Franklin County Board of Supervisors: Meetings are open to the public. Unless publicly announced otherwise, meeting are held third Tuesdays of the month at 1:30 p.m. in the Board of Supervisors room in the County Courthouse, Room 221, second floor, 275 South Main St., Rocky Mount. To speak at a meeting on a specific topic, contact the Clerk to the Board, 483-3030, at least seven days prior to the meeting. Public hearings are held third Thursdays at 6 p.m.

W. WAYNE ANGELL

District: Blackwater

Occupation: Auto Discount Center and Callaway Hardware

Family: Wife, Faye; daughter, Jennifer

Home: Callaway

Hobbies: Reading, fishing

Should there be more or less oversight to facilitate or control growth at the lake?: "It takes constant review and attention. There is no magic level. I think our residential growth around the lake and in the entire county has been good. As far as population, we're growing as fast as we need to."

Contact: (w) 483-4583; (h) 483-7441; 1346 Foothills Road, Callaway, VA 24067; wayneangell@franklincountyva.org

RUSSELL JOHNSON

District: Gills Creek

Occupation: Retired

Family: Wife, Judy; two children; six grandchildren

Pets: Lucy and Smelly, both rescue dogs; Trapper and Willie, both rescue cats; Moe and Jackson, both fostered rescue horses; Breeze and Ginger, both rescue horses

Home: Wirtz

Hobbies: Having a farm, fishing, stamp collecting

Should there be more or less oversight to facilitate or control growth at the lake?: "Given the choice, I'll take more in the terms of planned growth. I think that's been an issue of the last four years with me and it's an issue going into my second term -- considerably more planning and infrastructre, what I consider to be oversight needs to happen."

Contact: 537-6378; 10385 Booker T. Washington Highway, Wirtz, VA 24184; russjohnson @franklincountyva.org

BOBBY THOMPSON

District: Blue Ridge

Occupation: Senior Vice President of Business Affairs and Treasurer, Ferrum College

Family: Wife, Glenda; two daughters; one grandchild

Home: Ferrum

Hobbies: Working on his property, spending time with his family, participating in church and local community activities

Should there be more or less oversight to facilitate or control growth at the lake?: "I think oversight is good as the area develops. The development has impact on the other developments and residents that are there."

Contact: 365-2472; 364 Sawmill Road, Ferrum, VA 24088; bobbythompson@franklincountyva.org

CHARLES WAGNER

District: Rocky Mount

Occupation: Semi-retired

Family: Wife, Nancy; two sons; two grandchildren

Home: Rocky Mount

Hobbies: Construction work, volunteering with Habitat for Humanity

Should there be more or less oversight to facilitate or control growth at the lake?: "I think the controls we have in place now are adequate. I think we've got pretty good controls, checks and balances."

Contact: 483-9109; 330 Riverview St. E, Rocky Mount, VA 24151; charleswagner@franklincountyva.org

DAVID HURT

District: Boone

Occupation: Conservationist with Conservation Partners

Family: Wife, Katrina; three children, ages 10, 6 and 2

Pets: One dog, five cats and several farm animals

Home: Hardy

Hobbies: Playing guitar

Should there be more or less oversight to facilitate or control growth at the lake?: "More -- I think we need to do a much better job of protecting community character and open space throughout the county as well as around the lake. If current patterns of development continue, it won't be sustainable."

Contact: 721-7406; 814 Truman Hill Road, Hardy, VA 24101; davidhurt @franklincountyva.org

LELAND MITCHELL

District: Snow Creek

Occupation: Farmer

Family: Wife, Janet; three children; six grandchildren

Home: Sontag

Hobbies: Hunting

Should there be more or less oversight to facilitate or control growth at the lake?: "I don't know whether I can answer that or not because I'm not that familiar with the lake area. I'm not in favor of turning growth loose, but I realize we have to have some."

Contact: 483-4488; 4180 Sontag Road, Rocky Mount, VA 24151; lmitch@b2xonline.com

DAVID "BUDDY" CUNDIFF

District: Union Hall

Family: Wife, Tina; son, Ethan, 9

Home: Penhook

Hobbies: Farming, hunting, fishing, restoring vintage cars

Should there be more or less oversight to facilitate or control growth at the lake?: "I think it needs to be controlled anywhere in the county, not only at the lake, but anywhere in the county."

Contact: 576-3210; 1712 Novelty Road, Penhook, VA 24137; dcundiff @embarqmail.com

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