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Volume 60, Number 19 • May 21, 2015
Residents renew high speed hope By Roslyn Ryan Editor
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Carolyn McCann, whose daughter Katie inspired the Kolor Me Katie 5K, smiles as she’s covered in colored powder during the race.
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LOVE Students’ effort to honor friend lost to cancer draws hundreds of local runners
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s an art critic might say, it was a wonderful use of color. Last Saturday’s first-ever Kolor Me Katie 5K race flooded the Goochland Courthouse area with hundreds of runners, all eager to help raise money for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society. Katie Anderson, who lost her courageous battle against leukemia last year at age 16, was the driving force that kept them going through the sometimes arduous process of organizing the event, race co-organizer Hope Spoonhower said. “Throughout this experience, we learned the true importance of love,” Spoonhower said. “We love Katie so much, and that love is what pushed us to work diligently and execute a successful event.” In addition to the money raised for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society, the students also were able to make a donation of several thousand dollars to the Goochland Leaders Club. For more photos from the Kolor Me Katie race, see page 9.
American Legion offering poppies this weekend Contributed report Green on May 25 and during the Virginia Memorial Day Goochland’s American Legion Post 215 is offering 12K Race at West Creek , also on May 25. red paper poppies in exchange for donations to support Red paper poppies, which symbolize the sacrifices local veterans. The poppies will be available this weekend made by our military service, were inspired by the at local stores and gas stations; during the Memorial Day famous wartime poem, “In Flanders Fields” by Lt. Ceremony held at 10 a.m. at the Goochland Courthouse see Poppies > 3
For those living in the county’s Holland Hills neighborhood, located near Goochland High School, the quest for fast, reliable Internet service hasn’t been an easy one. But, thanks to an agreement with Last Mile Broadband, residents may soon have the solution they’ve been after for years. According to Holland Hills Homeowners Association member Wes Royer, the neighborhood had already ruled out working with several other providers including Comcast and Verizon before learning about Last Mile, a small, threeman company formed last January. While the other providers had proven either too expensive — Comcast, Royer said, would have cost $800 per home to have installed — too unreliable, or too slow, Royer said Last Mile’s offer included unlimited access and faster speeds than any he had seen. see Internet > 4
Schoeffel named to sports editor’s post Staff Report
Mike Schoeffel, who has served as sports writer for The Goochland Gazette since May 2013, has been promoted to sports editor. The announcement was made last week by Joy Schoeffel Monopoli, publisher of Richmond Suburban News. In addition to serving as sports editor of The see Schoeffel > 4