| 03/04: Long Beach Symphony Association's 24th Crescendo annual ...
ON MARCH 4, the Long Beach Symphony Association held the 24th Crescendo annual auction fund-raiser for the orchestra. Herald trumpeters greeted hundreds of supporters at the doors of the Renaissance Hotel. Once again, Steve Lang and his merry band had turned the scene into a magic space - this time of sparkling silver, blue and white. Chairpersons Paulette and Henry Matson welcomed one and all as attendees moved in to bid on silent auction items. As has become customary, the biggest drawing card was the extensiveness and high quality of the wine section, which ended the silent auction. Dinner tables featured lush centerpieces of blue and white hydrangeas, white roses, lilies, silver safari birch and blue thistle paperwhites. A large screen entertained and informed bidders as they dined on truffled tenderloin and oak-roasted salmon or truffled vegetable feuillete.
Russian Days at Sotheby's auction fetch 51 million dollars
NEW YORK. April 19. KAZINFORM - The Russian Days held in the framework of the Sotheby's s auction in New York on Tuesday fetched 51 million dollars. The Vision of St. Sergius When a Child" picture by modern Russian painter Nesterov proved the most expensive lot sold for 3.8 million dollars. Given a bonus the bidder is to pay to the Sotheby's fund the cost of the picture totaled 4.296 million dollars. The "Happy Arcadia" by Konstantin Makovsky was sold for 3.4 million dollars (bonus included). The bidders showed an unexpected interest in the "Young Flower Girls" picture by Alexei Kharlamov finally sold for 2.8 million dollars after numerous bids. Passions were running high over two more pictures Pirosmani's "Arsenal Hill at Night and "Lady with a Parasol" by Natalia Goncharova finally sold for 1.6 and 1.5 million dollars, respectively.
Iran Seeking Bids To Build 2 More Nuclear Power Plants
Iran said Sunday it is seeking bids for the building of two more nuclear power plants, despite international pressures to curb its controversial program. Ahmad Fayyazbakhsh, the deputy head of Iran's Atomic Energy Organization in charge of power plants, said the plants would be light-water reactors, each with the capacity to generate up to 1,600 megawatts of electricity. Each plant would cost up to $1.7 billion and take up to 11 years to construct, he told reporters during a news conference at his office. .
Board in closed session on disability pension bids
The county retirement board will meet behind closed doors Friday to consider disability pension applications filed by five county employees. Disability pensions are sought by Mark Euless, county fire department; Lee Richardson, sheriff's office; Anne Wooliever, probation department; and Ermita Atkins and Hettie Partridge, health and human services department. The board also will discuss whether to increase to 15 percent the small cap international portion of the retirement fund's international stock allocation. The pension board meets at 11:30 a.m. in the Board of Supervisors' chambers at the Civic Center. .
Counties go high-tech for bids
As the final seconds of online bidding ticked away Thursday, offers came in to Camden County's purchasing division fast and furious. County officials, however, disregarded the high bids. It was the lowest ones they were after. Up for bid were contracts to supply all of Camden and Gloucester counties' largest government buildings -- the county colleges, courthouses, wastewater treatment plants -- with electricity at a fixed rate for up to two years. It was a lucrative offer considering Camden County spent $2.94 million on energy last year and Gloucester County paid $1.27 million. "We're at the mercy of the market," said Ross Angilella, Camden County's administrator. "But by doing this, we are positioning ourselves to get the best possible rate." Camden County, the lead purchasing agent in Thursday's reverse auction, got permission from the state last month to bid the contracts online, said Anna Marie Wright, Camden County's purchasing agent.
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