RIALTO RECORD Weekly
Januar y 1 4, 2021
Vol 19, NO. 18
Desk drive pr ovides Rialto students proper workspace
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ince the beginning of COVID-19, many parents, students, and staff members have faced many challenges. The Rialto Education Association (REA) decided to take on one of those challenges with an initiative to build and distribute desks for students who need a comfortable place to learn at home.
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Through REA’s desk drive, the group raise more than $4,000 and built about 150 desks, giving students across the Rialto Unified School District a proper workspace. “We are so pleased to be able to provide these desks for our students,” REA President Lisa Lindberg said. “Rialto teachers are truly caring people!” PHOTO
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Kenny Tath-Slezak, Myers Elementary School custodian, and Shannon McCreight, Myers Elementary School teacher and Rialto Education Association community chairperson, work together to build a desk for a Rialto Unified School District student on January 9. REA raised more than $4,000 and built desks about 150 desks for students.
Desks are being distributed from the REA office. REA memDesk Drive, cont. on next pg.
Bedding manufacturer to open 80,000square-foot plant, hire 120 employees
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he flagship licensee of Eclipse International, Bedding Industries of America, will open a new 80,000square-foot manufacturing, showroom and distribution center at 1798 Linden Ave. in Rialto, California. The factory will be called BIA WEST and is scheduled to open April 1st. It will employ 120 when fully operational and serve retailers in California, Nevada, and part of Arizona. A multi-million dollar outfitting of the facility will include stateof-the-art manufacturing equipment from Leggett & Platt’s Global Systems Group to showcase the latest in manufacturing innovation and design for the industry. The plant will manufacture mattresses under Eclipse, Saatva, Eastman House, Natural Dreams Pure Talalay, as well as other Plant, cont. on next pg.
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Bedding Industries of America signed a lease for an 80,000-square-foot manufacturing, showroom and distribution center on Linden Ave.