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Volume 60, Number 28 • July 17, 2014
Two charged in Spotlight on business Quick’s murder enter guilty plea By Roslyn Ryan Editor
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Telling the court that she hadn’t known the bloody clothing and ATM card she disposed of had belonged to murdered Waynesboro police reserve Capt. Kevin Wayne Quick, Manassas resident Leslie Hope Casterlow pleaded guilty July 10 to obstruction of justice. Casterlow, 49, has been linked to a criminal street gang called the 99 Goon Syndikate. She admitted driving gang members between Northern Virginia and Louisa and renting them a hotel room. She said they tossed the dismantled see Quick > 2
After long wait, church starts on new building
Finding Funding
FROM AFAR Goochland business owner plays role in worldwide microloan program Kiva Zip By Roslyn Ryan Editor
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By Roslyn Ryan Editor
When work crews break ground this week on what will soon become the new Salem Baptist Church, it will mark one more step toward the completion of a project that has been in the works since 2006. Of course, it also will bring the congregation one step closer to leaving the Cardwell Road location the church has occupied since 1880. “It’s been a long process,” said Pastor Zack Zbinden, see Church > 2
raditionally, when it came to financing a new business venture, entrepreneurs had three options. They could put up the money themselves, borrow it from friends or family, or attempt to secure a bank loan. These days, however, those looking to start or grow their own businesses are increasingly turning to a new option — microloans — in which donors from around the world contribute small amounts until the funding goal is reached. One such program, Kiva Zip, a microloan program that originated in Kenya and came to the United Dearden see Kiva Zip > 3
Business start-up fund