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Volume 62, Number 23 • June 8, 2017
Goochland’s Destination Imagination teams prove tough competitors. See page 11
Relay 2017 chairs know cancer fight all too well Goochland couple says community support kept them going after a dire 2013 diagnosis By Roslyn Ryan Editor
Asked why the company was looking to locate its second facility in Goochland – the company’s first location is expected to open in Orlando, Florida in 2018 – Drive Shack Inc CEO Sarah Watterson pointed to the growing population, as well as the nearby corperate cli-
After serving for over three decades in the United States Army — including two tours in Iraq — Goochland resident Delmon Clay knows a thing or two about facing down an enemy. Yet even he wasn’t prepared for the foe he was introduced to on June 7, 2013, when Clay and his wife Melissa received the devastating news that he had been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. Even worse, doctors informed the couple, who had already weathered Delmon’s recovery from injuries suffered in Iraq, that the cancer was stage 4. Essentially, Melissa remembers, they said there was no hope. Last week, sitting by her husband’s side as she has for 32 years, Melissa Clay can’t help but marvel at how well Delmon is doing today. Though he is still undergoing chemotherapy, and continues to wrestle with brain injuries from his war-time service, Delmon Clay has amazed the same doctors who had gently suggested, when he was given his original diagnosis, that the couple begin making
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Photo by John Beebe
Something to smile about Goochland High School Class of 2017 graduate Jamathan Myles and his classmates has plenty to be happy about Sunday, as they waited for commencement exercises to get underway at Charlottesville’s John Paul Jones Arena. For more photos from the event, see page 8.
Planning Commission gives go-ahead to golf facility By Roslyn Ryan Editor
The Goochland County Planning Commission voted unanimously on June 1 to recommend approval of a planned indoor golf driving range that developers hope to build near the intersection of Route 288 and I-64.
The rezoning request, submitted on behalf of Drive Shack Inc. would clear the way for the 60,000 square foot, four-story complex located at the southeast quadrant of the interchange. According to representatives from the company, it would feature a restaurant, event space, private suites and both inddor and outdoor driving ranges.