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supervisors felt many rescue calls were!, to automobiles crashes, and those who! own motor vehicles but do not own real! estate should pay a share. 1
Mr. Frazier said the 'fire tax "has' been a learning process for everybody.! The board wants to be fair and equi-; table. We make last minute changes." •
Paul Poling told of the difficult time the fire departments have covering their costs. He said the Fire and Rescue? Association hopes to get a grant to replace the building Used for training firemen which has been condemned. He assured those in attendance that bills paid out of the fire tax are careful-^, ly looked at by several organizations • before the payments are approved, y "What we have done is the best way to > handle it for everybody involved," he £ said. *
Some of the people in attendance £ wondered why they have to pay the * additional $1.50 per month telephone JJ tax for E-911 when they cannot receive #
the service. jjj
Mr. Frazier said Bell Atlantic has£ refused to connect Rappahannock cus-* tomers with 937 telephone exchanges# to Rappahannock's E-911 service? because that would mean cutting* Culpeper customers off from a basic; 911 service that allows dispatchers? there to call back. He said;* Rappahannock customers with 937 and*! other telephone numbers considered* Culpeper numbers will get the service? when Culpeper is ready to implement E-911. *
J.D. Carter said it could be two* more years before that happens. H<*# said he hopes the county does not cuff the tax any further (it was reduced from* $2 per month) because the funds could? also be used to upgrade radios, and fir£ and rescue personnel are having troubled keeping in contact with their radios. £
The Board of Supervisors adopted a legislative agenda that asks for relief from Bell Atlantic’s policy of no^ implementing E-911 for Rappahannock until Culpeper is ready to implement it. Del. Jay Katzen toltf the supervisors he would be working tef try to resolve the problem even before the legislative session that begins in lat{? January.
— By SHARON KILPATRICli
Assault
Charged \
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A . 16-year-old boy was charged with assault and battery and curse anc| abuse after he struck Vice Principal Mike Tupper at RCHS last Friday. *!
According to Deputy Connie Compton of the Sheriffs Office, tfw boy had been sent to the school offic* on a referral. He became irate, and hfi Mr. Tupper in the temple. The hit di{l not draw blood, but Mr. Tupper did have a big knot on his head. The student was then transported to tl$ Sheriffs Office; his mother was called to come and pick him up. 3
Superintendent Dr. David Gangi said that the student has been suspend ed pending a disciplinary hearing. &
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