Ashland-Hanover Local – 06/14/17

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Vol. 2 No. 48 | Richmond Suburban News | June 14, 2017

Build or renovate: Butler leads PHHS class, Cheeley Town Hall talks and Rossman are co-salutatorians on future continue

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SHLAND – Levi Butler graduates on Saturday as valedictorian of the Class of 2017 at Patrick Henry High School with a grade point average of 4.63768. Sharing the honors as co-salutatorians are Coleman Cheeley and Aiden C. Rossman. Their grade point average tied at 4.6363. The son of Ron and Judy Butler, Butler is a member

Patrick Henry High School 3:30 p.m. Saturday June 17 VCU Siegel Center

By Logan Barry for The Hanover Local

LEVI BUTLER

COLEMAN CHEELEY

AIDAN C. ROSSMAN

PHHS valedictorian

PHHS co-salutatorian

PHHS co-salutatorian

of the Latin Club, Science National Honor Society and Marching Band. He will be studying general engineering at Virginia Tech. Cheeley is the son of Amy Mendelson Cheeley and Carl Cheeley.

He served as vice president of the Spanish National Honor Society and was a member of the National Honor Society, varsity soccer team and varsity volleyball team. In the community, Cheeley volunteers at the

Rockville Center/Gym and works in the Service Garden for the Central Virginia Food Bank. He plans to pursue a double major in Global Studies and Spanish at the University of North Carolina. see PHHS, pg. 5

ASHLAND – Ashland Town Council took further steps in a study taking place to build a new Ashland Town Hall or to renovate the existing one. During the Tuesday, June 6, regular meeting, members listened to a presentation by Jeff Stodghill of PMA Architecture, who has been working with the Town Hall Planning Committee for several months on the project. Matt Reynal, operations manager for Ashland’s Public Works Department, participated in part of the presentation as well. He also is serving on the Town Hall Planning Committee. Stodghill presented two options for council members to consider in moving forward

with the study, which are to either renovate and expand the existing Town Hall or to build an entirely new Town Hall that would be located in the same vicinity. He advised council that the option to renovate and expand the existing Town Hall building is the least favorable in terms of efficiency as it relates to meeting the needs of town staff and their adjacent departments as well as to the expense of the option, which Stodghill said would be the costliest. “While this is an option, it would be the most expensive option and would not achieve the proper work environment and internal relationships that are needed to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of the Town Hall staff and operations” read a portion of the see TOWN, pg. 8

Chamber provides forum for legislative update from delegation By Jim Ridolphi for The Hanover Local ASHLAND — Five members of Hanover County’s state legislative team updated members of the local business community and interested stakeholders on the recently completed Virginia General Assembly short session at a recent breakfast meet-

ing at Randolph-Macon College. The Hanover Chamber of Commerce hosted the breakfast event at Estes Hall at R-MC, an edition of its regular breakfast series. All said the latest session was a fast and furious exercise to address some pressing issues facing the Commonwealth.

Sen. Ryan McDougle cited the group’s successes in revamping a state budget that came up short by $1.5 billion. McDougle said the efforts produced real results in the form of raises for State Police troopers, educators and local government employees. “We focused on compensation for state and state supported employees, particularly money for

law enforcement and areas where we have had a high turnover,” McDougle said. He also noted the recent budget’s commitment to funding the VRS retirement system for state employees by almost $190 million. The General Assembly also established a cash see CHAMBER, pg. 8


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