(Continued from Page 1) thinner,” Lee said. He said

(Continued from Page 1) thinner,” Lee said.

He said that the Yorks were hurt because they were in low land, and the Red Delicious had more blooms at the time of the freeze. “The early varieties ripened earlier, though, and the quality looks good," Lee said. “We should fall 20 to 25 percent short of a full crop, but you hardly ever have a full crop anyway."

Sam Snead's apple crop was not damaged badly during the freeze due to his orchard's higher location in Gid Brown Hollow. He has 120 acres of orchards, and he is pleased with the quality of the crop.

Snead said that the higher quality will help the grower since more apples will be going to the fresh market. “There will be fewer apples this year

Brinkley: My fantasy, which will not happen, is for the U.S. and the Soviet Union to say to the world that we are closing down all of our nuclear weapons, and everyone else is ordered to get rid of his and if he doesn't we will do it for you. That's what I'd love to see but won’t.

If Qadhafi had a nuclear weapon and made any sort of threat, I would be in favor of going into Libya and taking it away from him. It would be easy to do. Rappahannock News: Overall how do you rate Reagan’s presidency? Brinkley: I think he’s responded fairly well to our changing public attitude. He’s given it a more conservative tone; whether that’s good or bad is another question. It does seem to be the fact that he’s responded to it. He did carry 49 states.

I think that (conservatism) is increasingly what people want. I think they’re tired of the taxing and the spending and the waste, the huge government. I think they've been turning against it now for about 20 years, and they finally found a candidate who promised to do something about it.

He hasn't been able to do all that much because Congress has been an obstacle for him. He’s actually done much less than people think.