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By SARAH LATHAM
as the Old Man with the scythe is replaced by the lad in diapers, we tend to allow our thoughts to trickle backwards over the preceding twelve months and sift the events which comprised the news.
Government becomes more predominent in our lives almost daily and this constitutes a gjpat portion of the year’s events, beginning with and ending with the controversial “to ski or not to ski” area.
In January of 77 a report of the Game Warden showed the deer kill in the county was somewhat less than the previous hunting season; farmers were advised during a cattle school that good management saves dollars and the question of workman’s compensation vs. Blue Cross had arisen concerning county employees.
Agricultural districts were being investigated for use value taxation by counties in this area and Cheryl Neel had become an employee of the school system as assistant principal of the local elementary school after it opened following the Christmas holidays.
Delegate George Beard made his first report from Richmond after assuming his duties there as the representative from our Legislative District and local teachers were making salary requests for the next budget. An overflow crowd attended a BZA hearing on the ski area.
In the final week of January, the electric utility company was crying dwindling fuel supplies and the conservation of electrical energy and flu was prevalent in the schools. Amissville Ruritan Club was celebrating its 17th anniversary and
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