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By LOU HATTER

Rappahannock News Staff Writer

Some of Rappahannock County’s residents may not have to wait for three years to use the 9-1-1 emergency number — if an agreement can be reached with Culpeper County.

Culpeper already has a basic 9-1-1 system, and plans to move to the “enhanced” version within two to three years, according to county Planning Director Robert Marby.

That is approximately the same timetable Rappahannock envisions, County Administrator John McCarthy said.

The two met with representatives of Centel and C&P Telephone in Culpeper last month to discuss the options and possible difficulties of the conversion.

The major problem, according to the telephone company representatives, is the several exchanges which overlap county boundaries. The basic systent now used by Culpeper and Warren counties cannot identify where the caller is located, so Rappahannock County residents in the “636” and “635” exchanges who mistakenly dial 9

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