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BY GERALD OCHS
Rappahannock News Special Writer
Washington Town Councilman and RAAC Fourth of July Committee Co-Chair Charlie Tompkins promoted a “Rappahannock Fourth of July" at Monday’s Board of Supervisors meeting. He presented the board; with a set of proposed resolutions for their consideration, both of which provide the county’s endorsement of the event, and one of which would authorize a county expenditure of up to $3000 “to support maximum county citizen participation by helping to cover the bona-fide expenses of the event.”
Mr. Tompkins reviewed some of the history of the Fourth of July celer bration, noting that Mr. Carrigan had paid for the entire event for 30 years, but the Town of Washington assumed responsibility ten years ago and asked the Rappahannock Association for the Arts and Community (RAAC) to handle event planning and management.
“Washington pays for fireworks and contributes to entertainment costs, and RAAC facilitates the event,” he said. , .
“The event used to be a premium county day," Tompkins noted, “and we are now trying to re-energize it.” He highlighted aspects of this year’s( plans, including the use of town criers to announce events, additional - signage to explain that non-profits are the beneficiaries of parking fees, and this year’s focus on county ven-; dors and exhibitors.
Supervisor Bryant Lee opened discussions by recalling the controlversy surrounding parking fees when he was a volunteer. He noted that out-of-county visitors seemed to have little problem with parking fees, but that locals found it troublesome; Supervisor Robert Anderson commented on the inability of local orga! nizations to compete with “professional” food vendors and said that the Lions would not sell food this year for that reason. Supervisor Roger Welch agreed that the professional food vendors were a problem, and also said that “more kinds of vendors” were required to attract the public.
Other discussion centered around . event costs and the rationale for a county contribution.
Mr. Tompkins touched upon the county orientation for this year’s
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