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FREE THURSDAY, JUNE 18, 2020 CountyWWW.COUNTYTIMES.NET Times CCalvertalvert Education What A Year! 2 The Calvert County Times Thursday, June 18, 2020 CONTENTS ON THE COVER THE CLASS OF 2020 HAD QUITE A YEAR. LOCAL NEWS 3 GRADUATION SECTION 11 UNIQUE SHOPS 24 LOCAL 5 Day-cares cope with COVID COMMUNITY 25 OBITUARIES 30 BUSINESS DIRECTORY 31 LOCAL 8 EDUCATION 27 Turtles are on the move CSM holds Nursing graduation % “IT GIVES ME GOOSEBUMPS. WE CAN DO OUR PART.” LOCAL COMMUNITY NEWS NORTH BEACH MAYOR MIKE BENTON ON RESOLUTION ON RACISM. SERVING CALVERT COUNTY WEEKLY FORECAST ON NEWSSTANDS EVERY THURSDAY & ONLINE AT CountySt. Times Mary’s County ● Calvert County COUNTYTIMES.NET DO YOU FEEL CRABBY WHEN YOU GET YOUR P.O. Box 250 • Hollywood, Maryland 20636 301-373-4125 INSURANCE BILL www.countytimes.net CountySt. Times Mary’s County ● Calvert County For staff listing and emails, see page 23 IN THE MAIL? Can’t Find Us On The GIVE US A CALL.BRYANS ROAD YOU’LL BE GLAD YOU DID. News Stand? LEONARDTOWN Find Us Online @ Burris’ Olde Towne Insurance www.countytimes.net Auto • Home • Business • LIFE For Daily News Updates On LEONARDTOWN BRYANS ROAD 301-475-3151 301-743-9000 COVID-19 In St. Mary’s And Calvert Counties Go To: WWW.DANBURRIS.COM AN INDEPENDENT AGENT REPRESENTING facebook.com/CountyTimesCalvert ERIE INSURANCE GROUP facebook.com/CountyTimesStMarys Thursday, June 18, 2020 The Calvert County Times Local News 3 School Board Creates COVID Budget Cushion $4 Million Set Aside for Unpredictable Costs By Dick Myers those savings for future COVID-related ex- “will be more than sufficient to meet the oper- plan year,” Hutchins wrote. Fears of a sec- Editor penses. The board was told at the time that ational needs of the school system,” Hutchins ond pandemic wave are also implicit in those School districts all across Maryland, Calvert costs related to the pandemic could be covered wrote in a memo to the board. concerns. included, are holding their breaths about what from surplus funds. The additional $1.3 million savings from This time the board was unanimous in ap- the fall semester will look like. At this point The amount of those available monies was operations and Northern construction will be proving the plan for using the undesignated in time, with so many uncertainties, the school revealed at the June 11 meeting. Chief Finan- used “as committed fund balance for health in- fund balance. The board was told their deci- systems have no other choice but to plan for as cial Officer Edith Hutchins told the board that suranceInsurance to provide additional reserves is easy for the sion did not have to be approved by the county many eventualities as possible. That, however, figure is $10.5 million. That breaks down to prescription drug plan. The additional funds commissioners. 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