Remedy Sought to Bird Problem Near Berryville
A Berryville citizen meeting plans a Battletown Townhouse Association volunteer cleanup to curb a large roosting bird flock feared to number over 500 000. County officials and landowner representatives discuss habitat alteration and potential litigation if cleanup efforts fail. A snow band and high winds expected to impact travel with possible school-related changes.
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Star
Berryville
Battletown Townhouse Association
Bank of
Clarke County
Randy Hamilton
Hamilton
Bob Lee
Gilbert McKown
Robert Ewing
Chevy Chase
Geoffrey Cole
Ewing
Lee
Battletown
Ewing Pool
McKown
Frederick, Clarke
Warren
Winchester
National Weather Service
Man charged with breaking and entering and grand larceny
Kilroy Geisler was ordered held for grand jury in Frederick County General District Court over a Dec 30 break in at James E. Wildman Jr.’s Mountain Falls Park trailer. Deputies recovered most items. walkie-talkies, whiskey and canned goods remained missing.
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Frederick County General District
Kilroy Geisler
James E. Wildman Jr
Mountain Falls Park
Wildman
Doug Loy
Geisler
Jim Holliday
David Simpson
Simpson
Virginia annexation task force proposes voluntary immunity plan
The task force formed by the Virginia Municipal League and the Virginia Association of Counties met last week and Tuesday released recommendations to ease annexation tensions across Virginia proposing a voluntary immunity procedure.
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Star
Richmond
Virginia Municipal League
Virginia Association of Counties
Virginia
Annexation Immunity Proposals Move Through Virginia Panel
A state task force urges Senate passage of the aid to localities bill and the Michie major annexation bill to create a Commission on Local Government. The plan grants immunity from annexation to urban style counties and may extend it to others willing to relinquish increased state funds. Frederick County could gain immunity by such offer.
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Senate
House of Delegates
del. Thomas Michie Jr
Dcharlottesville
Michie
Frederick County
James Wood Athletic Association Meeting Postponed
The James Wood Athletic Association meeting is postponed to 7:30 p.m. next Thursday due to a conflict with James Wood High School's makeup game with Martinsburg at Frederick County Junior High. The session, led by Retha Crosen, aims to discuss state aid implications for Winchester and potential annexation restrictions.
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James Wood Athletic Association
JWAA
Retha Crosen
James Wood High School
Martinsburg
Frederick County Junior High
Aid bill advances with local allocations tied to state support
The proposal would boost local aid with most funds linked to higher state backing for commonwealth’s attorneys circuit court judges and sheriff departments. Cities gain more money to balance city county support. The annexation task force says counties only could gain voluntary immunity if agreed before July 1 1980 when the aid bill takes effect. The current annexation ban would end once the package starts.
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Commonwealth
State Funds Set for Design Phase of Regional Sewage Plant
Thomas Flynn of Alexander Potter Associates says the 1980 state budget will fund the design phase for a regional sewage treatment plant serving Winchester and Frederick County. Givens notes Phase II funding relies on completing plans by October 1979 and Water Control Board approval, with about $200,000 already received for Phase I and revisions.
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Star
Thomas Flynn
Alexander Potter Associates
Winchester
Frederick County
Givens
Control Board
Service Authority
Water Control Board
Weather update for Northern Valley and Virginia mountains
Cloudy with light snow possible in the Northern Valley and Virginia mountains. Highs reach mid 30s to low 40s, with lows in the teens to 20s. Windy, colder tonight and Thursday, with accumulating snow in higher elevations and flurries elsewhere. Extended forecast shows fair skies Friday and Saturday, then clouds. National data include rainfall totals and moon phases.
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Virginia
National Weather Service
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