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Sallie Morgan has touched thousands of Rappahannock lives, whether as executive director of the Mental Health Association, injecting vital prevention programs and behavioral interventionists into the county s schools, taking the lead on area aging issues, or helping to create RAAC s No Ordinary Person â as former county administrator John W. McCarthy says lifting up all of those who have had the extraordinarily good fortune to come into her orbit.
By Luke Christopher
Photographer: Luke Christopher
Theresa Wood
Itâs beginning to look a lot like Christmas everywhere you go â and Rappahannock County Public Schools are pairing up with Businesses of Rappahannock to help teachers and staff check holiday shopping off their to-do lists.
Last week RCPS Superintendent Shannon Grimsley unveiled Operation: Gift Rapped, an appreciation program that will furnish every participant with a âpassportâ and $40 in Gift Rapped Bucks to be spent at participating retailers throughout the county, and ten merchants will be giving away free gifts for teachers. Virtual and online shopping will be offered through the program as well to accommodate those with concerns about COVID-19.
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Itâs been an unsettling week in Rappahannock County as COVID-19 continues its tight grip on a rural community that for months enjoyed relatively few cases of coronavirus in comparison to surrounding counties and other regions of the commonwealth.
Now, per capita, tiny Rappahannock County suddenly has more new daily cases on average than heavily populated Fairfax County. Nearby Falls Church, which has double the population (14,772) of Rappahannock County, has had only 11 more residents (123) test positive for COVID-19 than weâve experienced here.
Seemingly overnight â as in the three weeks since mid-November â an additional three dozen Rappahannock residents have tested positive for the virus. At press time Wednesday, the countyâs overall COVID-19 count stood at 112, with seven hospitalizations and two deaths.