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Sperryville have ALS ambulances.
Amissville operates with two medic units frequently along with Washington and Flint Hill. A Shock Trauma Unit, another form of ALS, is provided frequently by Sperryville and several other companies in the county.
Sperryville Volunteer Rescue Squad has five ALS shock trauma technicians with one upgrading as a cardiac tech to respond as a medic unit, 12 BLS emergency medical technicians, and four members in EMT training.
In conclusion, Sperryville, Flint Hill and Amissville along with Washington, operate ALS units.
MATTHEW P. PAYNE
Lieutenant, SVRS
Preserve
rural appeal
I am writing with regard to the mile and a half of Yancey Road, Route 621, which is closest to U.S. 522.
My neighbor Jerry Jenkins stated in his recent letter “safety seems to be of very little concern” to those of us who oppose further work on the road. I am stunned that he can say that after hearing Linden Van Eichel’s passionate plea at the supervisors meeting to take our concern for safety into account. Paving and widening a road invites traffic and speeds it up. Our children and grandchildren, our visitors, our hikers and horseback riders are threatened by this.
Perhaps what we should recpgnize here is that people of good will can disagree. I do not doubt that Mr. Jenkins sincerely believes the remaining mile and a half to be dangerous. Along with many others he may quite reasonably feel that if you can’t see around a curve, or if there is no room for two cars to be side by side, it is, by definition, dangerous.
We understand that point of view. Please try to understand ours — for we feel that those dangers are outweighed by the traffic calming effect of a narrow winding road.
We care very much about safety. We also care very much about preserving the rural character of the county. We agree with this paragraph in the comprehensive plan:
“The rural character of many of the county’s secondary roads is important to the county. Roads which lack hard surface, or which are narrow, or which meander over the landscape or all three are integral parts of the fabric of the county. They are valued by both residents and the tourism element of the local economy.”
I would like to present the following resolution to the Rappahannock Board of
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