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his district to Flatwoods, and said [ that he will initiate meetings with district residents to find a better l solution.
Chairman Pete Estes said that "I understand the problem-I really dobut people in Slate Mills have been going through it for years, and still j do.
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Sperryville resident Joy Sloane revisited the bear problem that she [ brought up at last month’s Board of Supervisors meeting, but this time prefaced her remarks by noting that she was "not speaking for the library or the RLEP ... or other organizations." She said that the County's Comprehensive Plan calls for support of farming and tourism, and suggested that reported incidents of bear aggressiveness and damage to crops) and livestock threaten both.
She noted that there have been"losses of $600 to several thousand." Mrs. Sloane said that neither trapping nor rubber bullets are a viable solution, and wants to see "a rational discussion of the issue."
Stonewall-Hawthorne District Supervisor Bob Anderson said that there is sentiment to open the bear and deer hunting seasons at the same time but added that he doesn't "know how to balance a letter like that you got from Mr. Catron (that was in opposition to an extended I hunting season) and from the | orchard people." \ " The Board will attempt to have a \ representative from Virginia Fish and Wildlife speak at the next Board i of Supervisors meeting.
Schools report
Schools Superintendent Dr. David Gangel gave his monthly . update on school activities. He * reported that work on the high school
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