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The committee hearing both sides of the deeroverpopulation dilemma failed to appropriate the funds necessary for removing the excess deer from the Front Royal Conservation and Research Center. Smithsonian officials had canceled the hunt in the face of committee pressure and the agreement to add $650,000 to the budget.

December

A chimney fire completely gutted a home shared by the families of Michael and Larry Wharton.

Rappahannock’s third reported case of rabies - a rabid raccoon on Jenkins mountain - was confirmed by the health department in Fauquier County.

The Department of Social Services abruptly ended Virginia’s fuel assistance program when funds were, cut off at welfare offices across the state on December 10. Meanwhile, , unemployment dropped to 8.2 percent.

The Catholic Retreat Center won zoning apprdval to operate its facility on the Dawson Farm near Huntly, with some stipulations.

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