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By DAPHNE HUTCHINSON

Rappahannock News Special Writer

(With assistance from the third graders in Mrs. Virginia Striplin’s class at the Rappahannock County Elementary School)

Twin ships will soon be ‘launched* to take Rappahannock’s children on voyages of discovery.

At the elementary school, the keel is ready to be laid for a pirate ship that will ease the overcrowding on the playground’s swings, basketball courts and the wooden play and climbing structure that the kids have dubbed the castle.

The ship is the stuff of children’s dreams. Designed by Peter Kreyling who drew the plans for the castle at the county park, it has a crow’s nest ami cargo net for climbing, a plank for walking, a quarter deck for directing and an oversized tire for swinging suspended from one end.

According to Cathy Kreyling, head of a four-member crew that is raising funds for the venture, materials for the ship will cost $4,(MX). The ship builders will be volunteers, working under the direction of Mr. Kreyling and Jonathon Neill-Dore, co-captains of the building committee and both professional contractors.

"We wholeheartedly support the effort to expand the playground by building a pirate ship,” said David Gangle, superintendent of schools for Rappahannock. “It’s unique, not just the ship, but the project. It’s the character of the county - people working together, pulling together to find the resources to benefit our children.”

“The Kreylings, working with the PTO, have made such a generous offer to donate the time and labor to design and construct the ship,” said David Smith, principal of the elementary school.

“The PTO has been extremely helpful on all kinds of projects,” he said, citing the organization’s earlier assistance with the playground’s castle and the more recent support for upgrading and repairs to make the playground safer. “We’re delighted with this lastest cooperative venture and we’re happy that our supporters can take on a project of this scope.”

According to the RCES princi. pal, only one grade level -- or approximately 100 children - normally uses the playground at a given time. I I

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