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Progress has been made in providing a new house for Virginia Fletcher.
She and her family became homeless when the June 27 flood destroyed most of her house in Harris Hollow. Mrs. Fletcher did not want to rebuild in the same location where she risked being flooded out again. The family has been living in rental housing on Piedmont Ave. Several months passed before she acquired land from the Roy family that is higher up.
In the meantime several groups have become involved in helping the family. Most recently the Faith Mountain Company raised money through catalog sales to help with flood relief in Rappahannock County. Sales of a blue suncatcher in the "Tree of Life” design raised over $12,(XX). Eric Kvarnes, who designed the suncatcher for this project took only the cost of his supplies from the sale price.
The funds were turned over to the Piedmont United Way. The money will be used to help replace
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