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WILLIAMSBURG - W. Clifford Latham of Amissville and James F. Massie of Flint Hill were among the more than 400 people attending the 52nd Annual Meeting of the Virginia Association of Soil and Water Conservation Districts at the Williamsburg Hilton & National Conference Center, Dec. 2-4.
The theme of the meeting was “Looking Toward 2000: District Responsibilities.”
Robert Wetherbee, President of the National Association of Conservation Districts, presented the keyr
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