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May 13th,
2008
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FALL RIVER
CHAMBER ACCOMPLISHES THE IMPOSSIBLE
Photo
by Walt Caldwell
Ed Siegel, President of the Chamber, and Gary Derenia, President of the
Fall River Lions, help Packway Materials’ Richard Hathaway fasten a
“Welcome to the Fall River Valley” sign at the western entrance to the
Valley on Highway 299. Siegel’s persistence paid off, winning the
Chamber permission from Cal Trans to place the community sign,
something that agency has refused to do for the Chamber in the past.
Hathaway donated his time and equipment, going so far as to store the
sign for months while the Chamber got the okay to install it. The
Chamber is awaiting completion of the bottom portion of the sign that
they say is beautiful..
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Measure “J”
exhausted - District turns to State funding
By Sue Edmondson
Mountain Echo reporter
Just as the school year is winding down, modernization is gearing up.
During their May 7th meeting, the Fall River Joint Unified School
District Board of Trustees approved the contact with Seward L. Schreder
Construction for modernization of Fall River High. Schreder
Construction is the same contractor used for the District's three other
modernization projects.
The $1,459,771 project will be paid for with State modernization
funds-Measure J Bond funds have been expended. "We've worked really
hard to make it to this last school," said the District's Construction
Manager Holly Krieg. "Everybody's budget was cut and the same applies
to Fall River High." Modernization will include renovating the locker
rooms, upgrading electrical systems and fire alarms, and building and
grounds improvements to meet American Disability Act standards.
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Burney
Fabricare loses hospital bid
By Sue Edmondson
Mountain Echo reporter
Burney Fabricare lost its bid to provide linen service to Mayers
Memorial Hospital. After five months and two rounds of bidding, the
company's proposal still came in higher than the nationwide linen
service company, Aramark. The hospital's Board of Directors struggled
with the decision, but after a 20-minute discussion concluded that the
projected $20,000 annual savings required the change. "I know how we
all feel, but I know what the numbers are telling me," said Director
Gail McClung.
After questioning the hospital's Facilities Director Ron Shannon about
the bidding process, Director Mike Kerns said, "My heart is with the
local company, but it does appear that everyone has had a fair chance
to bid."
Larry Trammel, owner of Burney Fabricare, agrees that the bidding
process was fair. "The fact is that a low bid has been accepted, but
the legal terminology of the contract still has to be hammered out.
There's still a lot to be done." If Mayers and Aramark don't come to
terms, Burney Fabricare is second in line for the contract.
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Evan Beach is
Burney firefighter of the year
Photo by Ray Barber
Evan
Deach displays the Exchange Club plaque honoring him.
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BURNEY - Evan Beach
is a retired Burney Fire Chief Bob May and his ROP Fire Cadet program
success story.
Beach
went through the Burney program while still in school. He went to work
for the department after graduation and with the help of a scholarship
was able to complete the Fire Academy at Shasta College.
He
was named Burney Fire Fighter of the Year by his peers earlier this
year and was formally honored by the Redding Exchange Club with others
at a recent ceremony by the club in Redding.
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