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By Bruce Sloane Special to the Rappahannock News We were by a small cliff along a back road near the town of Washington. Dr. Richard Tollo put down a sledge hammer and wiped the sweat off his face. We picked up some fresh fragments he had chipped from the rock and carefully examined them through our hand lenses. Dr. Tollo is associate professor of earth sciences at George Washington University in Washington, D.C. Along with three geology students and me, we were helping him make a See GEOLOGISTS, Page AS Meetings • On Monday, July 26 the Town of Washington’s Planning commission will meet at 7:30 p.m. at the Town Hall on Gay Street. • The Washington Town Council will continue its meeting from July 14 to Aug. 3 at 7:30 p.m., in order to go into closed session to discuss the wastewater system and to consult with legal counsel regarding the Worley case. Council members will tour the Sperryville wastewater treatment plant at 6:30 p.m. and members of the public may attend.
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