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“I’ve enjoyed working here and serving the people and I would like to continue if they’ll support me again,” Mrs. Foster said, in announcing her candidacy.
“Of course, I’m going to run!” confirmed Sheriff John Henry Woodward, who was the victor in a hotly contested four-man race for the job in 1983. “Why? Because I love it!”
Sheriff Woodward pointed to the advances in local law enforcement during his term:
• the jail reopened and operated “at no expense to the county.”
• dispatch center established for the sheriff’s department, improving radio communications for fire and rescue as well as for police.
• expanded coverage, with patrolling that formerly ended at midnight now continued through 4 a.m.
• an excellent fleet which now includes only police vehicles.
• the addition of a full-time investigator to the department’s personnel complement.
“Law enforcement is my life’s work,” the sheriff concluded. “I plan on staying on as long as the people of Rappahannock County will have me.”
Hubert Gilkey, Chairman of the county’s Board of Supervisors, confirmed that he intends to seek re-election to another term, representing Wakefield District. “I would like to see some of the things through which we have started, and I hope to continue to serve the people of my district and of the county in a beneficial way,” Mr. Gilkey said.
With five years on the board, the second longest tenure of the
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