The Nye County school trustees had their plates full with bid offers on various projects at their meeting last Thursday.

Teachers in Gabbs can look forward to new housing now that the board accepted a bid from D & H Business Enterprises, a local contractor, to demolish the old principle's house and two four-plex teacher housing units for $79,896.

Approval to replace the units with new modulars has already been approved.

The students of Nye County will be happy to know that three food bid proposals were also approved by the board, and among the winning bidders was Domino's Pizza.

In addition, Milk & More Distributing was the only bidder for milk and dairy products and will provide Anderson milk for the entire district, with the exception of Gabbs (which will be supplied by the winning food bidder for other items).

Two bids were received for paper supplies, frozen meat, canned food, and refrigerated food, of which the lowest and winner was Sysco.

Mark's Service Center was selected by the board to provide janitorial supplies, with a bid of $12,633.04.

Although this was not the lowest bid, Maintenance and Operations Supervisor Bob Whimpey stressed the fact that the company provided valuable training to employees in handling the various cleaning agents and had a long history of excellent service with the district.

Not all bids were accepted, however, as the board has to remain vigilant over the rising costs of education.

Local sports fans will have to endure the Pahrump Valley High School grandstands just a little longer since the bids received to replace them were deemed downright costly, ranging from over $431,000 to over $441,000.

As such, all bids were denied by the board, but the intention to replace the stands remains.

Whimpey said that with this the busiest season for many companies, bids were expected to be higher than normal.

Another bid that was denied included one for a metal maintenance building, which Whimpey said came in way over budget and as such recommended that the board not to accept the offer. The board followed his recommendation.