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Volume 58, Number 29 • July 19, 2012
CTE Director hopes to upgrade program New CTE course offerings planned By Ken Odor jodor@goochlandgazette.com
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Volunteer firefighter graduate Lukas Geissbuehler gets a hug from his father, Andy, who pinned on Lukas’ badge at the end of the Goochland County Fire & EMT Graduation ceremony last week.
Volunteers take the oath By Ken Odor jodor@goochlandgazette.com
Goochland welcomed another class of volunteer firefighters and EMTs into the fire-rescue community last Wednesday, as about 40 recent graduates were recognized at a ceremony at Goochland High School. As always, speakers wove some familiar threads into their comments as they addressed the grads.
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Family, honor, sacrifice and commitment were just a few of the themes touched upon. “You’ve done a remarkable thing by choosing this path,” said Goochland Board of Supervisors Chairman Ned Creasy in his brief remarks. Members of the fall and spring EMT Academy and the spring Goochland Fire and Rescue Academy occupied the first two rows in the auditorium, about
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Goochland schools’ new Career and Technical Education (CTE) Director Bruce Watson has only been on the job a few days but he is already thinking of ways to improve the system’s CTE offerings. “I’m so excited, I want to do everyBruce Watson thing now,” said Watson in an interview Watson, Goochland’s first CTE at his office last Thursday. One of his immediate goals is to Director, comes to the newly created post expand the selection of CTE course with a wealth of experience in the field. offerings in place by January of next year Most recently the Educational Specialist so students can select from them for see CTE > page 4 school year 2013-14.
Benedictine granted extension of appeals hearing date on July 26. In a July 9 letter to Goochland County Attorney Norman Sales, By Ken Odor Darvin Satterwhite, attorney for jodor@goochlandgazette.com Benedictine, asked for “at least a 45 The Benedictine Society of day extension of the appeal hearing Virginia’s appeal of the Goochland date.” County Administration’s ruling on its see Benedictine > page 4 plan of development will not be heard
No meeting July 26
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