| JC Industries apparent low bidder for Adkins Stadium project
The company's base bid of $4.537 million also was the lowest of the five bids opened Friday afternoon.The district's final decision is based mostly on the total of the base bid and four additional alternatives included in the bid package, said Bob Weber, the school district's Facilities and Planning director.The other four firms submitted total bids ranging from $5.198 million to nearly $5.737 million for the project."We'll have to review the bidders' details and their lists of sub-contractors," Weber said. "We'll also have to see whether any of their alternative bids offer options we want to use."Weber and Kimble said there is time to finish sorting through the options and still submit a recommendation to the school board at its special, 6 p.m. meeting Monday.The board's only agenda item is to accept or reject bids on the stadium project.
Sheriff: Jailers waited too long in case of missing inmate
Watson, who is also known as Terrence Kassis Washington, escaped Maryland authorities in January 2007. He was caught in Goodlettsville, Tennessee, in April. The television show "America's Most Wanted" has profiled him several times and reports he's wanted for robberies in Alabama, Illinois and Missouri and several Mid-Atlantic states. Copyright 2008 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. .
Independent mechanic will be downshifting
Jack Pearson of Harrodsburg is one of a vanishing breed: the independent automobile mechanic. If you are old enough -- and lucky enough -- to have known a good one, you may feel a tinge of sadness at the silent passing of an era when nearly every community had a Jack Pearson operating a garage on the corner. Some were gifted men who could nearly always diagnose a problem by listening closely to the engine or transmission. A few used a piece of garden hose, or a stick with one end on the engine and the other held next to an ear, as a physician uses a stethoscope. Most had grease on their hands, but they knew you by your first name and could fix your car and still leave you with a few dollars for groceries and house payments. "We're in the same boat -- and it's a very big boat -- that the country store was in, about all gone," Pearson said.
Burglar makes off with two pairs of panties
A Fort Walton Beach burglar recently lifted unmentionables from a mobile home during a break-in. The resident of a Heritage Road mobile home told a deputy she noticed the rear door to her trailer "slightly open," according to an Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office offense report. She also said someone had removed the window unit air conditioner and opened the window. Among the items missing from the home were her son’s Sony Playstation and a controller ($200), about 20 games ($15 each), about 10 DVDs ($15 each) and two pairs of girl’s panties. .
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