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By DAPHNE HUTCHINSON
Rappahannock News Staff Writer
The supervisors worked magic with arithmetic at their budget work session last Wednesday and lopped six cents off the proposed real estate tax rate without making substantial budget cuts.
Also, the personal property tax rate will drop from $5.60 to $2.10.
But that personal property rate for 1986 will be assessed on 100 perNeighbor
helps stop
trailer fire
Quick action by a neighbor and a fast response by the Amissville Volunteer Fire Department saved Robert Croston’s trailer from burning to the ground Monday morning. Mr. Croston had already left for work when a neighbor in the Amissville Trailer Park noticed smoke seeping from the windows as he drove past on his way to work.
Amy Wilson turned in the alarm at 7:24 a.m. and the Amissville volunteers were on the scene within minutes. “The kitchen was partially involved when we arrived,” said James Stringfellow, who was one of the first firemen on the scene.
Firefighters Carl Grohs and Adrian Butler entered the trailer and found it full of smoke. “There was no visibility,” Mr. Butler said. “We kissed the floor and crawled. . .you could barely see the glow of the fire.”
“There was more smoke than fire,” Mr. Grohs added.
The fire, which apparently started in or behind a toaster-oven, was quickly extinguished. Fire damage was limited to the kitchen, although the entire trailer sustained extensive smoke and water damage.
Mr. Stringfellow expressed satisfaction with the job the Amissville company did in saving the trailer.
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