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FPP&P Editor

Linda VanLuik

2771 Summit Ridge Road
Roanoke, VA 24012
E-Mail:  lvl@gateway.net

Under clearing skies. President ROC called the meeting to order and the minutes of the Memorial Day meeting were approved as published. Bob Leonard reported that we have $5468.29 in the bank and $6280.42 in our CD. Bob added that thanks to donations, the VIP Float did not cost the club any money.

Don Leeger reported the membership as stable although an exact figure is an ephemeral concept.

Bill Tanger followed with the conservation an river issues report.

• The State of Virginia's rivers report is nearing completion with a target publishing date of the end of September.

• The Whitt River Bend Park is still in need of funds. A $10 thousand option will hold the property until next July but an additional $115 thousand is needed. Tanger is working with Randy Lemmon of Pearisburg to write and apply for grants from the Virginia Land Conservation Fund and other private sources. In addition, grants are being sought from the Commonwealth of Virginia. The Town of Pearisburg is shouldering the legal fees. Tanger said the project has 15 letters of support but more are welcome. He asked the membership to find other conservation groups or political entities to write in support of the project. Letters and donation may be sent to the FFV president, Tanger or the Town of Pearisburg.

• On a note of interest, Lemmon said that a pre-colonial fish trap has been discovered at the mouth of Walker's Creek, beside the proposed park. He said this discovery, along with records linking the property's ownership to a Revolutionary War veteran, will certainly aid in fund-raising and garnering letters of support for the park.

• Tanger said the Friends of the Rappahannock told him that breaching of Embrey Dam in Fredericksburg has the support of Virginia's