Taft plumbing bids push project past available funds
The Taft Plumbing Company won contracts for two parts of the aquatic center project totaling 45,960, including a filtration plant and piping. A third bid for a boiler raised the overall cost to 56,300, exceeding a 50,000 bond. The board authorized up to 25,927.07 to LeCon construction and 5,535 to Taft Plumbing for initial aquatics work while exploring boiler repairs to extend use.
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Taft Company
Supt. Cooke
Maini Oy Popu
David M. le
Arthur Penner
Richland
Penner
Richlan School
Cooke
Richland School
Evron Barber
Sloppy Joe Sandwiches On High School Lunch Menu
Week of January 12 16 menu notes sloppy Joe sandwiches on la carte at Kern High School District cafeterias Friday January 16 Foothill West High School also limited a la carte items at Arvin Bakersfield East Bakersfield North South and Shafter High Schools. Menu includes entrees burritos tamales chili beans and more.
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Foothill
West High School
Arvin
Bakersfield
East Bakersfield
North
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Shafter
Valentina Valena
Food Services
Maria Isabel Alvear 62 of Shafter dies in Bakersfield
Isabel Alvear died after a Bakersfield hospital stay. A Requiem Mass was held at St. Shane’s Catholic Church Shafter with burial at Shafter Memorial Park. She was born in Coleman Texas on April 23 1907 and moved to California 22 years ago. Survivors include four sons two daughters and a grandson. Her husband died in 1956. Jury deposits and city fine reimbursements are noted in local court reports.
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Shafter
St 7
Se's Catholic Church
Maria Isabel ‘Alvear
Vane
Bakersfield
Patrick
Breslin
St. Shane ” Church
Shafter Memorial Park
Alvear
Coleman
Texas
California
St. Therese’s Church
Liburdiad Alvear
Bakerefield
Agapito
Jesus Alvear
Richard
San Ico City
Catalina Moreno
Christine Flores
Mendez
Record High Nonfarm Employment for Bakersfield Area
Bakersfield-Kern County Metrop area reports a new October nonfarm employment peak of 92,200, up 3.1 percent from last year per Kern County Board of Trade and State Division of Labor Statistics data. Trade, services, and manufacturing drive gains. average weekly earnings rose to 149.88 with stone and glass at 175.50 and petroleum refining at 173.06.
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Bakersfield-Kern County
Kern County Board of Trade
State Division of Labor Statistics and Research
Board of Trade
Ralph Carpenter
Carpenter
Kern County
Apprenticeships Reach Record High in November
William C. Hern of the Department of Industrial Relations announced record apprentice registrations for November with 26 417 on file. The rise is linked to Assembly Bill 805 68 requiring a minimum of one apprentice per five journeymen on public works. Minority apprentices totaled 323 including 90 Negro and 192 Mexican and Spanish American with local offices reporting varied counts, including Bakersfield with 25.
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William C. Hern
Department of Industrial Relations
Assembly
Division of
Bakersfield
Kellys Attend Six-District Rotary Program
Mr and Mrs H W Pat Kelly attended a six district Rotary International dinner in Pasadena honoring James Conway of New York state president of Rotary International. The Huntington Hotel function drew about 800 attendees and Kelly is a former district president now Rotary legislative council representative from District 24. They also visited friends and relatives in Pasadena and Los Angeles.
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H.W
Pat) Kelly
Pasadena
Rotary International
California
James Conway
New York State
Huntington Hotel
Kelly
Shafter Club
Rotary Legislative Council
Rotary
Kellys
Los Angeles
Burglary Continued and Holiday Safety Report
Shafter police chief Witcher said the holiday period was nearly crime free aside from usual drunken disorderly conduct. No major traffic incidents were logged as records remained clean and orderly throughout the season.
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Shafter
Witcher
Census asks local residents about future purchases
January visits by Census Bureau representatives will ask about expected buys such as a house car or major appliance in the coming year and recent purchases. Homeowners will discuss improvements and repairs in the last three months and planned work. All data are confidential and released only as statistical totals.
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Bureau of the Census
Leonard C. Isley
Bureau
Los Angeles
U. S
Census Bureau
Aina Area
Dor Hoffman
Ng Street
Bakersfield
Fire damages Bakersfield plant under construction
A Bakersfield fire damaged the Kern Fruit Company building northwest of the city. The blaze, starting mid afternoon, burned for about two hours and largely hit the unfinished section used for vegetable packing. Total project cost was slated at about 5.5 million with possible damages up to 2 million.
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Kern Fruit Company
Bakersfield
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