Consultant set to lead Chamber
Having been president of an important oil and gas company and now a private business consultant to both large and small clients, David B. (Dave) Kilpatrick says he understands the goals of big business and the needs of small business.

Carrizo Plain not ideal for monument status
The Carrizo Plain, an intermountain valley west of Bakersfield, is up for nomination as a national monument, which would mean no more oil and gas exploration in a known oil-bearing basin.

People in business 1-7
DOUGLAS GANT, a team manager at State Farm Insurance Co., has been awarded a Scroll of Appreciation by the American Institute for Chartered Property Casualty Underwriters and the Insurance Institute of America for 10 years of educational leadership in the insurance field.

Expansion at Global definitely not fabricated
The banging of metal in back of Global Fabricators is a sound of expansion in a county whose unemployment rate, which is still tied to harvests of cotton, fruit and other crops, is twice the statewide average.

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