Archive for August, 2008
Mistakes hurt Rappahannock Panthers in 39-18 football loss to West Virginia high school team
By Amy Hitt
The Rappahannock County High School Panthers traveled to Baker WV to play the East Hardy High School Cougars Friday night. The game was marked by too many mistakes on the Panthers’ part and ended in a loss to the Cougars 39-18.
There were however, some bright spots for the Rappahannock team. Matt […]
Shenandoah National Park gets a new boss, Tennessee-born Martha Bogle
The National Park Service appointed a Tennessee-born woman, Martha Bogle, as the new superintendent of Shenandoah National Park in Virginia.
Bogle will oversee the operations at the almost 200,000 acre Virginia park that incorporates part of Rappahannock County. Bogle, who has served as Deputy Superintendent at the 470-mile Blue Ridge Parkway in Virginia and North Carolina […]
‘GospelFest’ to benefit African-American Heritage Center
[ September 20, 2008; 3:00 pm; ] The Scrabble School Foundation presents “GospelFest”, at the Rappahannock County High School Auditorium, a fund raiser to benefit the “African-American Heritage Center” planned for the Scrabble School site.
The program will feature Richard Brady, David Clanagan, Nanette Roberts, George Banks, Reverend Anna Allsberry, Promise Land Baptist Church Men’s Choir, Reynold’s Memorial Church […]
County schools tally 908 students on first day, just below similar total for a year earlier
When the new school year opened on Monday, first-day enrollment totaled 908 students in Rappahannock County Public Schools, Superintendent Robert Chappell reported Tuesday.
The combined enrollment of Rappahannock County High School and Rappahannock County Elementary School was just slightly below the 911 students tallied on the first day of school in 2007, he said.
It will take […]
First day enrollment at RCPS slightly lower than last year
From Robert Chappell, School Superintendent
RCPS First Day Enrollment = 908 students; Day One Last Year = 911 Students: The Superintendent will give the School Board a 10th Day Enrollment Report on Sept. 9. The first official State report on enrollment will be filed in October for the Sept. 30 Membership. The Sept. 30, 2007 Membership […]
Scrabble School restoration project attracts six bidders; low bid puts costs at about $550,000
By James P. Gannon
Rappahannock County received six bids from interested contractors ranging from about $550,000 to nearly $1.1 million on the proposed project to restore and renovate the old Scrabble School to serve as the county’s Senior Center and African-American heritage site.
County administrator John McCarthy disclosed the bids, which were opened Monday following a second […]