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DATE: TUESDAY, May 25, 1993                   TAG: 9305250423
SECTION: VIRGINIA                    PAGE: C-2   EDITION: NEW RIVER VALLEY 
SOURCE: GREG EDWARDS STAFF WRITER
DATELINE: CHRISTIANSBURG                                LENGTH: Medium


MONTGOMERY INCUMBENTS REAPPOINTED

Incumbents David Moore of Christiansburg and Lou Herrmann of District E were given full four-year terms on the School Board on Monday night by a 5-2 vote.

Herrmann, a retired teacher, was chosen over two other candidates: Harold Dudley, a machine-technology instructor, and Claire McMillan, a computer specialist.

Moore and Herrmann were re-nominated in the same motion by Supervisor Henry Jablonski, but the two votes in opposition were both directed at Herrmann.

Herrmann, a retired teacher, was named to the board in December 1989 to fill the unexpired term of Karen Trear. Herrmann has been member of the board during a time when its relationship with the supervisors has been strained.

Supervisor Joe Stewart said he voted against Herrmann because he didn't like the way she answered questions during interviews earlier this month. Supervisor Nick Rush, who also voted against Herrmann, said he had preferred Dudley, and Herrmann was his second choice.

Moore, who works at Corning Inc., was named to the board this year to replace former Board Chairman Daniel Schneck, who resigned during the controversy over school holiday names.

In other business, the supervisors dealt with an issue they may wish they had left alone in the weeks ahead:

The county's animal-control ordinance requires dogs to be on a leash or under the control of their owners. They are forbidden to run free under any circumstances.

But the supervisors, at the urging of Chief Animal Control Officer Kelly Walters, told County Attorney Roy Thorpe to draw up alternative dog laws for their later consideration that could give free run to certain hunting dogs.

Walters said he gets complaints from hunters every day or two for not being allowed to freely exercise or hunt their animals. He said he hasn't been able to let his own hunting dogs out because of the law and his position with the county.

"To my way of thinking," Walters said, "a coon dog, a rabbit dog, a fox dog, when it's engaged in a chase, it's not under your control. A person could be charged."

Most of the complaints he gets about dogs running free involve pets, not hunting dogs, Walters said. And hunters buy an "awful lot" of dog tags, he said.

Walters suggested the supervisors adopt an ordinance like the one in Prince William County - in Northern Virginia - which doesn't apply to dogs when they're involved in lawful hunts, training or exercise.

Supervisor Joe Gorman pointed out that a person has to have permission to legally hunt on another's property in Virginia. Thorpe said other questions to be answered if the law is changed are whether the hunting dogs would be allowed to run loose only in certain areas and at certain times of the year.

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