Roanoke Times
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DATE: THURSDAY, October 21, 1993                   TAG: 9310200433
SECTION: NEIGHBORS                    PAGE: W-8   EDITION: METRO 
SOURCE: CHARLES STEBBINS STAFF WRITER
DATELINE: NEW CASTLE                                LENGTH: Medium

CRAIG ASKS FOR GRANT FOR SCHOOL

The board of supervisors Tuesday approved a resolution asking for a one-time grant of $80,000.

County Administrator Richard Flora said the resolution was adopted after Del. Richard Cranwell said he would guide it through the General Assembly.

If the money granted, it will be used to make the building suitable for pre-and after-school and other educational programs. Flora said it would be a pilot or demonstration program, and operational costs would be covered by user fees.

On another matter, the board asked County Attorney James E. Cornwell Jr. to prepare ordinance that would require farmers to keep their livestock on their own property.

The board will consider the ordinance in November.

Although most farmers who raise livestock have fences and make effort to keep their animals restrained, there have been complaints about damage caused by animals that have escaped, Flora said.

The ordinance would make livestock owners liable for damage their escaped animals might cause, he said.

In other action:

The supervisors reappointed Glenn Linton to four-year term on the County Planning Commission.

The supervisors agreed to pay half of the cost for members of the aint Bank Fire and Rescue Department to getting required Hepatitis B shots.

The board agreed to advertise for bids for franchise to operate cable television in the southern end of the county. The Pembroke Telephone Cooperative, which provides telephone service in Giles County and a small portion of Craig County, is seeking to set up a cable TV system.