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By Gerald Ochs Rappahannock News Special Writer
As the capstone to this year’s Trash Free Rappahannock campaign, Dickie Gallihugh’s “unofficial secondary Rappahannock landfill” on Route 231 was cleaned out and officially closed.
More than 30 truck loads — estimated at 50 tons — of tires, old appliances and furniture, lumber, scrap metal and unidentifiable rubbish was removed by a dozen volunteers and loaders, dump trucks and crews provided by VDOT.
Led by John McCarthy, Peter Luke, Hunt Harris and Barney O’Meara, the team of volunteers cleaned trash out of the brush while the loaders removed the piles of rubbish from the yard and the old road bed that parallels Route 231.
The rubbish had accumulated at least over the 31 years that Gallihugh has lived on the property. It is believed that most of the refuse was dropped off there by residents who wished to avoid the trip to the “official” landfilj.
“I really wanted them to be come,” Gallihugh said, in reference to the clean-up crew. “I’m gonna level it up and plant grass, and keep it clean.”
Neighbor Peter Luke did not wait for Gallihugh to act. After the rubbish had been removed, Luke finishgraded and seeded the property with his own equipment.
“As soon as we identify the location of the telephone cable, we’ll drill and set
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