Clarke County Board settles Central Alarm plan with added dispatcher
Clarke County Supervisors end marathon session with no change to Central Alarm basics but agree to hire a fourth dispatcher on Sheriff Nicodemus payroll. A two-system plan was explored but not adopted, avoiding a 911-level rollout and keeping emergency dispatching under county control.
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Bill Bygrave
Berryville
Clarke County Board of Supervisors
Jack Hardesty Shorty
Jackson
Civil Defense
Nicodemus
Hardesty
Eustace Jackson
Robert Hummer
Hummer
Jack Hardesty
Fire Company
Butch McKay
Jim Gay
Shenandoah Farms Fire Company
Sheriff's Department of Central Alarm
Nan O'Brien
Hugh Everett
Central Alarm
Sheriff's Department
McKay
Board of Supervisors
Kenneth Gilpin
Albert Nicodemus
Miller Announces Candidacy for Warren County Treasurer
Doris D. Miller, acting treasurer of Warren County, announces her bid for treasurer as a Democrat. The nominating convention is set for Aug. 9 at the Front Royal Fire Hall. Miller, 32, became acting treasurer on July 1 after Turner Slaughter retired. She previously served as deputy treasurer since March 1, 1966.
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Front Royal
Doris D. Miller
Warren County
Mrs. Miller
Turner Slaughter
Rs. Miller
John S. Mosby Academy
Roller Business College
Commonwealth
John F. Ewell
Explorer Program Expands Boy Scout Reach in Winchester
A Winchester luncheon aims to recruit sponsors for the Explorer post as Jim Slapinski explains the program helps youths explore interests and plan futures. The article also reports Eddie R. Crites facing mail theft charges in Frederick County and outlines upcoming court dates and investigations.
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Crites
Frederick County General District Court
Boy Scouts
Jim Slapinski
Exploring
Slapinski
Scott Heckman
Hockman
James Wood
Handley
Council
Richard Necholes
Severe storm damages Strasburg area with lightning strikes
A violent storm swept east over the Massanutten causing extensive wind damage in Strasburg including the Moose Lodge roof and a Granville Bly Feed Store section. Lightning struck a Warren County house and Millsap's Rivermont Drive home, with fire in the attic controlled before responders arrived.
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Star Staff
Massanutten
Strasburg
Front Royal
Moose Lodge
Warren County
Winchester
Granville
Bly
Fire and Rescue Squad
Shenandoah County
James B. Millsap
Rivermont Drive
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Clarke County
Miller
Roy Locke
Winchester Evening Star
Percea
Explorer
Teresa Thomson
Star
Boy Scouts of America
Frederick County
Eddie R. Crites
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Box
Rts
Stanley Seabright
Scott Hockman
Greenwood Volunteer Fire Company
J Miles Cory
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