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Interns shadow VDH shellfish safety personnel

From left are Logan Kellum, Nathan Meberg, Kaysean Davis, LCPS director of workforce readiness Mary Catherine Jones and VDH growing area manager for Kilmarnock field office Adam Wood. Photo by John Bateman

Lancaster County continued its summer internship program, a partnership with Lancaster County Public Schools. Earlier this month, interns Nathan Meberg and Kaysean Davis learned about the Virginia Department of Health’s (VDH) role ensuring the safe harvesting and handling of oysters.

According to assistant county administrator John Bateman the interns accompanied members of the VDH Division of Shellfish Safety to collect water quality samples on Hoskins Creek before traveling to W.E. Kellum Seafood in….

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