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non-committal board of supervisors at Thursday’s meeting.
Budget questions focused on services to the handicapped, underground gasoline storage tanks and fuel costs for the coming year. At Bloomer’s request, the board unanimously approved the teacher salary scale with a seven per cent group increase over last year’s schedule and addition of a 15th step at the top of .the scale. The supervisors, however, gave no indication that they would approve the
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