Lines of people stretched into the hallway and their voices were heard. The Campbell County Planning Commission voted 4 to 2 to recommend a denial of Boxley Materials' rock quarry proposal to the Board of Supervisors.

It was a packed house for the Planning Commission's public hearing on a proposed rock quarry in Evington. Most of them say they are dead set against the quarry. Meaning company officials have a big task ahead of them, as they try to assure residents the quarry would be a good neighbor.

Gail Riley, Fieldale - “My home shakes. I can smell it. I can feel it, and I'm sick of it."

Gail Riley came up from Henry County to let Campbell County citizens know living next to a quarry is no fun. And plenty of people were on hand to hear her. One official says it's more than he's seen at a public hearing in years... most of them against the Boxley Materials' proposal.

C.R. Hiner, Evington - "Most of its going to be on those big dump trucks coming out of Route 24. And their not going to spend their money there. They're just going to tear up the roads."

Some can't stand to see their memories blasted away.

Tarry Pribble, Owns Property Near Proposed Quarry   "I think it's because that's where I grew up at. It's a beautiful part of the country, beautiful part of the county. And I just think it'll destroy it."

Many worry their foundations will crack from the blasting. Boxley tried to ease those worries.

Jack McCarthy, Boxley Materials Co. - "The vibrations levels from our blasts are 70 to 80-percent below state allowable levels."

And Boxley wants to add extra trees to the area as a noise buffer. But there are also water issues.

Tom Roller, Boxley Materials Co. - "Well if the ground water table were to recede low enough to where it affected the neighbor's well, the neighbor would know it."

And the crowd was riding Boxley's officials with every slip-up. So you can see it's not going to be easy for them to change people's attitudes toward the quarry. Boxley says it'll set aside money to repair any well within a half-mile radius of the quarry. Some members of the county Planning Commission want to make that a requirement.

Even though the commission voted no, the board could still vote yes. No public hearing has been scheduled for the board's vote.