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By SHARON KILPATRICK
Rappahannock News Staff W riter
Citizens told the planners the county needs a center for senior citizens and youth, more recreation facilities for youth, and manned and fenced dumpster locations in outlying areas at a public forum in Chester Gap last Wednesday.
They also discussed concerns for protecting well water both from contamination and from having the wells run dry.
The meeting was held as part of the ongoing effort to rewrite the Comprehensive Plan.
Chairman Mike Massie said the Planning Commission had spent about six months gathering data about the counts and was now soliciting views from the citizens on what should be included in the plan for goals for the next five years. The first of three community meetings was last Wednesday’s. It focused on natural resources and community facilities.
The second meeting will be on farming and business. It is scheduled for Wednesday Dec. 13 in the Amissville Fire Hall. The final public forum is scheduled for Wednesday Jan. 10 at the Sperry ville Fire Hall. Villages and bypasses will be the subject of that meeting. •^Chester Gap resident Susan Pierce said she had never lived where water came from a well before and she was concerned about having her well go dry.
Wakefield District representative Werner Krebser asked if there was any community organization in Chester Gap that could help the county gather data on how deep wells are in Chester Gap, how much water they give and whether people are having trouble with wells going dry.
Maybelle Gilkey said there are only the Fire Department and churches. Mrs. Pierce said there is a Blue Ridge Homeowners Association but it is not very active and few people participate.
County. Administrator John McCarthy said many people do not know how deep their well is or how much water it produces, and the county can only find out abodt failing wells when people get a permit to drill another one.
He and Dr. Krebser said part of the problem with water supplies in Chester Gap is that the area is shared with Warren County. They said
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