semi-nude males to support upgrades to the RCHS track,"

semi-nude males to support upgrades to the RCHS track," wrote Bob Chappell, School Superintendent to "Friends of the Track.”

"Although the schools have in no way sanctioned a fundraiser of this nature, this has the potential to reflect negatively on the schools. Therefore, the Rappahannock County School Board voted unanimously tonight to expressly prohibit the use of the names RCHS Track, RCHS Athletics, the Rappahannock County Public Schools, or any indirect reference to our schools or school facilities in connection with this fundraiser.

"The Board is ready to direct its attorney to seek whatever injunctive relief that may be available through the courts should it be determined that this prohibition is violated," Chappell said in the letter.

This turn of events saddened parents and supporters of the track but they haven't given up hope.

The key organizer of the track fundraiser is Cathy Kreyling whose sister gave her a calendar last Christmas called "The Men of Maple Comer" in which naked men from Vermont set out to raise $30,000 to refurbish their community center. Thev ended up raising close to $500,000.

But it was way before that that Cathy Kreyling had wanted to do something about the track For several years, she watched her daughter Anna, now 15, who is on the track team, and other team members when they visited other schools and saw how they looked longingly at the splendid rubberized track surface some of them have.

"It's pathetic," said Cathy Kreyling. "We are the only school in the district that doesn't have a track and one of the few in the state. We can never have a track meet here because there are no facilities.

"They (Rappahannock track team members) run on a rudimentary track, a blue stone track that goes around the football/soccer field. It has lots of ruts and turns into a mud hole when it rains."

Furthermore, she said, "our