Phil Irwin

Named 537 times. These are the 400 blocks the name was read from (the first 400 kept), in the order the paper printed them.

Apr 1, 1976 Editor: In last week’s News was a letter from Editor: In last week’s News was a letter from Phil Irwin making the valuable point that RLEP was neither defunct nor beaten. And it mentions the devotion of Ed Harris to his work and the weal of the county. To...
Jun 24, 1976 Rappahannock County, yet. “We don’t have a problem like ...Warren. “We hope the thistle weevil migrates down this way too,” he added. Phil Irwin released about 100 weevils in May to control musk thistle activity on his farm outside Flint Hill. Phyllis Irwin said her husband brought the weevils...
Jul 29, 1976 and even though he hadn’t been invited, he attended ...plenty of business. “If you can serve good food, you can draw people.” Phil Irwin from the Rappahannock League for Environmental Protection said he expected that all “common sense things” would be taken care of in any future plans or...
Jul 29, 1976 15 per cent, historic sites and soil standards—described by ...national standard. The Planning Commissioners voted unanimously to approve the maps as presented. Phil Irwin, speaking for the Rappahannock League for Environmental Protection, said he was also ready to accept the project that had been contracted for jointly. Marshall said...
Sep 23, 1976 Mrs. Gladys Collins of Independence is spending some time ...Independence is spending some time with her son-in-law and daughter Mr. and Mrs. Phil Irwin. Mr. and Mrs. J.S. Browning returned home last Wednesday after spending several days in Capon Springs, West Va. Asa Snyder of Arlington and Mr. and...
Sep 30, 1976 Mr. and Mrs. R.H. Eastham of Hyattesville, Md. were ...and visiting the Rev. and Mrs. Claude Cook in Farmville. Mr. and Mrs. Phil Irwin and houseguest, Mrs. Gladys Collins, attended Virginia Press Day Satuday at the State Fair in Richmond. Mr. and Mrs. B.J. Wood were Saturday visitors of...
Feb 24, 1977 Prom Pace 1 as to exactly what other requirements ...on. “We’re worried about 15 lots. Some of them have 40.” Barksdale asked Phil Irwin, president of the Rappahannock League for Environmental Protection, what his group thought about the subdivision application. “RLEP finds this 15 parcels created by an outsider...
Mar 3, 1977 A PROGRAM co-produced by A PROGRAM co-produced by Phil Irwin of Flint Hill, Rappahannock County, has won the 1976 “Billboard” award for broadcast excellence. The “Breakfast Show,” on which Irwin acts as co-host, is a Voice of America English language show beamed worldwide. Both...
Mar 3, 1977 yond the borders of the United ...to the co-producers for the “Breakfast Show” aired on July 4, 1976 from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Pat Gates and Phil Irwin started the VOA day of special Bicentennial coverage with special interviews, music and on the scene descriptions of holiday activity...
Mar 10, 1977 AT the quarterly meeting of ...of its natural beauty—was shown. Accompanying the slides was a tape narrated by Phil Irwin of the RLEP. This presentation is being made available to any citizens group, organization or church whose members may be interested in the preservation of...
Mar 24, 1977 state the obvious, ask all the ...tradition plus clear demands for the future deserve far greater reverence and understanding. Phil Irwin Pres., RLEP
Apr 28, 1977 SEVERAL county citizens appeared at Wednesday’s meeting, adamantly opposed ...unnecessary at this point in consideration of the plat application. Baumgardner reported that Phil Irwin, president of the Rappahan
Apr 28, 1977 iea tnat Planner Newbill Miller maintained county citizens should ...the demand for services created by new subdivisions. According to Baumgardner, RLEP president Phil Irwin contended that county citizens are not ready for small lot subdivisions and that approval of such subdivisions would violate provisions included in the Rappahannock Subdivision...
May 12, 1977 BY ...Bob Dennis advised the Rappahannock Supervisors at last Thursday’s Board meeting. Dennis and Phil Irwin, president of the Rappahannock League for Environmental Protection, appeared before the Board to request enactment of RLEP’s proposed subdivision
May 12, 1977 project could proceed. Vepco lobbyists were able to get ...on passage of the law nor had the clerk been sent any forms. Phil Irwin, president of the Rappahannock League for Environmental Protection, said RLEP was very interested in establishing agricultural districts in the county as a means to help...
May 12, 1977 opportunity to speak in favor of a moratorium. “I ...additional services was found. “I’d like to leave you with one thought,” said Phil Irwin. “The next subdivision can be upon us at any time.”
May 26, 1977 troduced in * previous ...but they are state regulated and maintained, said Murphy. SCC Reorganisation RLEP president Phil Irwin asked the delegate candidates for their opinions on the State Corporation Commission. He described Vepco as a mismanaged and “very, very arrogant public utility” that...
Jun 2, 1977 the past, the Planning Commission'had tried to go easy ...to have the ordinances changed if she was disatisfied with regulations. Agricultural Character Phil Irwin, president of The Rappahannock League for Environmental Protection, asked Davis what the Planners were required to take into consideration in action on the rezoning application....
Jun 16, 1977 who maintained that a demand existed for the type ...on land with less than 14 per cent slopes,” he said. Premature Development Phil Irwin, representing 500 member families of the Rappahannock League for Environmental Protection, stated that organization’s opposition to the rezoning. Granting the application would be a “premature...
Jun 16, 1977 Moderate Growth Plan Speaking in favor of the rezoning, ...E. J. Welch wanted to know where RLEP took the survey mentioned by Phil Irwin that indicated the majority of Rappahannock residents wanted the county to stay the way it is. “They didn’t come around to our neck of the...
Jun 16, 1977 The true tax rate in Prince William is $1.03 ...packs a potential demand for services in excess of $30,000 a year,” said Phil Irwin. Ramona Neal told the Planners that they had been given a “sacred trust” in their reponsibility to guide county growth. She noted that the Rappahannock’s...
Aug 11, 1977 “No Growth” “You’re going to hear a lot of ...highest and best use of the land.” Rappahannock League for Environmental Protection president Phil Irwin was the first of a long list of speakers opposed to the rezoning. “I
Nov 17, 1977 By DAPHNE McCULLOUGH ...same landscape features their very existence endangers. Instead, property belonging to Bob Dennis, Phil Irwin, Lt. General Sidney Berry and Hope D. Anderson will be preserved as it is now unspoiled, demanding no county services, protected by an open space...
Dec 29, 1977 Ordinance ...going to do all that?” he asked. ‘‘That’s a technical problem,” Davis responded. Phil Irwin, president of the Rappahannock League for Environmental Protection, spoke up from the audience. (Irwin was the only person in the audience besides the press.) Speaking...
Mar 9, 1978 and surrounding counties are ...as patrons and by donating door prizes. The models are all local residents. Phil Irwin, noted commentator with the Voice of America, will serve as Master of Ceremonies. He will be assisted by Karen Bear, club president. Admission is $2.50...
Jun 8, 1978 till September 23 of the time ...as to whether RLEP would take a stand on the land exchange, president Phil Irwin said the directors had not met to consider the issue at all. “What we would find rather helpful,” he added, “would be a show of...
Jun 15, 1978 that assessment under land ...plugged, particularly after the state goes to 100 per cent assessment." RLEP president Phil Irwin asked if the General Assembly was going to address problems and loopholes in the recently adopted Agriculture and Forestal Districts Act. New York state’s agricultural...
Jun 22, 1978 But the quest fur local ...The SCS representatives found only Newbill Miller, farmer and real estate broker, and Phil Irwin, broadcasting executive and environmentalist, at the courthouse for the county’s local meeting. After explaining the 1977 Conservation Act and the mechanism involved in adopting the...
Jul 27, 1978 upon, thus linking the ordinance ...court case that might be settled on the basis of the Petaluma precedent,” Phil Irwin remarked. Agreeing with Capelle, Irwin described a comprehensive plan as a “visualization of what you want to happen to the county in the future.” Zoning...
Sep 7, 1978 Mount Salem Church Restoration Association is the recipient of ...and restoring the oldest church building in Rappahannock County, according to RLFP president Phil Irwin. Built in the first quarter of the last century. Mt. Salem Baptist Church served as a house of worship and community meeting hall lor 125...
Sep 7, 1978 Mr. and Mrs. John ...the guest for two weeks of her son-in-law and daughter. Mr. and Mrs. Phil Irwin and was joined for the weekend by Mr. Collins.
Sep 14, 1978 Mrs. Thelma Russell of ...during the weekend to visit Mr. and Mrs. Lynn Lillard and Dana. Mrs. Phil Irwin and son were in Alexandria last Wednesday to visit Mr. and Mrs. Kemper Collins and infant son. Justin. Mr. and Mrs. Irwin spent Tuesday and...
Sep 28, 1978 kid,” said Payne. Local ...he concluded. Beginning the question and answer period following Payne’s remarks, RLEP president Phil Irwin noted that RLEP had supported the concept -of a comprehensive plan since 1972. He added that he'd been dismayed by the lack of interest shown...
Sep 28, 1978 economist’s projections were ...John Capelle—as far as he went (in detailing ideas on comprehensive planning),” commented Phil Irwin, president of the Rappahannock League for Environmental Protection. “But I want to know, where is the opportunity for citizens input along the way?” Capelle replied...
Nov 16, 1978 articles which will be auctioned ...Mrs. Robert Moorefield, refreshments; Mrs. Nels Parson, decorations; Mrs. Howard Holschuh, publicity; Mrs. Phil Irwin, properties and Mrs. Sidney Mank, tickets.
Dec 7, 1978 (Continued from Page 1)| portion of a tract while ...is constitutional if localities have not adopted a county-wide land use tax ordinance. Phil Irwin, president of RLEP, interjected that there would be an attempt made in the General Assembly during the upcoming session to amend and clarify the Agricultural...
Dec 7, 1978 in California, why can’t we do it here?” asked ...George Beard and Nathan Miller in working towards repeal of the Dillon Rule, Phil Irwin suggested that the Rappahannock Supervisors pass a resolution, protesting the Dillon Rule’s “usurpation of power.”
Dec 7, 1978 “No one’s opposed to more power,” commented Supervisor H. ...Legal Enabling legislation doesn't specify what a comprehensive plan must say, according to Phil Irwin. “It can be what the majority of the people of Rappahannock County want it to be,’’ he said. If majority opinion holds that the county...
Mar 29, 1979 per cent in 1%0 and 20 per ...who work at Aileen live in Rappahannock County and how many commute?” asked Phil Irwin, adding he’d heard that 80 per cent of those employed were commuters. Capelle replied that it would be impossible to gather that type of data...
Sep 13, 1979 RLEP president Phil Irwin answered that assistance would probably RLEP president Phil Irwin answered that assistance would probably be forthcoming from his organization as well as the VPI Extension Office, the local farm bureau and other groups committed to farm land preservation. Chap Barnes, president of the Piedmont Environmental...