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Girl Scouting offers Rappahannock youngsters of all ages a wide range of activities and programs during the coming school year.
Two Brownie troops for grades first through third will
Bear
(Continued from Page 1) cause it was pretty easy picking.”
Bankston reported that numerous bear complaints have been lodged so far this summer in Warren and Rappahannock counties. Normal food for the animals—berries and wild cherries—is scarce because of the spring drought and so the bears are coming down from Shenandoah National Park to eat early apples and raid garbage cans.
On Friday, when state trapper Gerald Blank headed for Rappahannock to pick up Bankston's bear, he’d already released one trapped animal that morning, had two more waiting in his back yard and was going to leave Rappahannock for Warren to pick up a fifth.
"Be aware they’re scavengers,” Bankston warned. “Keep your garbage can inside and don’t leave dog food bags sitting out on the back porch.”
He advised folks to leave bears alone, if they’re spotted. "There’s no need to shoot. They won’t harm anyone unless they’re trapped or cornered. Anyone who has a problem with a wandering bear can call me,” Bankston concluded.
(Postscript: On Tuesday morning, Bankston dropped by the News office to report that he’d trapped a second bear, again in Buckner’s corn field with a Hudson ham. For Rappahannock at least, it’s not the dog days of August but the bear days.)
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