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Landfill-Shelter Committee Formed
Rappahannock’s Board of Supervisors convened in executive session August 6 to discuss possible litigation regarding county animal-shelter facilities. Upon reconvening in public session, the board announced a two-member, landfill-shelter committee.
Committee members are supervisors Hubert Gilkey and Nelson Lane, both of whom accompanied a state veterinarian during an on-site inspection June 25 of county animal-shelter facilities.
“I think they’re the same solution to different problems,” Lane said, reconfirming supervisors’ wishes to kill two birds with one stone by combining landfill and animal shelter.
Lane said he’s interested in public comment as to where the landfillshelter should be located in the county; he can be contacted at 987-8081.
The proposed solution may be too far in the future to satisfy Walt Lane, president of the Virginia Federation of Humane Societies. Lane told county residents July 30 legal moves were imminent to force the county into compliance.
“We’re trying to comply with state law as soon as we can,” Supervisor Charles “Pete” Estes said August 7.
Rappahannock may have its own chapter of the humane society soon. During the supervisors’ meeting, a letter from citizens was read. The letter announced a September 6 workshop at the Washington Fire Hall at 7:30 p.m. to initiate a local chapter.
• Wants ‘Scenic’ River Classification
Robert Dennis, president of the Piedmont Environmental Council, wants “scenic” status for the Upper Rappahannock and Thornton Rivers, the environmentalist told county supervisors August 6.
State scenic-river status will help protect the rivers by making it more difficult legally to divert or reclassify them, according to Dennis.
Scenic status, Dennis said, would force the governor to refer any proposed change in river status to a local board before a decision could be made. Scenic status also would require approval by the general assembly before impoundment or diversion of a river could take place.
Dennis said Rappahannock County soon will receive an official letter from Culpeper and Fauquier counties who want to jointly pursue the special status. To date, only nine rivers are designated “scenic” in Virginia, Dennis arid.
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