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By DAPHNE HUTCHINSON

Rappahannock Mew* Staff Writer

The Nationwide Pentacostal Evangelistic Association's camp meeting got under way as scheduled last Friday, despite the restraining order issued :arlier in the week by Judge Shore Robertson and upheld by the Virginia Supreme Court. Robertson’s restraining order of June 17 specifically enjoined the NPEA from conducting its annual holiness camp meeting from June 20-29 at the Association's property on Route 622 near Castleton. Appealed to the Supreme Court of Virginia by the NPEA on June 18, the decision handed down by Robertson was affirmed by Justices Poff and Compton.

Then Thursday afternoon in his chambers in Warrenton, Judge Robertson granted, as he explained it, a request from NPEA attorney Jonathan Lynn “to amend the restraining order to provide more specific language as to what activities are being restrained."

According to Lynn, he did not have an opportunity on June 17 to review the order drafted by David Konick. lawyer for the landowners opposing the NPEA camp meeting. "In the rush, certain things were overlooked," he told Robertson.

Lynn asked that the terminology of Robertson's injunction be clarified as to "scope," maintaining that rights not granted by the board of zoning appeals' order were not before the court. He requested that the restraining order be revised to enjoin only the proceedings covered under the terms of the BZA order.

Arguing against the change, Konick maintained that it is an error for the court to amend or dissolve an injunction prior to an answer from the opposing party. He noted that the Virginia Code allows any party the right to petition the Supreme Court for review of a restraining order, stating the grounds on which they feel they are aggrieved. Konick pointed

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