response. > page 6 Volume 65, Number 18 • April 30, 2020

Local vet leaves legacy of love for pets – and people Now retired after over three decades in practice, Dr. Margaret Washburn says serving Goochland community was ‘a joy’ By Roslyn Ryan Editor

or as long as she can remember, Goochland Animal Clinic founder Dr. Margaret Washburn wanted to be a veterinarian. She knew it as a child growing up on her parents’ farm in Charles City County, where her earliest memories involved chickens, horses and cows, and she knew it as a teenager spending her summer hours as a veterinary assistant at a clinic in Ashland. “I often think back on how lucky I was that my parents always told my siblings and I that we could be whatever we wanted to be,” Washburn says, and for her that would ultimately mean enrolling at Virginia Tech and eventually the nearby Virginia-Maryland Regional College of Veterinary Medicine, from where she graduated in 1979. What would follow would be decades of hard work and long hours in a profession known to be both physically and emotionally demanding. Yet even now, just a few weeks after retiring from the practice she built alongsee Washburn > page 3

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Dr. Margaret Washburn, here with a young patient, says she always knew she wanted to be a veterinarian. Washburn recently retired from Goochland Animal Clinic, which she founded in 1991.

BOS adopts scaled-back FY21 budget By Roslyn Ryan Editor

Facing a projected $4.1 million revenue shortfall due to the countywide impact of the coronavirus shutdown, Goochland County supervisors voted on April 21 to adopt a $55.7 million budget for the coming fiscal year. It was a position no one wanted to be in, and a situation few could have predicted just two months ago. “Some of these cuts were extremely difficult to make,” said board chair Susan Lascolette, “but we did what we thought was best for the county. We are going to get through this, and we will come back stronger than ever.” Among the cuts to the budget were a 5 percent decrease in the operating budgets of all departments, with the exception of public safety, The county will add three deputies and three firefighters, but the County Administrator’s office will not be getting a new part time assistant this year and part time help for the county convenience centers has been similarly put on hold, as have one dispatcher position and a part time fire marshall. At the end of the day, said county finance director Barbara Horlacher, “I took a hatchet to these things, not a scalpel.” see Budget > page 3

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Gum Spring United Methodist Church is modifying itss monthly “Wonderful Wednesday Free Community Meal” to a Drive-thru Version on May 6 and May 20 from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. The church is located on Route 522, and anyone in need of a free meal or a reason to get out of the house is welcome to drive to the front of the church where meals will be placed in your vehicle. As meals are distributed on a “firstcome, first-served basis.” Please email or call the office for moree information at office@gumspringumc.org or (804) 556-3494.

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absorb the decrease in revenue without firing or furloughing any employees, and has not had to issue any new debt or raise taxes. The real estate rate will remain at 53 cents per $100 of assessed value. School funding was also spared, with $23.3 million — a similar figure

to last year’s allocation — remaining in the budget. County administrator John Budesky also acknowledged that, while the county is facing a difficult road, “the outpouring of support and donations from the community have been heartwarming to see.”

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Dr. Margaret Washburn loves pets, but insists there is more to the job that that. I always told young people who were considering going into veterinary medicine that [people are] an important part of it. You really have to love people.”

Washburn continued from >1 side her husband Richard in Maidens, she says she would not have changed a thing. Simply put, “I love veterinary medicine,” Washburn said, explaining that getting to work with animals is just part of what drew her to the field. Washburn said she also loves the relationships she has been able to have with clients, “and I always told young people who were considering going into veterinary medicine that that was an important part of it. You really have to love people.” Washburn founded

Goochland Animal Clinic in 1991, after several years of honing her skills in other practices. She had learned early on that, while she enjoyed being able to work with both small and large animals, it seemed like a wiser choice to narrow the focus somewhat. She had also realized that she felt ready to strike out on her own, so when she found a house for sale on Maidens Road that could, with a little elbow grease, be converted into an animal clinic, she Richard decided to take the leap. Over the next three decades she would build her practice slowly, relying largely on word of mouth at first to bring new clients to her

door. As her list of clients grew so did her young family, and Washburn remembers what a joy it was that she could have her children nearby as she worked. Though Washburn has always loved the work, running the practice also required an immense amount of work and time. Not long ago, knowing that she was perhaps ready to begin stepping back from the day-to-day rigor of being a full time veterinarian, she and her husband made the decision to sell the practice to veterinarian Dr. Brandi Layton and her husband Buck, who joined her at Goochland see Retirement > page 4

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Feeling the love For Dr. Margaret Washburn’s local clients, her compassion and kindness have meant the world “Dr. Washburn absolutely loved helping animals, but also being the consoling friend to the parents/caregivers of her patients. I’ve gotten many notes and letters of donations made in memory of our pets. She even made a house call to send our 14 year old kitty over the “rainbow bridge.” I think I saw her say a silent prayer before. She provided new mom care to our dog and eight puppies. That dog lived to be almost 16, and her puppy that we kept lived to be over 14 1/2. I owe Dr. Washburn for years of care. When we decided to get our new Labrador, she welcomed him. The Goochland community was fortunate to have Margaret and Richard.” — Darlene Farrow “My family has been seeing Dr. Washburn since longer than I can remember. I was only a child the first time we came to her, as an emergency, after hours. After that, she was the only vet we went to. When I got older and had animals of my own, we went to see her. A few years ago, I had surgery, and couldn’t drive. My husband worked out of town. I had a chinchilla who required humane euthanasia, on an urgent basis. My mom called Dr. Washburn and right away she agreed to help. Exotics weren’t her specialty, but her primary purpose was always compassion and quality care. They handled him with the utmost care, and even cleaned him up after. I’m very sad to see her retire, but the legacy she

Retirement continued from >3 Animal Clinic in 2011. It is clear from listening to her former clients that Washburn leaves behind a legacy of love and compassion (see sidebar, page 4). To some, it was the encouragement Washburn gave to young clients who expressed an interest in becoming veterinarians themselves. To others, it

has left in the community will be felt for many years to come. Congratulations on your retirement Dr. Washburn, it is long overdue and well deserved.” — Katherine Polanowski “We have been clients of Dr. Washburn’s more nearly 20 years. Our then 8-year-old daughter Bayleigh wanted to be a veterinarian, as many young girls do. When our Maltese puppy Coconut was sick, Bayleigh created a “summary of symptoms to help Dr. Washburn.” We took Coconut to see Dr. Washburn, and Bayleigh gave her the checklist. “Dr. Washburn was so amazing. She carefully reviewed Bayleigh’s report, asking her to elaborate on her observations. She even asked Bayleigh what she thought the cause may be and for ideas on treatment for Coconut. I was so humbled by the time and attention not only given to our dog, but to my daughter. For as long as I can remember, that report hung in the clinic, it may still be there today. “I will forever be grateful to Dr. Washburn and the care she’s given our beloved pets. From the best of times — new puppy or kitten checkups — to the worst of times--mercifully euthanizing an animal to relieve its suffering when the time came. Her dedication, compassion and love for pets and their families will truly be missed.” — Angela Allen and Family

was the way Washburn cared for their cherished family pets in the last days of their lives. “I will forever be grateful to Dr. Washburn and the care she’s given our beloved pets,” said Angela Allen, a client of Washburn’s for over 20 years. Allen recalls experiences ranging “from the best of times —new puppy or kitten checkups — to the worst of times: mercifully euthanizing an animal to relieve its suffering when the time came. Her dedication,

compassion and love for pets and their families will truly be missed.” For her part, Washburn says she could not have asked for a better community in which to work, or a more fulfilling career. “It’s just joyful every day to be able to work with these animals,” she said. “I’ve been so fortunate to be able to have these wonderful relationships, both with pets and with people.”

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Years later, ‘making by hand’ still holds magic By Roslyn Ryan Editor

Funny the things you remember. I couldn’t have been much older than four or five when my wonderful mother taught me how to sew. To this day, almost four decades later, I can still see the way she held the spool, showing me how to thread the needle and tie the knot. She patiently demonstrated a few basic stitches, handed me a scrap of leftover cloth, and helped me make a little skirt for one of my dolls. I am not sure what inspired her lesson that day, but I can almost certainly count it among the many that would shape the kind of person

I became. For many of our readers, the idea of using what you have sitting around to create something you need won’t seem like a terribly novel concept. Long before the word “maker” became a fashionable way to describe people who create with their hands, past generations were scratch-making, reworking, finagling and “making it work.” Of course they bought new, occasionally, but usually only those things they couldn’t make or grow or cobble together themselves. I can’t say that first sewing lesson led me to a career as a talented seamstress — to this day my abilities don’t extend far beyond reattach-

ing a button or fixing a hem. But it did spark what would become a lifelong joy in turning otherwise “scrap” objects into things of function and beauty. There have been missteps, to be sure. Last week my husband found me out in the driveway, attempting to coax our normally obliging 12-year-old lab onto the ramp I had built to help him get in and out of the back seat of our car. It was ugly but sturdy, a six-foot long plank bolstered with 2 x 4s and a dun-colored length of carpet stapled to the top for extra traction. As projects go, it was also a dismal failure: The dog was adamant in his refusal to set even one paw on the

ramp, having heard, perhaps, about the bookshelf I had crafted out of scrap wood years ago that leaned precariously to the left and eventually fell apart. Eventually, when I realized that no amount of treats could bolster his faith in my carpentry skills, we both gave up and banished the ramp to the shed. One day I suppose it will find a its purpose, or at least be pulled apart and remade into something else. A shelf, perhaps, or a cabinet door. Or maybe just a little bench — plain but sturdy — on which to sit and teach a child to sew.

As quarantine continues, only the luckiest are on a roll By Jim Ridolphi Contributing Columnist

Sometimes, you just can’t escape addressing the toughest and most pressing of issues. You know the kinds of things I’m talking about — issues that everyone is talking about or items that affect all of us in our everyday lives. In that vein, I embarked for answers to one of the pesky and most asked questions in America today. While other items have

made remarkable comebacks after initial runs on grocery stores, the toilet paper aisle at my local market remains as bare as the territory it’s designed to serve. I’m not the only one making this awkward inquiry. I found numerous message boards and posts that displayed a dismayed public growing more impatient with each passing day and reflecting a king-sized lament over the lack of toilet tissue. Now, it’s easy to understand how

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toilet paper and other items quickly disappeared from the shelves as Americans were faced with an unknown period of quarantine and uncertainty linked to dwindling household supplies and food. The initial action by Governor Northam produced a run on the supermarkets not unlike the crowds generated by the hint of impending snow or hurricanes. Unlike those territorial disasters, this one involved a nationwide barrage on supplies, with hand sani-

tizer and toilet paper taking the biggest hit. After weeks, I would have assumed most people have enough toilet paper to last for the most severe of quarantines, assuming the mediation we are enduring did not include laxatives. To my dismay, the aisles are still empty and only the most savvy of shoppers know when to hit the store at the most opportune time to find the see Roll > page 13

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Letters to the Editor Facing pandemic, we must examine past, find common ground Dear Editor, Let me start by saying that I love this country. My wife and I both served in the US Army for over 20 years. These United States of America, like many of our personal lives, have a past that we may not proud of. While I want to think that we, individually and as a country, have learned from past mistakes; the current debate over lives versus the economy makes me wonder. For over two hundred years, this country permitted human trafficking, abuse, rape, and torture of other humans to support its agricultural based economy. As the country expanded, the genocide of Native Americans was deemed an acceptable practice to acquire the land and resources it needed to support a growing economy. In my lifetime, Jim Crow laws disenfranchised citizens of color to ensure a steady supply of low cost labor to foster economic growth and maintain a “servant class.” Did economic prosperity justify slavery, discrimination of citizens, and the theft of Native American land and near extermination of their race? The current debate over the lives of the elderly and infirmed versus the economy suggests that many would say, yes. These same folks may contend that slaves were happy and Native Americans were satisfied being pushed onto reservations. This seems contradictory for a country founded on faith-based principles, whose Constitution starts with “WE the PEOPLE”, whose pledge of allegiance states, “One Nation, Under God, with LIBERTY and JUSTICE for ALL”. Does the “WE” exclude the elderly, infirmed or those of a different ethnic heritage? see Letters > page 7

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Letters continued from >6 Some of you may have seen or heard of the “Purge” movie trilogy. The premise of the films is that the country comes to the conclusion that undesirables in the population, i.e. poor and minorities, are a drain on the economy. Therefore, the country encourages an annual dusk-todawn purge; where people can kill other humans for no reason, without penalty. This, so called “cleansing,” was deemed patriotic and good for the country. This is a bit extreme; or is it? Sergey Nechayev, a 19th century Russian revolutionary, contended that if a goal is “morally” important, then any method (means) of getting it is acceptable. Philosopher Immanuel Kant said human beings should be treated as an end in themselves and not as a means to something else. Both premises allow those in power to determine what is morally acceptable and who is human. It is evident that we live in a divided society. The debate over COVID-19 and when to lift restrictions is the most recent example. Are we allowing the media, social networks or nefarious entities to brainwash us into polarized and intolerant camps? My faith teaches: “And if a house be divided against itself, that house cannot stand” (Mark 3:25) “And Jesus knew their thoughts, and said unto them, ‘Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation; and every city or house divided against itself shall not stand’,” (Matthew 12:25) I pray that we will not become so fixed in our political and social beliefs that we would allow our nation to collapse rather than find common ground to build on. Vern Fleming Maidens

Writer’s take on COVID-19 response was uninformed and too contemptuous Dear Editor, I disagree with your April 23 editorial “The COVID Question: Who Matters?” You need a more informed and less contemptuous perspective. Before I state why, let me begin by acknowledging that, for some, this virus can make for a very uncomfortable 2-3

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OPINION: Editorial, Letters to the Editor weeks, and for some, it can be deadly. It can be a nasty disease, but it is not an equal opportunity killer. Over 90-95 percent of deaths caused by the virus are in the very old and/or those with serious comorbidity issues. Healthy people generally survive, with well more than half of those experiencing mild or no symptoms at all. Informed: In the beginning, when we knew very little about this disease, quarantining made sense. We had no idea what we were up against. Death rates were projected at 3.4 percent or higher, with millions dying. Now, we have enough data to know that the US death total probably won’t reach 100,000, and the mortality rate will only be slightly higher than the flu. As of April 23, the total deaths were roughly 200,000 worldwide and 50,000 in the US. Is this because of quarantining? No; the Sweden experience proves that. It’s because the models were deeply flawed. The data now tells us we should be reevaluating our initial response. Less contemptuous: You imply that those of us who believe we should reopen the economy are doing it just to save our 401(k)s and protect business owners. Both matter, but what matters more is that we’re threatening the lives, safety, and security of the 26 million who are unemployed, broke, hungry, and scared to death. What also matters is the millions of individuals who can’t get the health care they need because all resources have been turned to COVID-19. Who matters? Twenty-six million matter more than 50,000 or 100,000. You mentioned givers vs takers. The takers are people who have little regard for the greater good, who ignore the data, and who put the lives of the very old and sick ahead of the lives of everyone else. The takers are moronic politicians like Gov Wolf of PA who closed state parks, when the science clearly shows that sunlight, fresh air, and exercise are important for health and building the immune system. Worse, that same selfish, shallow thinking led Mayor DiBlasio to open a snitch line and encourage New Yorkers to turn in their neighbors for not conforming to his mandate. Hitler did the same thing when he encouraged Germans to turn in their Jewish neighbors. The restrictions being imposed are fascist and dangerous to the liberty that makes America special.

Perspective: On average, 7,700 people die every day in the US. 92.3% of those deaths are attributable to the very sick and to the very old, just like CV-19. Continued isolation will kill more people than CV-19. It will also lead to increased anxiety, depression, alcoholism, suicide, and domestic violence. It will tear apart the fabric of society. Quarantiine the vulnerable, not everyone else, but if a vulnerable person doesn’t want to live on his or her knees, let them assess their own risk. This virus is not going away. Like the flu, we do need a vaccine, and we need “herd immunity.” I’m confident the vaccine will be developed. For herd immunity, we need to live through it, just like we do with the flu. As for your registry — put me down! I’m 68, and I would gladly sacrifice my life to save my children’s and grandchildren’s future and to protect our freedoms. Respectfully, Geoff Simril

View on the coronavirus outbreak should be rooted in science, not opinion Dear Editor, Mr Bachman attributes my lack of real knowledge of the COVID-19 virus to my watching CNN and or MSNBC. I just hope he is inferring this rather than having some kind of first hand knowledge. Whatever I watch or listen/read that informs me is more complete than any talking heads. It is based on reading the current scientific and medical literature, but even that with a skeptical eye. If one takes his virus disease view -- than people over 65 ( inclusive of me) are the problem, I guess 20 percent of the US population is expendable Did I forget the minorities that are also at increased risk, also about 20 percent of US population? That these are just numbers to be bandied about in some kind dismissive manner makes me wonder about the seriousness of his arguments. Recent publications in the medical literature have described blood coagulation issues associated with COVID-19 infection. This has now expressed itself in massive strokes in 30- to 40-yearolds, of a nature not seen before. Hardly see Response > page 8

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CANCELLED The Virginia Correctional Center For Women and The Elizabeth Kates Foundation Open House on Wednesday, May 6, 2020 This event has been cancelled. A new date for The Elizabeth Kates Foundation annual meeting will be announced. Check the Website for updates and to donate: Theelizabethkatesfoundation.org. Or donate to The Elizabeth Kates Foundation P.O. Box 64 Goochland,VA 23063 Mark your calendar for May 5, 2021, for the next Kates Day Open House event.

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OPINION: Editorial, Letters to the Editor

April 30, 2020

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I am one of those who is deeply concerned about the assault on our civil liberties and the nation’s economy during this pandemic. I find myself saddened and angered in equal parts daily over the actions taken by our governmental authorities to supposedly ensure a risk-free world for us to live in. Life, you see is not risk free. It never has been and it never will be. Disease, accidents, severe weather, criminal acts, and various other travails are our lot as humans living out our lives. Some of us are even denied the opportunity to experience a first breath, while others of us are fortunate to expire peacefully after a long and fruitful life. Today, our government has elevated the Covid-19 virus to almost superstar status, forsaking every other aspect of our complex society to ward off this scourge. What is missing is perspective. We are, or were, a free people, able to evaluate the risks and rewards of daily life as we pursued “life, liberty and happiness”, rights granted to us by God, not by our Governor. There are very real economic, societal, and medical costs to stopping economic activity; mental health issues, domestic abuse, and the very real prospect being faced by many Virginians of the loss of a lifetime’s work to start and grow a business, often with all of the savings accrued in that lifetime at risk. How many families are watching their resources dwindle awaiting the decision of our Governor to “allow” that which is God given, the right to make one’s way in the world using one’s talents to succeed? How did we arrive at a point where the Governor, supposedly a servant of the electorate, can declare an occupation “nonessential”? What will we do as this mandated “house arrest”, imposed for the crime of

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merely being alive, extends ad infinitum two weeks at a time, causing painful decisions for families as they eventually cannot pay rent/mortgage, buy food, secure medical care, make car payments, clothe their children, or just keep their life together? The status of my 401(k) is only a peripheral concern of mine as I contemplate the destruction of our freedoms in the name of public health. If this enforced lockdown and halt to significant economic activity continues, the numbers on the statement will be a joke, anyway. Here is a little personal perspective. I am 63 years old with chronic leukemia that is well controlled, but not curable; thus, I am “immunocompromised”. The so-called “experts” say that I am “atrisk”, and thus should never leave my residence, perhaps ever again. However, I am perfectly capable of assessing the risks inherent in life today, and more than able to make decisions on how I will interact in society, without the Governor or his “experts” weighing in. Almost every woman in my extended family is in the medical profession, actively working in Covid-19 compromised facilities in most cases. My family, like most Americans, is affected by this unfortunate circumstance in many ways, yet we know the risks and are more than able to make our own decisions on how to deal with them. In answer to your questions, “Who matters?”, or specifically, “Are we talking about your grandmother or mine?”, I cannot consider my own grandmothers, as they have all passed. Neither am I talking about your grandmother, nor does she even need to be a part of the conversation. In a normally functioning economy, where we are free to make our own choices, there is no compulsion for your grandmoth-

er, or any “at-risk” person, to participate in any activity that person may deem dangerous or risky. Your grandmother can just stay home and avoid any and all human interaction. I would expect that you and your family have taken necessary steps to protect her in the manner in which you and her see best, not only from Covid-19, but from all of the risks that present themselves to our elderly or “at-risk” population. Keeping the “at-risk” portion of our population isolated might be the government’s answer if and when they ever relax the blanket restrictions on life we have now. But consider this; if the government takes the “protection” of our “at-risk” population to an extreme, this could involve forced solitary living, with no human contact at all. I would suggest that this is not sustainable for any human, even in the short run. Is this what you want? Is this what our society will stand for? Maybe we should look to the state to organize our lives for the common good? The Governor and his staff sure are capable of snuffing out “non-essential” occupations. How many state government agencies have been declared “non-essential”, with staffs sent home without pay for an undefined period? My call last week to the Governor’s office answered that question easily: NONE. Perhaps the Governor can configure our society to be perfectly risk-free? Look at the wonderful job he and his administration are doing at the Women’s Correctional Facility here in Goochland. Finally, please put me on your list; I am certainly “of age”. If sacrificing my life meant that this scourge would end, I would gladly do so, without reservation. Your argument that any one concerned about the see Correspondence > page 11

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Gallegos taking playing career to Marymount Senior spotlight By Nick Vandeloecht Sports Editor

Julissa Gallegos had always wanted to go to a really small school, and Marymount University, located up north in Arlington, was one of the choices. They had a good program for what she wanted to do, and she also wanted to still play soccer in college. She contacted the soccer coach to see if there was anything she could do, especially with the COVID-19 pandemic beginning to affect schools, businesses and life in general across the country. Gallegos chatted with the coach and showed her some videos of her playing soccer. She ended up making it onto Marymount’s team. “It makes me really happy,” she said of having made her decision and knowing where she’s going. Gallegos praised the Marymount team’s personnel. “The coaches, they’re super nice, and I was glad to have met them,” she said. “With the soccer players, I haven’t officially met the older group, but I know my Class of ’24 that’s coming in, we all bonded already and we’re already like a big family and I’m so happy.” She’s planning to continue playing center forward at Marymount. At Goochland, she held the role of captain. “I knew what it meant to be a leader, and now that there are different leaders, I know what to expect to come from me,” she said. Gallegos contributed nine goals and three assists to a Goochland girls soccer team that in 2019 reached the Class 2, Region A semifinals and finished the year with a final record of 12-6. She also made Second

Q&A: Goochland’s Julissa Gallegos Staff Reports

Julissa Gallegos played soccer for Goochland High School at the center forward position. Her post-graduation plans include attending and playing NCAA Division III soccer for Marymount University. Goochland Gazette: How did you first get into the sport you play during the spring, and how long have you been playing? Julissa Gallegos: I’ve been playing for as long as I can remember. It started as a kid, just kicking the ball around. My dad has played his whole life and soccer is a big part in my family and I just got involved, too.

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Goochland’s Julissa Gallegos (20) controls possession of the ball in a 2019 regular season home game versus Nottoway. Gallegos, a senior, will attend and play NCAA Division III college soccer for Marymount University in Arlington this coming year.

Team All-State following the end of the 2019 season. After Gallegos scored two goals in the Bulldogs’ 7-0 win over Nandua in last spring’s regional quarterfinals, her head coach Paul Manno praised her power and pace in her game. He also spoke to how hard she worked to find a lower gear once she breaks away in order to make an easy pass into the goal. Gallegos said she’s usually a quiet person on the field, so she’s hoping to improve

on her on-field communication. She’ll also look to participate in a soccer clinic for Marymount if it’s still going on, as well as play sand soccer during the summertime. Academically, Gallegos is planning on going into pre-med, and she noted that Marymount has a really good biology program. “I’ve always just wanted to help others more than what I’ve been doing now,” said Gallegos, who as of this time is looking more towards

being a surgeon. Gallegos would have played her senior season this spring, but the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic led to school closures across the country and the subsequent cancellation of the Virginia High School League spring sports seasons. With everything going on, she told herself: “I just need to live in the moment.” “I need to do what I love to do,” she said. “I can’t have anything stop me.”

everyone on the team improve and get better. GG: What are your two or three favorite memories from games/practices and/or hanging out with your teammates? Gallegos: I don’t have a specific memory, but my favorite moments during practice is when we’re all goofing around, but still having a good practice. The best memories during games are when we all encourage each other to keep fighting, to keep the game going and have a good time on the field.

GG: Are there life lessons or takeaways that go beyond the field that the game helped you to see or realize? Gallegos: On the field, you have to trust your teammates. If you don’t, then the game GG: What made you enjoy or won’t go well. fall in love with the game? Gallegos: The adrenaline I get GG: How tough was it for you to find out there would be no while being on the field. spring season due to the ongoGG: What do you feel you ing COVID-19 pandemic? brought to the field and to Gallegos: It was my senior the team that helped you year. The year where I had stand out and/or contribute? my own personal goals and Gallegos: I feel I have brought records to break. ... Not being hard work to the team. No able to have that and not havmatter what, I would fight for ing more memories with my teammates and coaches hurts. a ball even if I was tired. GG: What was it like playing with your team or teams in that sport? What were your teammates and coaches like? Gallegos: When playing on a team, you have to have a connection, so when it comes to the field, you know how each player plays. Each coach I’ve ever had coached differently, but all wanted the same: to have

GG: If you’re playing at the next level, how are you staying in shape, and has losing the spring season given you extra motivation towards your goals? Gallegos: I practice on my own at home, but not [being able] to even play an official game makes me want to make sure I make ever year at college soccer last.

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Scenes from Goochlandâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s volleyball season

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Above, left: Goochland senior Trinity Wonderling (18) sets the ball during a 2019 season contest; above, right: Ilaria Russell (10) serves; below: the Goochland High School Bulldog mascot does situps during Goochland volleyballâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s home regional semifinal matchup versus William Monroe. Goochland in 2019 went 22-1, won the Class 3, Region B championship and reached the Class 3 state semifinals.

From above, clockwise: Goochland senior Mary King (21) goes for a block in the region final against Independence; sophomore Blair Bussells (15) sets the ball; freshman Nicole Brown (16) goes for a block against Independence; senior Ellie Spencer (11) serves the ball.

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Sydney (:20) Bunk’d Jessie ’ The 700 Club (N) Å 10 Things I

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Last Tango in Halifax ’ Amanpour and Company Amanpour The Roosevelts: An Intimate History Last Tango

Inside-Out Art Scene The Virginia Peanut The Roosevelts: An Intimate History

Psych Nip and Suck It Psych No Trout About It Psych Shawn and Gus track maniacal playwright. ›› Suicide Squad (2016) Will Smith, Jared Leto. Å (DVS) Shaq Life Shaq Life

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60 Days In ’ Å Two Men Two Men

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Donald Dell Wire to Wire ’ Å

Judge Mathis (N) Å Blue Bloods Nightmares

Amer. Dad

8:30

College Football Wizards Greatest Hits

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