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By BRUCE SLOANE
Rappahannock News Staff Writer
Blame it on the heat and humidity.
"It was too hot to eat.” said Roger Roach, chief of the Washington Volunteer Fire Department. The fire chief was referring to the slow food sales during the Fourth of July festivities at Washington. Food sales from the firemen’s booth during that weekend account for as much as 25 percent of the fire department's budget.
Roach was hoping for sales of about $18,000, but the actual amount was closer to $14,000. The crowds were there, but they weren’t buying.
“The people turned out, but cold drinks were more popular than ‘the more expensive’ dinners,” Roach explained, so revenue was down. The weather was a typical “3-H” Rappahannock summer day, but hotter, more humid, and hazier than usual, with temperatures hovering in the mid-90s.
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