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RED BLUFF - As the renovation of the former Montgomery Wards building into the Tehama Count Human Services Center nears completion, the board of supervisors is being asked to approve a few changes to the original work contract. On Tuesday, the supervisors will be asked to approve two changes totaling more than $37,000 and bringing the cost of the interior renovation up to $2,053,378. The changes include adding two heating and air conditioning units to the back of the building, condensation drains for those units, electrical interfacing with modular office units, moisture sealant to concrete in various rooms, and additional racks and cabinets. The county has contracted with Randy Hill Construction, Inc. for the interior remodel. The supervisors meet at 10 a.m. Tuesday in the board chamber at 633 Washington St.
(AGI) - Rome, 23 Oct - 2006 "has been another successful year", the eight consecutive year for the construction sector, and the forecast for the coming year is positive, with an increase in investment of 0.9pct, stated the president of Ance Paolo Buzzetti presenting the Joint Observatory for the Construction Industry. "2006 - he stated - has been another positive year, the eight consecutive year for our sector. Investment in construction has gone up by 1.1pct (a better result that that in 2005 that was at 0.5pct), reaching 144 billion euro. 2007, according to our forecast - Buzzetti continued - will also be a year of growth, with an increase in investment in construction of 0.9pct. It can be said therefore that the sector is continuing to grow, even if the rate of development in the last four years is lower that that recorded in the years between 2000 and 2002.
A North Carolina firm building a hangar at Yeager Airport where a man was crushed to death Thursday does not have a West Virginia contractors license, a requirement to do such business in the state. A worker for Waynes Erecting LLC was killed about 9:10 a.m. when the steel scaffolding of the hangar collapsed. He was trying to bolt portions of the superstructure together while on a scissors unit, a type of scaffolding that hoisted him into the air. The steel structure fell on the scissors unit, crushing the man to death. .
London's mayoral race enters the "crucial" final three weeks today with challenger Joe Fontana hoping to close ground on Mayor Anne Marie DeCicco-Best. Whether he will succeed is anybody's guess, although a leading local government expert remains skeptical. "Now is a critical time in a close race," Andrew Sancton, a professor at the University of Western Ontario, said yesterday. "But I just don't see any evidence (Joe) Fontana is making any headway." Earlier this month, a poll of 1,000 Londoners conducted by Acumen Research Group for The London Free Press and A-Channel suggested DeCicco-Best has a 20-point lead among decided voters. The poll, conducted Oct. 15 and 16, indicated DeCicco-Best has the support of 58 per cent of decided voters compared with 38 per cent for Fontana, the former London North Centre MP who resigned his seat to run for mayor.
The recently introduced Registered Agricultural Contractor scheme has been well received with over 20 Rural Contractors signing up for the process in the first three weeks. RACF Executive Director Roger Parton said that the uptake was steady and he expected it to continue at that pace foe sometime. “This is the start of the busy season and contractors’ thoughts are elsewhere at the moment” he said. “However as the farming and lifestyle communities come to understand the benefits of engaging contractors who have been through a registration process, the rate should pick up”. Contractors seeking to become registered simply apply to the Federation, by phone (0508 787 253) email (Roger[at]rural-contractors.org.nz or download the form from www.rural-contractors.org.nz.
Jeanna Gibson has joined Jarrard Nowell & Russell as a staff accountant. She holds an associate degree in accounting from Trident Technical College and an associate degree in technology from Excelsior College. Previously, she was a nuclear electronics technician on active duty in the U.S. Navy. Banking R. Wayne Hall has joined First Financial Holdings, the parent company of First Federal Savings and Loan Association, as executive vice president of financial management effective Dec. 1. He has more than 20 years of experience in accounting and risk management, most recently as executive vice president and chief risk officer for Provident Bank in Baltimore. He holds a bachelor's degree in finance and a master's degree in accounting from Virginia Tech and is a graduate of the Stonier Graduate School of Banking.
An accused sex offender who fled his Perry County home Oct. 15 was arrested Saturday in Arizona.Clair James Smith, 56, of Bailey Run Mobile Home Park, Miller Township, was in Navajo County Jail Saturday after Holbrook, Ariz., police who were on the lookout for him spotted his black Ford Explorer."It wasn't an accidental traffic stop. They saw this vehicle," Perry County District Attorney Charles "Chad" Chenot III said Saturday afternoon.Holbrook police stopped Smith at 7 a.m. Mountain Standard Time and took him into custody without incident, Pennsylvania State Police at Newport reportSmith had a handgun, four boxes of ammunition and a large amount of cash with him, police say."Authorities in Holbrook had been contacted by our state police," Chenot said. "State police have been tracking him.
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