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Cleanup
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— ‘ would rappel down a steep ravine, parallel to a 40-foot waterfall, hook a stfcel cable to a rusty refrigerator, for example, and Mr. Swett would work his wjnch to slide it up the ravine.
Sean Marsh also provided a pickup truck with winch and kept it busy throughout the morning.. In early afternoon the winch gave out, and Mr. Marsh went to work on other cleanup pfojects.
Lyt Wood, a local forester, attached ropes and pulleys high in tree limbs to gain leverage for some of the tough hauls. ; Workers attached heavy stuff to the winches. Auto engines, discarded appliances and an amazing variety of stuff was winched out of the ravine where the feeder stream at the top of the Rappahannock River tumbles in a series of waterfalls down from the mountain. ' The bucket loader took over once these things had been winched to the road surface and loaded them into the dump trucks. Other volunteers helped collect smaller items, including dozens of tires and bags of miscellaneous trash to pile on the flat bed trailer.
Sheriff Gary Settle came with some inmate labor, but he didn’t leave the dirty work completely to the inmates. The sheriff joined Mr. Harris in the ravine, as the sheriff’s 60-yearold father, Fred Settle, puttered at the top, anxious to assist but unable to do strenuous labor.
“I’m glad to see this being done,” said the senior Settle. “That’s why I’m
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