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ably the number one and nura-i ber two best fields in the district,” and he noted that the project represented a savings of $230,000 [over the quote received by the School Board],
Athletic Director Jon Smythe, “representing a whole group of young people,” provided effusive thanks to the Board for their efforts, and student-athletes Kirk Davis, Rachel Sharp, Gwen Johnson and John Sheffield joined him both in offering thanks and invitations to the first event on the new fields that will feature games with both the boys varsity baseball and the girls varsity softball teams.
State budget may cause County woes
In advance of the scheduled publication of the draft of the County budget next week, Mr. McCarthy advised the Board that State budgeting instabilities may cost the County up to $120,000 in revenue next fiscal year. He said that the lack of agreement between the Governor, the House of Delegates and the State Senate will likely force the use of the biennial budget developed last year which will, among other issues, force the County to fund both the State and local portions of mandated increases in salaries, and which will make impossible any supplemental funding for comprehensive services that, in the last few years, has amounted to $50,000 per year.
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