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Price, who works at F&M’s main office in Winchester, couldn’t give an estimation of how much money was spent addressing Y2K but doesn’t believe that the amount was very high.

Scott Nininger of Union Bankshares, which owns Rappahannock National Bank and a number of other community banks, commented that all critical systems are compliant. They expect the remaining systems to be complaint soon. Union Bankshares also has contingency plans developed, and will be testing them over the next four months.

Nininger said that Union Bankshares had budgeted $100,000 to address Y2K compliance in all of their banks. He added that they have stayed within that budget. Other local businesses

The Rappahannock News spoke with a number of small businesses in the county. Many don’t see Y2K as affecting them directly. However, they seem to agree that it could affect them indirectly.

Jim Gannon, who owns the Old Sperryville Bookshop, only has to worry about replacing his

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