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Volume 59, Number 15 • April 18, 2013
Thompson will appeal court order on dogs She’ll fight order barring her having pets By Ken Odor jodor@goochlandgazette.com
Photo by Ken Odor
Teacher Bea Cantor, left, senior Russell Gambino and Librarian Deb Cross came up with the video that helped Goochland High School’s Media Center win a $25,000 award in the Follett Challenge. The award was announced April 5 in a live webcast.
Library wins $25,000 Follett Challenge prize By Ken Odor jodor@goochlandgazette.com
Is the Goochland Media Center heaven? Well, pretty close to it if you go by senior Russell Gambino’s song that accompanies the video that helped Goochland High School’s library win fourth place in the
Follett Challenge. That contest win netted the library a $25,000 award, said librarian Deb Cross, more than the library’s annual budget from the School Board. The contest was sponsored by the Follett School Solutions Group, a vendor that Cross said she often uses. Her assistant Joanne DiTerlizzi got the
email announcing the Follett Challenge and encouraged Cross to enter. “She said we needed to enter this contest,” recalled Cross. “Do it, do it, do it,” Cross said DiTerlizzi urged her. Cross said this year’s contest focused on 21st century skills and gave much of see Library > page 5
Hadensville resident Annette M. Thompson has appealed a court order prohibiting her from possessing companion animals. Judge Edward K. Carpenter issued the order at an April 8 hearing in Goochland General District Court to determine if Goochland Animal Control was justified in seizing five dogs from Thompson on April 1 that were subsequently euthanized. The judge found Animal Control had acted properly and ordered Thompson to pay $559 to Goochland Animal Clinic for the examination and euthanizing of the dogs. Thompson, 67, was in
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court Monday morning to set her next court date on five Class 1 misdemeanor charges of animal cruelty. Either she or her attorney must appear April 22 to set a trial date on those charges, each of which carries a maximum penalty of one year in jail and a $2,500 fine. Also on Monday Thompson posted a $5,600 appeals bond on the court order and was given a June 11 date in Goochland Circuit Court on that matter. After the hearing, Thompson said she wanted see Appeal > page 7
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