For new chiefs, service is a calling

ROSLYN RYAN Editor

After decades of dedicated service, countless hours of training and thousands of volunteer hours logged, three Goochland County Fire-Rescue volunteers were recently promoted to the role of district chief for their departments.

But while the promotions mean that each volunteer has attained the highest rank in their respective departments, don’t expect any of them to make much of a fuss about it.

For new Centerville Company 3 District Chief Rusty Perkins, rising through the ranks has never been the goal. He began

Reese is still building his home on Oilville Manor Court near the site of what could potentially be a 14-lot industrial park straddling the border of Goochland and Hanover. He told planning commissioners during a public comment period that having a large-scale industrial development essentially next door to his home would ruin what he and many others living nearby enjoy most about the area.

“Leave the view of country life the way it should be,” Reese urged the commissioners. “Make something quaint out of this exit instead of developing it into an industrial park.”

Planning commissioners ultimately decided 3-1 to give their stamp of approval to the proposal brought forth by I-64 Industrial LLC. The matter is now set to go before the county board of supervisors for a vote on April 18.

For a number of residents living near