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when the weather is questionable. He walks 200 yards down his driveway .in Gid Brown Hollow to the spot .where he’s been forced to leave his ; county-owned car since his driveway was washed out last month. The car is a 1988 Ford cruiser, with rear-wheel drive and 160,000 miles on it, passed down from the Sheriff’s Office.
Meanwhile, in Front Royal, Mrs. Biggs is heading out the door to check . The bus route at Chester Gap. Her husband, who is retired, goes with her — jle doesn’t like to let his wife travel \>n icy or snowy roads alone in the . dark.
Back in Rappahannock, Mr. Smith has cranked up another old sheriffs car to drive from his home near Route 211 between Ben Venue #nd Amissville. He will take school .bus routes through Castleton and toward Slate Mills.
Race to Decision Time
By 5:30 a.m., Dr. Gangel is at the school board office. He and Mr. Smith have spoken to each other on their car radios. Dr. Gangel checks the Sheriffs Office for reports of accidents while waiting for Mrs. Brggs to report from Chester Gap, using her car phone.
Last Thursday, the news was bad. There was ice everywhere — on the mountain, in the hollows, in dips on thC low-lying roads.
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