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Volume 59, Number 23 • June 13, 2013
RELAY FOR LIFE
Board approves wedding venue, activities at Adams School By Jim Ridolphi Contributing Writer
Photos by Roslyn Ryan
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Christie Holcomb-Guimond, left, attended Friday’s Goochland Relay for Life in part to honor her mother, Dotty Holcomb, who lost her battle with cancer in February. She said her mother was incredibly passionate about Relay for Life, and is remembered by many long-time participants for presiding over the cake walk. “Everyone lost a lot when she passed,” Holcomb’s best friend, Karen Bradshaw, said. “She was just an amazing woman.” The 2013 event was held in the gym at Goochland High School due to rainy weather. Top right, Michael Matts, 2, one of the youngest participants, spent a little time exploring the long line of luminary bags placed in a ring around the gymnasium. Each bag was purchased in honor of a person who has battled cancer. Right, A “cake” in the middle of the gym helped mark the 100th birthday of the American Cancer Society.
According to at least one Goochland County resident, the plan to move Benedictine High School from its current Sheppard Street location to a site on River Road is not a done deal. “They would like you to think that it’s a done deal, but it isn’t,” said Dave Pendergrast, a resident who lives across the proposed campus at The Abbey on River Road. Pendergrast delivered his message last Tuesday during a public comment period of a regularly scheduled meeting of the Goochland County Board of Supervisors. “Benedictine has been using the news media to create the false impression that the move can proceed immediately,” Pendergrast said. “We can
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expect Benedictine to portray the county as the heavy now for preventing the move that Benedictine planned.” Pendergrast is one of a group of neighbors who vehemently oppose the proposed move. “Benedictine has created its own problems by rushing ahead without complying with the law,” Pendergrast said. Pendergrast’s complaints were bolstered by a stop work order issued by the county the day before, preventing the school from moving office equipment into an uncompleted interior at The Abbey. Benedictine headmaster Jessie Grapes described the latest hitch as a “misunderstanding” and said the matter should be resolved quickly. Construction work on the see Board >page 3
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