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Street-Light Procedure Changed
Washington residents now should call Enterprise 682 to have town street lights replaced, Mayor Peter Kramer reported August 8. By dialing the operator and asking for Enterprise 682, the caller will be connected toll-free with Potomac Edison, who will make the repair.
• Work Session Unattended
Rappahannock’s Planning Commissioners convened in work session August 9 to discuss the county’s proposed zoning ordinance and make plans for a public hearing scheduled August 16. No one from the general public attended the work session, which had been advertised in the Rappahannock News.
Planning Commission Chairman A. Y. Stokes said he hopes to keep the public session informal and unstructured. Richard “Dick” McNear, consultant to the Planning Commission, will speak first on the proposed ordinance; a question-and-answer session will follow; planners then will accept comments from the public.
“This (public hearing) is strictly for public input and for their benefit,” Chairman Stokes said. Stokes said additional meetings would be scheduled by the Planning Commission on the proposed ordinance “if need be.”
A full report on the August 15 public hearing wil appear next week.
• Bloodmobile Here Aaig. 29
The Red Cross bloodmobile will be in Wa^inglai AugWdJBMIhp Washington Baptist Church from 1 to 6 p.m. Sponsored by the Rappahannock Lions Club, the blood-drive goal is 40 pints.
People in good health between the ages of 17 and 66 may participate. It won’t take much time to donate: bloodmobile facilities can handle several donors at one time.
Summer is a critical time to donate, according to organizers of the bloodmobile visit. It’s the time of year when accidents increase but donations generally decline, both due to the vacation months.
“If you are healthy, share your health and give blood this summer,” Eugene Robson, co-chairman with Rufus Baines, says.
If concerned about eligibility or for more information, call Mr. Robson at 547-3851 or Mr. Baines at 675-3253.
• Smokey Bear Week Proclaimed
(r Rappahannock’s Board of Supervisors joined other counties across the state in proclaiming the week beginning August 13 “Smokey Bear Week” in Rappahannock County. The proclamation is in honor of the 40th birthday of Smokey Bear, who has become the national symbol of forest-fire prevention.
A small bear cub, later named Smokey, was found in the aftermath of a forest fire in New Mexico and was placed in a permanent home in the National Zoo in Washington, D.C. His picture is now the everyday reminder to school children and grown-ups alike to “Prevent Forest Fires.”
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