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On the debit side of the ledger, bills to be paid with approval of accounts at Monday’s board meeting amount to $220,000, and the school board will write an additional $75,193 worth of checks drawn on the general fund at its meeting on Tuesday night, she told the supervisors. That works out to a deficit of $127,189 on Wednesday.

“We need to borrow some money,” Mrs. Foster concluded.

“I think we should slow checks before we borrow money,” countered John McCarthy. The county administrator pointed out that the treasurer’s office has received $80,000 in the last seven days and should get in at least that much or more next week as the Dec. 10 deadline for paying local taxes draws nearer.

But there was no response to his suggestion from the four supervisors at the table. (Nelson Lane was absent from Monday’s meeting, the board’s regular monthly session for November.)

And Mrs. Foster noted that with offices closed Tuesday for Election Day and Friday for Veterans Day, the amount received and

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