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RURAL fire departments may once again benefit from the Federal Rural Development Act of 1972.
State Forester W.F. Custard, stated that the $53,000 grant made available last year permitted the purchase of necessary equipment for 139 rural fire departments. Since the Act went into effect in 1972, a total of $123,677 in grant money has assisted 253 fire departments.
This year the same amount of grant money ($53,000) is available for allocation to qualifying rural departments. The Virginia Division of Forestry is charged with the administration of the Virginia grant and will absorb the administrative costs to allow the full $53,000 to be available to the rural fire departments.
The grant money is to be used to assist rural fire departments which service communities having populations of less than 10,000. Emphasis is to be placed on assistance with training and the purBloodmobile
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A Red Cross Bloodmobile will be at the National Guard Armory, Warrenton on Thursday, February 24, from noon to 5:45 p.m. The quota is 125 pints.
The need for blood is great. All healthy persons between the ages of 17 and 66 whose last donation was 56 days ago are eligible to donate. A permission form signed by parent or guardian is required for 17-year-old donors.
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