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If there was an overriding issue in last Tuesday’s elections for the Rappahannock board of supervisors, it was the state of the educational program and the public schools in this county.
Challengers Diane Wood in Hampton District and Butch Zindel in Jackson made education the focal point of their campaigns as did Sean Kilpatrick in Stonewall-Hawthorne. Even though they didn’t win, their success should give local government a message: after waiting since 1D7<J for something to be done about the overcrowding and lack of adequate facilities at the high school, the voters — at least a significant number of them — want something done now.
Diane Wood, a former teacher, entered the race late. She mounted a belated write-in campaign against veteran Clarance Baldwin and lost by a three-to-one margin. Baldwin’s last opponent whose name appeared on the ballot four years ago — lost by over four-to-one, 94 votes to 39<5. If Wood had been on the ballot, she could realistically have won 20 to 30 percent more votes. Still, she made an impressive showing, considering her youth and the time she’s been in the county compared to Baldwin’s long established position.
In Amissville, Zindel lost to incumbent J. Richard Latham, a 12 year veteran and current chairman of the board, by just five votes. Another newcomer to the county, Zindel’s contracting business prevented him from doing much campaigning. But in his appearances at candidates’ forums, he stressed repeatedly his commitment to improving the county’s public schools. Like Wood, he made education THE issue in his campaign.
Nelson Lane, with the support of incumbent H.B. Wood, another veteran of the board whose father before
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