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By Mary Beth Martin
Rappahannock Staff News Writer
Walter Longyear is thrilled! He won the Flint Hill Volunteer Fire Department’s first prize in their raffle, a 1997 Ford Ranger equipped with powei^-pteering, air conditioning ancTramo.
Casey, his 13-year-old daughter, thinks the Caiman green color is perfect.
Walter said he bought the winning ticket from Nancy Jones, who was selling tickets at K-Mart on a hot day in July. She said she was going to stay there until her last ticket was sold, so he and his wife, Susan, bought her last 12.
In 1996, Walter was involved in an automobile accident, his Ford Escort was rear-ended by an 18-wheeler and was totaled. Amazingly he walked away from the accident.
The insurance money he received from the car wreck was not enough to purchase another one, so he and Susan had to make do with just one car.
Walter works as a direct mail advertiser and fundraiser. He writes for a number of non-profit organizations, businesses and political election campaigns.
He’s also very active in the community. He is the troop chairman for the Boy Scouts.
He started a program at Trinity
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