Pete Luke

Named 366 times. These are the 331 blocks the name was read from, in the order the paper printed them.

Feb 13, 1975 have no time to get acquainted with these matters. ...to devote their Board meeting days to getting informed, to discuss these things.” Luke went on to say that ‘‘it has been my experience that when these (discussions) are reported, what is said comes out as an advocacy position when...
Feb 13, 1975 ular meeting, near noon, Pete Luke asked for another ular meeting, near noon, Pete Luke asked for another motion for an executive session, right then and there, on “personnel matters.” This is one of the specific reasons for holding executive sessions, as listed in the Freedom of Information Act....
Feb 13, 1975 ing about the whole program,” said H.B. Wood. THE ...it should be advertised,” agreed Herbert Foster. ANOTHER question about publicity arose when Pete Luke announced that the Town of Washington was trying to find a suitable trash dump site in town, and that the county is trying to find...
Feb 13, 1975 Space study Space study A STUDY committee has been named by Pete Luke, chairman of the Board of Supervisors, to consider possible ways of consolidating or. simplifying the ^ housing of various county or coun- ^ ty-related offices. As things are now,...
Feb 27, 1975 oy aepiemDer oi inai program, which Rappahannock has resisted, ...oi inai program, which Rappahannock has resisted, was anticipated to cost $300,000. But Luke said he feared the cost would be nearer $450,000, considering inflation. Herbert Foster said he didn’t believe there were enough young children in Rappahannock to justify...
Feb 27, 1975 “The District doesn’t want to go into any county ...been the problems of implementation? What can we look forward to?” Supervisor Chairman Pete Luke asked Blair. “You must decide how to carry out the education programs. And the Soil and Water Conservation Commission will assist you with that,” Blair...
Feb 27, 1975 with a northwest wind, u wouiu burn past Big ...opposing the Wilderness area at the next meeting of the district planning commission. Pete Luke, one of Rappahannock’s representatives on the district commission, said he’d be there and would be prepared to support Madison’s position, especially where uncontrolled burning was...
Mar 6, 1975 Editor: It is very clear that the wilderness proposal ...park. I am keenly disappointed at the action of the Supervisors in authorizing Pete Luke to oppose wilderness at the next meeting of the District Planning Commission. However, I think the people of the County have reason to be grateful...
Mar 6, 1975 tven KappanannocK commissioner Pete Luke reversed his stance against tven KappanannocK commissioner Pete Luke reversed his stance against the wilderness proposal. At a Rappahannock Board of Supervisor’s work session the week before, Luke had said he was opposed to the “wilderness” because it would constitute a fire hazard and...
Mar 13, 1975 THE skyrocketing cost of electricity ...do something about the cost of electricity in the Old Dominion. Rappahannock Chairman Pete Luke had scarcely finished reading a letter from Loudoun’s Board when Supervisor Herbert Foster expressed his agreement. “I think we should (join them),“ said Foster “Why...
Mar 13, 1975 “Just look at the bill for our “Just look at the bill for our jail,” added Pete Luke. “For a period of 60 days, the bill came to $116.68, and of that, $24.52 was for fuel adjustment. I looked at my own bills for a year ago,...
Mar 13, 1975 SUPERVISOR Pete Luke said he was especially concerned about SUPERVISOR Pete Luke said he was especially concerned about the fire policy of the Park Service in respect to the wilderness designation. Again, this issue is being studied regardless of the wilderness, Jacobsen said. “Sixty years ago in the Shenandoah,...
Mar 20, 1975 RAPPAHANNOCK officials have begun the annual agony of the RAPPAHANNOCK officials have begun the annual agony of the budget, and Supervisor Chairman Pete Luke says the Board will be hardpressed to keep the figures down to where a tax increase won’t be needed—although he is optimistic that the job...
Mar 20, 1975 system—made necessary by Warren County’s decision to dissolve the ...for the library, welfare and so on—to arrive at some total figure,” said Pete Luke. “Then I would like to have a public hearing on the total requests. Next, the Supervisors would do what trimming they could and set the...
Apr 10, 1975 BY PEKAY PETTUS ...Local funds required to finance the new budget amount to $492,369. Supervisor chairman Pete Luke suggested that the school board hold a hearing on the school budget, separate from and prior to the annual county budget hearing
Apr 10, 1975 From Page 3 Governor said to cut down on ...dispatching for Rappahannock would be one of the first things I’d cut out,” Pete Luke said. The Supervisors took no action on the purchase of the radio system. Herbert Barksdale of Flint Hill asked the Supervisors to include “the usual...
Apr 24, 1975 T. Granville Eastham said that “more money doesn’t mean ...and a step increase,” and he noted there is “no scarcity” of teachers. Pete Luke said that the state compensation committee has said that state employes will receive a 4.8 per cent increase. “They have said there is enough money...
Apr 24, 1975 seconded it. It was approved unanimously. The planners went ...and invite the Supervisors to come. Newbill Miller said he thought Supervisor Chairman Pete Luke had said he didn’t want any more See Page 15 V
Apr 24, 1975 From Page 1 the educational opportunities of Rappahannock students ...where would we be, what goal would we try to attain?” Kilby asked. Pete Luke noted that Rappahannock had spent the lowest amount per pupil in the state—$668 last year. The budget proposed by the school board would spent $730...
Apr 24, 1975 “shed a little light” on Mrs. Settle’s comment that ...state in ability to pay and at the bottom in performance to pay. Pete Luke said that the Supervisors are only responsible for adjusting “the bottom line.” How the school board allocates that money “is their business.” Superintendent 0. A....
May 8, 1975 programs offered through the area wide “agency on aging.” programs offered through the area wide “agency on aging.” SUPERVISOR Pete Luke wanted to know if there would be any benefit from the proposed “agency” over existing public assistance programs. Helsel said “there is quite a need now for co-ordination...
May 8, 1975 that such co-ordination could occur only after such an ...The need for an agency on aging is “basic and essential,” she said. Pete Luke asked if there’d been “any inquiries from the aging” about the services of the proposed program. Mrs. Buntin said the “responses of people to the...
May 8, 1975 Becky Burke asked the Supervisors to approve Chapter 10’s ...equipment would include three automobile radios, two walkie-talkies and one monitor, Jones said. Pete Luke had wanted the Supervisors to accept Jones’s offer when he first presented it, at the Supervisors’ meeting last month. The State Police now “dispatch” for...
May 8, 1975 to concede it’s probably a good idea to purchase ...strong wlym we have to buy all that equipment in a few years,” Pete Luke said. “They’ll say why didn’t you do something ir 1975, when it would only have cost $250.” “The improvement in communication is certainly needed,” Jennings...
May 8, 1975 THE SUPERVISORS didn’t adjourn, but continued their meeting last ...H.B. Wood said. “I hadn’t asked for much anyway,” Davis added. “That’s right,” Pete Luke agreed. “George had only asked for 3 1/2 per cent, instead of the five per cent all state employes are getting. And the sheriff didn’t...
May 8, 1975 MARY CLEVERLY also spoke in favor of establishing the ...for a program of this type. “No one here is against humanitarian need,” Pete Luke said. “But you have to realize, we’re really getting pushed on taxes.” Mrs. Buntin said the agency would help “pull down federal dollars. This is...
May 22, 1975 RAPPAHANNOCK’S Supervisors have recommended a tax rate of $3.90 ...landowners with a major tax increase, if the rate stays the same, chairman Pete Luke said. The Supervisors’ action came
May 22, 1975 $13,000 increase in the deficit. “So to reduce the ...the deficit. “So to reduce the tax rate, some severe cuts are needed,’’ Pete Luke said. “And any significant cuts will be in personnel or the school board budget,’’ Luke said. Then the Supervisors turned their attention to what could...
May 29, 1975 hearing,” Lea wrote, he wouldn’t have filed the application ...the hearing. With 30 some persons sitting in the courtroom for the hearing, Pete Luke made a motion that the Planning Commission go ahead and hear from the opponents that night, and hear from T.C. Lea later. That suggestion brought...
May 29, 1975 “Outside of a first mortgage on every citizen in ...them, we’re just ripping somebody else off. Then they rip us off later.” Pete Luke disagreed. “If that money’s in Virginia, I want it in this county.” “But you’re perpetuating a fallacy,” Masterson protested. “I can’t help that,” Luke said....
May 29, 1975 From Page 1 allow us to speak in a ...the courtroom. Captain Tuma said Lea’s case ‘‘should be thrown out and forgotten.” Pete Luke then said, ‘‘Okay, I’ll withdraw my motion.” He had moved, near the beginning of the meeting to go ahead and let the opponents speak and...
May 29, 1975 I can’t see what all this talk is about,” ...word. “I thought the motion was passed to hear and decide this tonight,” Pete Luke said. “In view of the fact not but one side is here, I’m not sure we can make a decision,” Herbert Barksdale said. BAUMGARDNER noted...
Jun 26, 1975 BY PEKAY PETTUS ...is now zoned as agricultural, and the minimum lot size is two acres. Pete Luke argued for the rezoning. “It’s surrounded with houses. The area is already more residential than agricultural in character. And this is in keeping with my...
Jun 26, 1975 around the villages or in open space.” “You gotta ...you want to do that,” George Davis said. “You don’t zone by exception.” Pete Luke suggested a compromise. “The Board of Supervisors should write the Planning Commission and ask them to take steps to rezone the Amissville area from agriculture...
Jun 26, 1975 to rezone the entire area. “But who down in ...who down in Amissville is going to take the bull by the horns?” Luke wondered. “Why couldn’t we approve this one with a proviso that we won’t approve any more?” Baumgardner asked. Masterson, Stokes, Barksdale and Davis just shook their...
Jul 3, 1975 “I GUESS it would be a good thing for ...McNear. “It’s just another thing to put on the shelf,” added Rappahannock Supervisor Pete Luke. But the Rappahannock -Rapidan Planning District 9 Commission approved the plan anyway. It was another one of those myriad plans the Planning District has been...
Jul 3, 1975 Mardavich also recommended that each police department supply an ...do in case of an attack is say good-bye. So • Rappahannock Superviser Pete Luke wanted to know what could happen in his rural county with a two-man police force. MARDAVICH said something could always happen at the annual Fourth...
Jul 10, 1975 BY PEKAY PETTUS ...Planning Commission and assistant to the Water and Sanitation Authority. The Supervisors directed Pete Luke to work out “an arrangement” that would make Baumgardner’s technical expertise available to the zoning administrator even though he has resigned as his assistant. Baumgardner’s...
Jul 10, 1975 wealth’s Attorney George Davis while Davis’s regular secretary is ...had to bear. “Well, what are they going to be doing?” he asked. Pete Luke defended Davis’s request. “They have a lot more to do than answer the phone,” he said. “I should have known, when George didn’t ask for...
Jul 24, 1975 if the permit weren’t granted. Walter Masterson asked “Why ...permit weren’t granted. Walter Masterson asked “Why didn’t you think about that before?” Pete Luke thought the planners and zoning appeals board members were justified in being so specific, “because of the contentious nature of campers and trailers.” The development...