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s . ?Aa557 records to do the same themselves, as they had every other year. The Judge continued that at the time of preparation of the rough draft of the budget, Mr. Barton agreed they would have to have a new recorder at the beginning of the new fiscal year. Mr. Barton then took the rough draft of the budget, put the same in final form, and personally brought the same to the Judge for his signature, at which time he again assured them there was sufficient money to purchase a new recorder. If necessary, Mr. Barton would make the necessary accounting adjustments, as he had done in other matters of this kind in many years past, from one of the items which provided excess funds, and thus eliminate the necessity of bothering the County Commission. Judge Stikelether noted it was very interesting that any information that was ever given to the press by this Commission or its employees concerning his judicial assistant, Mrs. Georgene Edwards, or himself, there was always some dollar figure mentioned, totally unrelated to the subject matter at hand.. In an effort to set the record straight, the list of expenditures in the courthouse prepared by Lynn Williams and Dr. Hardin, as of February 25, 1982, amounted to approximately $36,000. After receiving those figures and going over them with Mr. Williams and Dr. Hardin, it had been determined that approximately $8,000 of the $36,000 was attributable to him; although two items appearing on the same day, in two newspapers, useda figure of $50,000 and $60,000, respectively. To point out just two examples on a two page list, one being a figure of approximately $4,000 included in the total, which were medical expenses for Ms. Laurie Kundrot. These were to be repaid by the Workmens Compensation Division when the case was finally settled - it was his understanding that it was finally settled and resolved. The other example: the Hepplewait test at no cost. The State Department of Health