
                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: WEDNESDAY, July 11, 1990                   TAG: 9007110469
SECTION: VIRGINIA                    PAGE: B4   EDITION: EVENING 
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DATELINE: WYTHEVILLE                                LENGTH: Short

LAKE AUTHORITY QUITS WHEN REQUEST DENIED

The Rural Retreat Lake was able to keep its head above water Tuesday, but just barely.

The Wythe County Board of Supervisors, on a vote of 3-2, turned down a request from the Lake Authority for $38,000 in operating funds.

Following the vote, members of the lake authority, who had issued an ultimatum threatening to quit, did so, turning in their resignations to the Board of Supervisors.

A substitute motion recommending $19,000 in funding for the lake passed on a vote of 3-2, with two abstentions.

Wanting to keep the lake open, the board hurriedly appointed five new members to the authority. - Staff

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