Front Royal mulls hydroelectric dam to cover town power needs
Front Royal Town Council weighs an $80 million hydroelectric dam on the South Fork of the Shenandoah River to meet total electricity requirements by 1986. A separate $10,000 feasibility study for Riverton would create a 1000 acre lake and supply a third of peak demand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Susan Burke
Front Royal
Shenandoah River
R. W. Beck and
Beck
Richard H. McLemore
Robert G. Taylor
Panhandle
Limeton
Compton
Page County
Arthur Davison
McLemore
Camp Skymont
Bentonville
Rt. 613
Taylor
Rotary Club Speaker Criticizes Washington Leadership On Energy
State Corporation Commission Chairman Preston C. Shannon urged a balanced national energy policy at a Rotary Club talk. He backed nuclear power, critiqued DOE and FERC delays, warned of rising electric rates, and noted PE rates and a pending surcharge return in October.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sue Steward
State Corporation Commission
Preston C. Shannon
Washington, D.C
United Mine Workers
Shannon
Department of Energy
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
North Anna
Washington
Rotarians
Tn Richmond
Virginia
Potoame Edison
Pepco
Delmarva
Appalachain Power Company
Gospel Singers Persevere Through Rain at Watermelon Park
At Clarke's Watermelon Park Berryville the 6th annual Summer Gospel Sing unfolds with two extra days despite repeated soaking storms. Hosts Connie and the Hopper Brothers of North Carolina praise the crowd and forecast higher attendance than last year's 17,000 as families camp and enjoy gospel music amid rain and wind.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Star
Berryville
Watermelon Park
Gospel Sing
Hopper
Connie
North Carolina
Shenandoah River
Pennsylvania
Planners Review New Zoning Maps For County
Frederick County Planning Commission finished a first look at proposed county zoning maps during a third work session. They debated Shawnee Land Summit Mountain Falls Park areas and undeveloped plats near I 81, proposing to drop residential zoning and revert to agricultural on unplatted land.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Susan Hodges
Frederick County
Dorothea Stefen
Commission
Stefen
Ron Berg
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Federal Energy Regular Regulatory Commission
Robert Traister
Traister
Riverton
The
Brian Bailey
Harry Porffit
Victor Gomer
Charles Leake
Troy Deavers
Dale Lambert
Rotary Club
SCC
Potomac Edison Ratepayers Association
Board of Public Works
PE Ratepayers Association
J. Miles Cary
Preston Shannon
Clarke's
Connie Hopper
Hopper Brothers
Stine, Stephenson
Lenoir City
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