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careful as choosing a wife,” said Latham, adding that “once you get them, you keep them for a while.”
“We want to get someone you people want,” Huddleston assured the supervisors, asking that a board member and a local farmer be named to the screening committee that will interview candidates for the job. All of the prospective agents seen by the committee will have already been screened for qualifications by VPI personnel. “We make a recommendation but you all do have the final say...We want to work with the people and get the person you want."
While plans call for the Rappahannock extension office to remain open, Huddleston explained that the board must approve a memorandum “to keep VPI’s service here.” He explained that an audit of extension programs by a joint legislative committee of the General Assembly had recommended an increase in county financial support of local offices. The Virginia Association of Counties lobbied successfully to defeat the proposal he said, but at the same time, suggested that the “working relationship” between counties and extension offices be put in writing.
In essence, the board is being asked to give written
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