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Volume 66 Number 10 • March 10, 2022
Once a refugee from Ukraine, resident now wants to help war’s victims
Board signs off on bond for sewer pipe project By Roslyn Ryan Editor
By Roslyn Ryan Editor
With the Russian invasion of Ukraine now entering into its third week, one Goochland couple with strong ties to Ukraine is working to help those impacted by a war that has already claimed thousands of lives and touched off a humanitarian crisis that continues to grow increasingly dire by the day. Ostep Zagorodnyy, came to the United States from Ukraine with his family in 1992, when he was 18 years old. They were refugees, fleeing religious persecution, and Zagorodnyy says to this day he has never returned. He does have cousins and many friends still living in Ukraine, ZAGORODNYY however, and says the past few weeks have left him feeling desperate to help in any way he can. “At first, I felt helpless,” said Zagorodnyy, who has managed to stay in contact with people he knows in the Ukrainian cities of Kyiv and Lviv, though communication in the latter see Ukraine > 2
of veterans to help keep his vision alive. The stroke has left Delbridge unable to operate the truck, which could have spelled the end of the passion project into which he had already invested so much. But thanks the assistance of volunteers from the Marine Corps League
Goochland County is now one step closer to a permanent fix for an 11,000-foot section of sewer pipeline that has caused numerous headaches over the years, the most recent being a rupture last July that spilled 300,000 gallons of untreated wastewater into Tuckahoe Creek. On March 1, county supervisors unanimously approved a resolution to issue a water and sewer bond to be sold to Virginia Resources Authority to fund sewer improvements of up to $7,040,000. The board also approved a resolution amending the Fiscal Year (FY) 2022 county budget by appropriating $7,990,000 in the county Department of Public Utilities’ rehabilitation and replacement fund. The July 27, 2021, pipe rupture, which made headlines across the region and led to a health advisory being issued for all water activities between Goochland and Richmond, involved a 48-inch force main pipe coming from the Eastern Goochland Pump Station at 12320 Patterson Ave. The break was discovered
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Rockville resident Herb Delbridge, here with his Purple Heart Fire Tuck in 2014, earned his own Purple Heart medal while serving in Vietnam. Delbridge said he created the memorial as a way to thank and honor veterans.
Thanks to help from fellow veterans, local man’s iconic fire truck rolls on The Purple Heart Truck will make its next appearance on March 29 By Roslyn Ryan Editor
When Vietnam veteran and Purple Heart recipient Herb Delbridge first debuted his nowiconic Purple Heart Firetruck back in 2014, the Rockville resident was hoping to help show fellow veterans that their service and sacrifice was appreciated. Now, after suffering a debilitating stroke last year, Delbridge is looking to that same community