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tire district. I grew up on a farm. I’m a working man ... a family man. I know what it’s like to work. I’m starting my own business, I know what that’s like.”

He said he would like to see “a forum, not necessarily a debate, but a get-acquainted meeting in Jackson District with the three candidates.”

Mr. Frazier has been a county resident since 1982, but he described his move back to Rappahannock as “a coming home.” His family was displaced by the Shenandoah National Park in the 1930s. “My family is from Sperryville - they go back as far as the roots of the trees in the mountains.”

He attended school in Fairfax County before moving back to Rappahannock County. He is pursuing a degree in mechanical engineering at Northern Virginia Community College, which is “on hold.” And Mr. Frazier is in the process of starting his own business, “a serviceoriented company for construction and manufacturing industries.”

Mr. Frazier called himself “basically a conservative. My philosophy is to remain the same ... I think that Jackson District as a whole thinks conservative.”

In the past, he added, “I have been critical of some (of the board’s) policies, I’ve supported others.

“As an elected official representing the district, I would have to support the measures already adopted, the zoning ordinance already adopted, which I fought against. I would not look for ways to circumvent them - people would have to abide by the rules.”

The county must be careful, he said, in development. Rappahannock does not have the type of land which the developing counties have. “I would like to see the county remain rural. Previous boards have had foresight in that area . . . there have been responsible subdivisions because of that foresight.”

“If,” Mr. Frazier concluded, “we follow the comprehensive plan, with development around the village areas, we will see responsible growth.”

Kahlil Gibran.

Beauty is silent eloquence.