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ftappatjannotfe J^etos Established 1877 An Independent Newspaper Published Every Wednesday ARTHUR W. ARUNDEL, PUBLISHER Barbara C. Wayland, Executive Editor and General Manager Jan LaValley, Managing Editor To Subscribe Phone (540) 675-3338 BY MAIL: $21 a year in Rappahannock County $27 a year elsewhere in the United States Back Copies: Recent 2 months, 50 cents Older copies to 1960, $5 (as available) Office: Rappahannock News Building, Washington, Va. 22747-0059 Telephone (540) 675-3338 Fax: (540) 675-3088 Hours: 8:30 a m. to 5 p.m., Monday-Friday Member, Audit Bureau of Circulations
End of an era? Piedmont threatened with closure
of 40-year-old nursing program eorge Washington Carver-Piedmont Technical ■Education Center may soon close its 40-year-old nursing program for lack of funding. State and federal funding having dropped and county’s have been forced to make up the difference from their school budgets — $18,495 for Rappahannock, which has not changed in the last five years. The school serves a seven county area and the regional board that manages the school has promised to fund current students until their graduation next year. What happens then? With one of the school’s most successful programs facing elimination one can only wonder which program is next. In other major programs, such as fire science and law enforcement, Rappahannock county students are currently enrolled. The fire science program has been of particular interest to the teens now attending it from Rappahannock. The county is facing a future shortage of fire and rescue personnel. Loss of that program would have a direct impact on the county. The training those teens are receiving is not available at the high school now and with the new requirements for the SOL it is doubtful it will be. Piedmont’s Health Occupation Advisory Committee has sent letters to health care providers in the fourcounty area, asking for donations to help keep the program alive. Considering that many graduates of the nursing program now fill positions with those providers one would think the response, which has so far been minimal, would be positive. Anyone who is concerned with the future of Piedmont should contact John Toth at 825-0479. Peter W. Arundel, President John T. Toler Executive Vice President David Smith Senior Vice President WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 28, 1998
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