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By Emery Lazar
Special to the Rappahannock News
The Board of Directors of the Rappahannock League for Environmental Protection (RLEP) cordially invites all readers to help celebrate the organization’s 35th birthday. The event will be held at the Washington Fire Hall on Friday, October 28, at 7:30 p.m.
There will be brief presentations by former president Phil Irwin and current president Paul Farmer on RLEFs past accomplishments and future challenges. Also, the attending members of the organization (including visiting friends of RLEP who decide to become members that evening) will elect several new candidates to the Board of Directors. However. the major portion of the evening will be devoted to socializing among the many citizens who have at least one thing in common: a vested interest in helping to preserve Rappahannock County’s wonderful rural environment. There will be complimentary food and beverages. The food will consist of delicious appetizers and desserts supplied by various Rappahannock eating establishments.
Looking back
In December 1970, a group of concerned Rappahannock County citizens gathered for an organizational■■ meeting at the Courthouse, to oppose the application of the Potomac Edison Company (Peco) to construct a 138,000-volt powerline through Rappahannock County. The proposed high-voltage transmission line would run in a northsouth direction from Riverton to Boston and cut an ugly scar into the landscape over a 22-mile stretch parallel to the Shenandoah National Park. The powerline with the cleared swath of land would cut smack through the center of our county, so as to utterly destroy its scenic beauty. This historic
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