Richland School District approves bids for junior high rebuild
The Richland School District Board of Trustees approved bids totaling 1 012 950 to Colombo Construction for the reconstruction of the fire damaged Richland Junior High. Demolition of the north wing will start Thursday with a one month timeline. The project costs exceed last year’s insurance estimate by 25 000 and 2.89 percent, with rebuilding aimed for 1986 87 start.
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Richland School District Board of Trustees
Marylee King
Charles Rekosh
Colombo Construction Incorporated
Bakersfield
Colombo
Macomber Construction
Wallace and Smith Contractors
Omega Construction
Richland
Macomber
Wallace
Smith
Greg Kendrick
Kern County
Richland Junior High
Kendrick
Dobbs to Leave School Board After Eight Years
Richland School District faces November elections with three board seats open. John Dobbs, a two-term member, will not seek reelection, citing a desire for fresh faces. Incumbents Mark Franz and Marylee King also near term limits. King undecided, Franz plans to run again. Filing runs until August 9 at Kern County Clerk's office with a $200 fee and optional candidate statement.
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Richland School Board of Trustees
John Dobbs
Dobbs
Richland
Mark Franz
Marylee King
Franz
King
Mediterranean
State May Cancel McColl Cleanup Contract
The state weighs cancelling Canonic Engineers’ $26.5 million McColl site cleanup in Fullerton over costs and delays. A spokesman said a cancellation is likely in coming weeks and could shift waste to Petroleum Waste Incorporated near Buttonwillow, affecting the Superfund project.
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Canonic Engineers
McColl
Fullerton
California Department of Health Services
Petroleum Waste Incorporated
Buttonwillow
Bob Borzelleri
Health Services Department
Bortelleri
Los Angeles County Superior Court
Walter Croskey
PWI
Environmental Protection Agency
Canonie
Casmalia Resources
Santa Barbara County
Casmalia
Blackwells Corner TLD seeks nod for waste injection project
Bakersfield firm pursues a deep well injection facility near Blackwells Corner with a draft environmental impact report filed to Kern County. The plan cites highway access and distance from populations while inviting feedback from agencies and residents until August 18 as 64 agencies review the document. General Manager Dean Siebert says the team will be accountable and transparent.
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Bakersfield
Blackwells Corner
Kern
TSDS
Highway 46
Highway 33
Corner
Lost Hills
TSD
Kern County Planning Department
Dean Siebert
Blackwells
Ee Ot
Trial goes to jury in Rolin murder case
A Superior Court jury, jurors six men and six women, began deliberations after late Tuesday instructions from Judge Henry Bianchi in the murder and felony hit-and-run trial of Gerald Lee Red Rolin. Witnesses testified to a high speed chase ending in a crash that killed Vickie Hurst on February 21.
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Superior Court
Henry Bianchi
Gerald Lee
Red” Rolin
Shafter
Vickie Hurst
Lisa Green
Rolin
Bianchi
Frank Butkiewitz
Green
Hurst
Tulare Avenue
Poplar Avenue
Lerdo Highway
Bonnie McNatt
Jay
Highway 58
McNatt
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Lawrence Handel
Kern County Clerk's Office
Truxtun Avenue
Kern County Administration and Courts Building
State
Gerald Kolin
Publc
Kolin
David Coulson
Press
Moody Rolin
Rodeway Inn
Dale
Ricardo Rojas
Shafter Concrete and Pipe
Poplar
Rojas
Lerdo
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