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Saturday, July 27, 2013
New bleachers at PHS PHS saves $200,000 on project By Donna Barker dbarker@bcrnews.com
PRINCETON — Princeton High School will spend more than $1 million in work projects this fall. At Wednesday’s meeting, the PHS Board awarded the work project contract to Vissering Construction with a low bid of $1,219,00. The work will include building new bleachers at the football field, as well as building a new press box and a new concession stand with restrooms. The current concession stand will be relocated to the southwest corner of the field and used for storage. The projects will also include fire escape upgrades and the renovation of the school’s greenhouse. Superintendent Kirk Haring said the work on the new bleachers will begin after the football season ends and is expected to be completed by March 2014. Haring noted the PHS Board had gone out for bids earlier this year on the bleacher project but agreed to rebid the project in hopes of lower bids. The board saved about $200,000 by not approving the first, higher bid. In other building and grounds news, Haring said the summer work projects are nearing completion, including roof repairs on the Prouty and south gymnasiums and also some tuckpoint work. The summer interior cleaning and painting work is also progressing well and should be finished by the start of school, he said. On Thursday, Haring said the next major project for the board to consider is work on the science building roof. That project is anticipated to be accomplished during the next four years, he said.
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Ladd man killed in crash By Donna Barker dbarker@bcrnews.com
TISKILWA — The investigation continues into the cause of a Wednesday morning crash in which a Ladd man was killed. Bureau County Coroner Janice Wamhoff said Joseph M. Nemeth, 29, of Ladd was pronounced dead at the crash scene at 10:45 a.m. Wednesday on the Tiskilwa Bottom Road. He had to be extricated from the G & G Poultry truck he was driving,
and medical personnel worked on Nemeth at the scene before pronouncing him dead, Wamhoff said. An autopsy was performed Thursday on Nemeth. Results won’t be available for approximately six weeks. At this point, she does not plan to schedule an inquest into the death, Wamhoff said. According to the Bureau County Sheriff’s Department report, Nemeth was traveling at approximately 9:45 a.m. Wednesday on 910 North Avenue (Tiskilwa Bottom
Road), about one and one-tenth mile west of Route 29 in Arispie Township, at the time of the crash. His vehicle traveled more than 125 feet off the road before striking a tree. There were no other passengers in the vehicle. Among those responding to the scene were the Bureau County Sheriff’s Department, Tiskilwa EMS and the Lifeflight medical helicopter. Comment on this story at www. bcrnews.com.
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Fun at the 4-H Fair MaKanna Sabin of Walnut dashes to pour a cup of water into her team’s bucket during a relay race game for the Ag Olympics at the 4-H Fair on Thursday. Four-H teams raced to see who could fill the bucket higher with water in a given time. The Ag Olympics was sponsored by the Bureau County Farm Bureau and provided “just-for-fun” games for the 4-H members. See Tuesday’s edition for more 4-H coverage.
Building plans proceed Hall unveils construction sign By Becky Kramer news@bcrnews.com
SPRING VALLEY — The new building was on the minds of the Hall High School Board at its meeting on Wednesday. Kevin Willis of First Midstate discussed the upcoming purchase of a $32,000,000 building bond. He advised the board it received an A+ rating from S and P. Willis will present several different options/ proposals at the August board meeting.
Joel Kahn, project executive from Leopardo Companies, gave a report on the progress on budget estimates and design documents. Kahn said everything was going as planned. His company has plans to meet with the design company within the next few weeks. He projects they will begin accepting bids in October after an informational meeting with local trades in August and September, and that construction will start in November.
After brief remarks from Hall Board President Jack Boroski, Rick Mattioda of Leopardo Construction Management and a representative of the architect firm of Healy, Bender & Associates, the board of education unveiled the official construction site sign. In other business, the board went into closed session to discuss personnel. There were three action items after closed session. The resignations of teacher aide Judy Luecke and co-Devilette
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