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    The Daily Standard – The Daily Standard - August 10, 2017 by Mr HomeBuilder

    Wednesday, August 9th, 2017

    By Nancy Allen

    Keith Canary of Rockford speaks during a public meeting Tuesday held by the Ohio. . .

    CELINA - Officials of a 4,500-head dairy proposed for northwest of Neptune say they plan to proceed despite a meeting on Tuesday attended by a large crowd composed mainly of opponents.

    About 140 people packed the Mercer County Central Services Building conference room for the Ohio Department of Agriculture's open house and public meeting. Prior to the meeting, a few people outside the building carried signs calling for a boycott of Dannon Yogurt, which would buy the dairy's milk to make yogurt at its Minster plant.

    The meeting was called to gather comments on draft permits to install and operate for MVP Dairy LLC, a partnership of VanTilburg Farms of Celina and McCarty Dairy LLC of Colby, Kansas. Twenty-five people with concerns about the dairy spoke during the 90-minute public comment period. One person spoke in favor of the dairy.

    Most of the concerns focused on odor, manure runoff, groundwater contamination, exhausted wells, road damage from truck traffic and decreased property values. The meeting was punctuated by bursts of applause after several people had spoken. Many expressed concerns with nutrient-management issues that such a large facility might create. Many mentioned the Grand Lake Watershed's distressed status and issues with toxic blue-green algae. Some speakers criticized VanTilburg Farms management practices.

    VanTilburg and McCarty family members attended the meeting but did not speak.

    Melvin Steinbrunner, 8270 Rice Road, Celina, worries about the odor of the waste generated by 4,500 cows.

    "The smell will be horrendous," he said. "I hope the people in Columbus think of the people who have to live here, because we're going to be stuck with this mess."

    Charles Wurster, who lives a half mile away from the site, said he and his wife may move if the dairy is built. He noted that numerous other livestock facilities have sprouted up around him in recent years.

    "We've all been silent and complacent too long," Wurster said. "We polluted our own lake, and now we look to pollute a Great Lake. We must stop building CAFOs (Confined Animal Feeding Operations) and get back to our roots."

    The proposed dairy is located in the St. Marys River Watershed, which eventually flows to Lake Erie.

    Barry Davis, who lives on Davis Road, called the dairy's officials "greedy millionaires" and said he worried about a diminished quality of life if the dairy is built.

    Jeremy Leugers, 7320 Bogart Road, who lives less than a mile from the proposed dairy, asked ODA officials to consider how the dairy would affect the community.

    "Please think of all the people this will upset," he said. "Not the few who will make money."

    At one point Kevin Elder, director of the ODA's Division of Livestock Environmental Permitting, reminded speakers that they had been instructed at the beginning of the meeting to keep their comments to three minutes each.

    "This decision affects the rest of our lives, and you're limiting us to three minutes," a man said from the audience.

    Neptune-area resident Maria Suhr urged crowd members to elect leaders who protect the environment and water quality.

    The Daily Standard publisher Frank Snyder, whose son, daughter-in-law and three grandchildren live near the proposed dairy, said 4,500 cows would produce the same amount of waste as 19,000 people, based on information from a Canadian university.

    Dennis Piper, Celina, said more and more livestock operations are moving into the northern part of the county, which traditionally has been dominated with row crop agriculture.

    "You can see a trend of migrating the livestock from the southern part of the county to the north part," he said. "We have to learn (from) what happened in the Grand Lake Watershed."

    Piper's comment was followed by thunderous applause.

    Keith Canary lives across from Heartland Dairy Holdings LLC, 3101 Tama Road, a 1,200-head operation southwest of Rockford. He told the crowd that he and many other community members fought against the dairy's application for state permits more than 10 years ago, but it did no good.

    Canary said Hopewell Township roads near the dairy have been "destroyed" due to the constant truck traffic to and from the dairy. When manure is irrigated onto farmland, he and his family must stay in their home for days afterward. Canary said he brought a spray bottle with manure in it. Crowd members chuckled when he offered to retrieve it from his car so he could spray it on Kevin Elder, director of the ODA's Division of Livestock Environmental Permitting, who facilitated the meeting.

    Canary said he believed Tuesday's meeting would not change MVP's plan to build the dairy.

    "What you're saying, doing, posting is not going to do squat," he said. "The only one that can pull the plug on this is VanTilburg."

    Theresa Howick, 7531 State Route 197, Celina, spoke in favor of the dairy, saying she believed the ODA and MVP officials would protect the environment.

    The public can submit written comments on the dairy's draft permits until 5 p.m. Aug. 15 by sending them to lepp@agri.ohio.gov, faxing them to 614-728-6335, or mailing them to the ODA's Division of Livestock Environmental Permitting, A.B. Graham Building, 8995 E. Main St., Reynoldsburg, OH 43068. Comments should be typed or handwritten legibly and should include the person's name, complete mailing address and email address.

    Elder said a responsiveness summary to comments from Tuesday's meeting and any other written comments received by the Aug. 15 deadline would be mailed in about four weeks to those who commented.

    Kyle VanTilburg this morning said the meeting did not change MVP officials' plan to proceed and pledged to run the facility correctly.

    "It was hard not to take some of the things said personal, but at the end of the day we know we are doing things right and following regulations," he said.

    VanTilburg has said the enclosed barns, the manure-flushing system and a state-of-the-art anaerobic manure-treatment system will control odors.

    Every few hours manure will be flushed from the cow barns' aisles to keep water from standing and attracting flies. The anaerobic manure-treatment system should produce little to no odor water, VanTilburg said.

    Ken McCarty this morning said he understands community members' concerns expressed during the meeting.

    "I think the meeting was a good avenue for people to express their concerns, and there were some valid concerns, but I believe all are addressed in the permit adequately and are going to be monitored and addressed by the ODA," he said this morning. "I believe the best practices we are going to implement between the VanTilburg family and our family I think will quell any and all of those concerns."

    The 82-acre site is located adjacent to Hasis Road on the south side of U.S. 33. MVP's owners on March 20 announced plans for the multimillion dollar facility and on April 20 held an informal open house for people to ask questions. A community meeting was held on June 19.

    The facility would have six cow barns, two manure-settling basins, each capable of holding about 8 million gallons; a 32 million gallon anaerobic wastewater cell; a 27.5 million gallon irrigation pond; and a 4 million gallon pond for silage runoff. The operational facility would employ about 35 people, MVP officials have said.

    The design includes a visitors' center to educate groups about the operation, farm officials have said. A manager from the McCarty family from Kansas will manage the new dairy.

    The farm would annually produce about 12 million gallons of liquid manure and 25 million gallons of treated wastewater that would be applied via a center pivot to 800 acres of surrounding farmland owned by the VanTilburgs and others, according to information in the draft permit to install. An architectural drawing includes a site for a "future potential" digester, which would convert methane into energy.

    Correction:

    A dairy with 4,500 cows would produce the same amount of waste as 198,000 people, based on information from a Canadian university. The error was made in reporting.

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    Inside Bulloch Business with DeWayne Grice – Lots of changes while students were away – Statesboro Herald - August 10, 2017 by Mr HomeBuilder

    Like every fall, Georgia Southern students are coming back in full force. Friday is the official move in day for the dorms at GSU and classes begin on Monday. For many of the students, this will be their first time living in our community. Driving may be a little more challenging, as will wait times at local restaurants, plus the grocery stores will struggle to keep up for a few weeks. But soon, it will all level out and become normal life in the "prettiest little college town in America." With all the extra challenges for long time residents, please remember to offer a little patience as local businesses adjust. This is like Christmas to many of our retailers. I also like to remind our readers to go out of your way to welcome these new citizens and their parents to our community. Their initial experience in our community over the next few weeks will set the tone for their success here over the next few years. Be patient, kind, appreciative and mindful of the tremendous economic impact they are making on our community thanks to GSU, East Georgia College and Ogeechee Technical College. This is also a great time to take a look at updates and changes that have occurred on the Georgia Southern campus while the students were away:

    Food services One of the biggest and most notable changes are the renovations at the Russell Union. They have completed a $1 million-HVAC upgrade and fulfilled an additional $500,000 in contractual obligations to renovate the Chick-fil-A and Starbucks that are located inside the Union. The renovations have dramatically improved and changed both restaurants. These restaurants are unique partnerships between GSU and the chains. They are operated by full-time and part-time GSU employees through licensing agreement. All of the employees are trained to company standards and the business operations are exactly the same as any other Chick-fil-A or Starbucks. The Chick-fil-A was built more than 15 years ago and was only designed to handle around $750,000 in annual revenue. The Union restaurant is now generating well more than $2 million annually. Due to this increase in volume of business, they were having difficulty keeping up with demand. To improve the customer experience, they have made significant improvements in the kitchen. Also, you will see new tile, new countertops, fresh paint and updated branding throughout. More importantly, a faster and better customer experience. Starbucks also was completely renovated and had its capacity expanded from 40 to 85 seats. Starbucks now offers a more open and inviting atmosphere, new countertops, flooring, updated decor, new furniture, more outlets for electronics and more social seating. All of the upgrades and renovations were done by Auxiliary Services employees with the university. Auxiliary Services employees 800 students and 500 of the student employees work in food services on campus. Both Chick-fil-A and Starbucks on campus will reopen on Friday. Also, Auxiliary Services will introduce a food truck mid-fall. A food truck will add a mobile kitchen to their menu of services. The mobility will allow them to prepare food on the go, including Paulson Stadium on game days. During the school week, the food truck will be located close to the bus stop near the stadium to offer a food option there. The food truck will be set up to handle multiple menus. Food services added Sushi in the spring in a partnership with "Sushi with Gusto." They prepare the Sushi fresh on campus and sell it in the three GUS Mart convenience stores on campus. The stores are located in the Nursing Building, Russell Union and Information Technology Building. "We are very proud of the fact that, for the fourth year, the meal plan price has not increased," said Eddie Mills, associate vice president of Auxiliary Services. "This is also the fifth year we have not increased the price for housing, transit, parking and health fees. We are very cognizant of the cost of higher Ed and work every day to try to provide quality services at an affordable price."

    Parking and transportation: Reconstruction of the second half of the Russell Union parking lot is now complete, adding 115 more spaces than last year. This brings the total number of parking spaces on campus to more than 13,000, which includes Paulson Stadium. Parking services has moved away from decals this year and streamlined the parking registration process, which is completed online now. Students now register their vehicle using the license plate on the vehicle. GSU will enforce parking more efficiently using tag readers. This will prevent students from having to stand in long lines and having to place a decal on their car. Construction is scheduled to start on the entrance road at South Campus in September and is estimated to take about nine months. When complete it will align Akins Boulevard at the bypass with the entrance to the land across the bypass which was acquired by the university several years ago. South Campus currently contains plant operations. It will provide critical space for any future expansion of the campus.

    Facility renovations The University Store received a face lift last year, which included new wooden floors and a more open shopping experience. Also, a new point-of-sale system allows customers to receive receipts via email for easier returns, exchanges and tax record keeping. The store now offers an in-house rental program with more titles, as well as a broader selection of eBooks. Other new features, including a customer loyalty program and online gift registry, are coming soon. Renovations continue at Hanner Fieldhouse, which saw various building systems and infrastructure upgrades over the summer. Mainly consisting of fire protection systems and HVAC, the facelift was completed during the year and includes more inviting signage and a welcoming and more efficient entrance. The track around the soccer field at the Erk Russell Park behind Paulson Stadium was resurfaced. This is where Tormenta FC hosts their games. In addition, renovations of all of the private suites at Paulson is underway and scheduled to be complete by the first home football game on Sept. 9.Delete - Merge Up

    New construction Construction on the interdisciplinary academic building (IAB) has begun and is on schedule to be completed by the beginning of fall semester 2018. The building will replace two temporary classroom structures located between the Carroll Building and the IT building. The total project cost may exceed $33 million. The design and pre-construction services were funded by the state of Georgia for the new Center for Engineering and Research building. All services are currently being advertised for the project, with anticipation of design and program services to start this winter for the project.

    Housing University Villas: All windows were replaced, vinyl siding installed, all entrance doors, the clubhouse, the bridge and gazebo leading to the pond were painted. More than 130 exterior surveillance cameras were installed. Wireless coverage in all apartments was upgraded, as was the CCTV system. A new fire alarm system and panic alarm system was installed. Freedom's Landing: New roofs were installed, exterior trim was removed and repaired and the wireless system was upgraded. During winter break, they have plans to install 13 new exterior emergency call boxes throughout the complex. Southern Pines: New windows were installed. Watson Commons: During the next four weeks, they will complete a summer project to renovate University Housings reception area. Ten private temporary lodging spaces were renovated to accommodate students who may be temporarily displaced from their permanent assignment. The new spaces look like mini hotel suites. If you head over to Georgia Southern to check out all of the progress, remember that by state law the speed limit on the entire campus is 25 mph whether marked or not. This includes the divided Akins Boulevard connected to the bypass. They police all campus roads with radar and are diligent about making sure everyone drives safe and responsibly on campus.

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    Little Heroes helps No. Providence family revamp new home – Valley Breeze - August 10, 2017 by Mr HomeBuilder

    8/8/2017

    Erik Deneault, director of the Little Heroes Fund, and his wife, Dawn Deneault, put down new carpeting and flooring in an apartment in North Providence. The apartment is to be the home of Heather and Michael Novacek, their 11-year-old son Ian and 2-year-old daughter Grace Callanan. Ian has special needs and can no longer live in their current second-floor apartment because of difficulty with the stairs. The Little Heroes Fund was established to help families who have members with special needs. (Breeze photos by Charles Lawrence)

    NORTH PROVIDENCE Organizers of the Little Heroes Fund are at it again, this time helping a local family in need create a home that works for them.

    North Providence residents Erik and Dawn Deneault, with help from donors, installed new flooring throughout a first-floor apartment on Woonasquatucket Avenue. Heather and Michael Novacek had to leave a second-floor home because their 11-year-old son, Ian, who has special needs, could no longer live there due to his difficulty with stairs.

    The family also has a 2-year-old daughter, Grace.

    The Deneaults, partnering with Ruggieri Carpet, put down new carpeting and other flooring designed for wheelchair accessibility on July 18.

    Oh my god, this is great, said Heather Novacek when she saw the completed work. It changes the whole look.

    The Deneaults also helped install a new wheelchair ramp for the family.

    Erik Deneault said he and his wife heard about the need through someone in the community following a June Funny 4 Friends comedy fundraiser to help get Ian Novacek accessible housing and equipment.

    With our group, the Little Heroes Fund, a local church and a lot of support from the community with (the) Funny 4 Funds event, were all able to help make this new place a home (and) more handicapped-accessible for Ian, said Erik Deneault.

    The Deneaults started Little Heroes to help families with special needs children who have major challenges due to unexpected costs of raising those children. The Deneaults daughter, Danica, has Aicardi syndrome.

    Ian Novacek, 11, looks at a photograph of his new apartment being shown to him by his mother, Heather. With Heather is her 2-year-old daughter, Grace Callanan. Ian has special needs and can no longer live in the familys current second-floor apartment because of difficulty with the stairs.

    Erik DenEault finishes the carpet installation while Heather Novacek, in center, and Dawn Deneault sit on a sofa donated to the Novacek family through the Little Heroes Fund. Erik Deneault, director of the Little Heroes Fund, and his wife, Dawn, put down new carpeting and flooring in an apartment in North Providence.

    Heather Novacek stands on the new floor and looks at the freshly painted walls.

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    The carpet as the id, the carpet as a home – Israel News – Jerusalem … – The Jerusalem Post - August 10, 2017 by Mr HomeBuilder

    When one thinks about ones childhood home, the house that contains ones earliest memories, in whose rooms one passed ones formative years, different images come to mind. For some, a kitchen filled with steaming pots carries the aroma and experiences of their initial domestic life. For others, a grand piano that once resounded with long-forgotten tunes is the object that represents the soundtrack of family life. Still others associate their first years with a beloved pet or with a ball they kicked around the backyard with their siblings.

    But for artist Fatma Shanan, whose exhibition Works 2010- 2017 is on display at the Tel Aviv Museum of Art, the object that has dominated her perception of her family, her childhood and her identity is the Oriental carpet.

    Indeed, the painter, who hails from the Druse village of Julis, seems to have spread the carpet as far as it could stretch, creating dozens of renditions of the typical Oriental rug and placing them in different settings. The numerous paintings she has crafted illustrate Shanans evolution as a painter, but they also tell a personal story, the intimate tale of a young woman tracing her roots back to their starting point.

    In the exhibition, curated by Doron Lurie, Shanan takes an unabashed look at herself and the different elements that weave together the story of her life. The act of telling, the artist seems to imply, doesnt coincide with a political dialogue. Her conversation with herself and her past is acutely personal, even if some might tout the warm reception shes receiving from the mainstream Israeli art scene as a victory for the local Druse community.

    The painters self-portraits are some of her strongest and most bewitching pieces, and they are almost impossible to look away from. Two of them, placed side by side, Self-Portrait and a Carpet 1 and Self-Portrait and a Carpet 2, show an Oriental rug in earth tones spread out vertically. But hiding among the biblical-looking illustrations of figures and animals are outlines of the artist herself. She looks as though she could be stepping into the carpet or, alternately, merging with it until she becomes one with the fabric and fades into its folds.

    One portrait has warmer shades, with its paler twin looking like the negative of a photograph. Through the paintings, the artist seems to be raising questions about the importance and weight our surroundings have on the shaping of our personalities, at times to the point that they could swallow us whole. She seems to be debating whether ones home is a safe zone, a shelter, or rather a suffocating place from which one should try to break free.

    Another oeuvre, Self-Portrait and a Carpet 3, suggests that the answer to this question is at least as complex and multifaceted as the carpets the artist is so drawn to. In this demurely honest painting, Shanan depicts herself kneeling down with her head bowed, her face touching a carpet and hidden from view. Perhaps intentionally, she is positioned at an angle that Muslim worshipers use during prayer. Is the carpet, symbolic of her background, a source of solace? Is she seeking comfort in it or giving in to the power of her origins? In other moving works, the artist uses the carpet as a means to bridge inner turmoil and the outside world. Portraying young girls standing on carpets in unlikely settings such as an open field or a backyard in works like Lara and Mia, Shanan tests the thin boundaries between girlhood and womanhood, the safety of home versus the arbitrariness of the outside, youth and adulthood. The young women seem to be extensions of the artist herself as she revisits her old stomping grounds from the perspective of time.

    In other paintings, carpets are rolled out on village rooftops, with an aerial view of children playing.

    She juxtaposes the richness and beauty of the carpets with the dirt and claustrophobic density of the village homes, looking at them from high above. These paintings are especially intimate, so much so that it seems that the artist had no choice but to paint them from afar so as to keep the memories at arms length, a safe distance away.

    Some of the works are playful and liberating, even humorous.

    One such painting, called Stepping on Watermelon Seeds, shows a pair of barefoot legs stomping on a field of watermelon seeds. Its portrayal of the unmitigated joy that lies in the act of letting go is so straightforward and uncomplicated that it tempts the viewer to step right in. But Shanans unflinching gaze also rests on a carpet she places in the backyard of a decrepit old village home surrounded by the electrical wiring of an air conditioner.

    Here and throughout many of her creations, the artist displays a casual understanding of the almost impossible balance of esthetics. The elegance and affluence emanating from the carpets are strong, but theyre there to offset the dank and sad surroundings.

    Sigmund Freud divided the psyche into three personality components: the id, the ego and the super-ego. The first is in charge of the uncoordinated desires and instincts of the personality. In that sense, Shanans carpets are her id.

    They weave together the contrasting and conflicting joy and pain, sorrow and triumph that are part of growing up and looking back on what has made a person into who he or she is.

    A video installation at the entrance to the exhibition catches the artist and the children on the rooftop in the act of unfolding the carpets. Carpet on a Flat Rooftop takes the viewer to the limit of the physical act of rolling out the rug.

    Watching it on repeat, one can almost smell the dust and sweat wrung out of the fabric. Again and again, the carpet fills up the screen until it loses all meaning, and all one can wish is to join the artist as she covers every free surface of her world, carpet after carpet.

    The exhibition is on display until October 28 at the Tel Aviv Museum of Art.

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    Days of work done in last-minute maneuvers – Albany Times Union - August 10, 2017 by Mr HomeBuilder

    Home improvement projects can resemble a military maneuver one miscalculation and everything is lost. I didn't want my decision to recarpet our stairs, hallway and bedrooms to be my Waterloo, so we prepared for the new carpet installation like we were preparing for battle. As everyone knows, winning a battle takes discipline, organizational skills and a plan. Unfortunately, I don't have any of those things. But I do like being in charge and giving orders, so I made myself general and rallied the troops to clear out the stuff that had accumulated in the bedrooms over the years.

    It did turn out to be a battle a battle over where to put everything. When I ordered the carpet, I was told to expect installation in three to four weeks. Normal people would have used that time to sort through their things in order to avoid a last-minute rush. My family understands the concept of normal people, we're just not sure how it applies to us. That's why we waited until three days before D-Day before we started moving things out of the bedrooms.

    OK, we didn't really start until two days before D-Day because the first day we talked about it a lot, then we looked at everything in the rooms and agreed it was going to be a ton of work. Actually, if I'm going to be perfectly honest, we only gave ourselves one day to prepare because two days seemed like more than enough time and we like to think we do our best work under pressure. I'm sure that's what Eisenhower would have done.

    I didn't think it would be a problem, though, because I'd made a brilliant tactical decision to not have the master bedroom recarpeted. That would give us a place to put everything from the other bedrooms. The tactic seemed slightly less brilliant when our bedroom quickly filled up and we had a lot more things to clear out. So we made dozens of trips up and down the stairs carrying our treasured possessions, until the dining room and then the living room were filled. At least Hannibal got to use elephants.

    Still, we soldiered on. Well, most of us did my son went AWOL a few times to play video games but we were making progress. Closets were emptied, bookcases were cleared and refugee stuffed animals were relocated to a safe spot. Ideally, all the outgrown clothes and toys would have already been donated, so we wouldn't have to waste a lot of our time and energy moving them around. Ideally, I also wouldn't wait until the last minute to do everything.

    That night it was hard to sleep, surrounded by all the stuff from our kids' rooms, including Felicity an American Girl doll from the Revolutionary War period. She stood sentry while I slept, her vacant, soulless eyes unreadable beneath her tricorn hat. I doubt George Washington had to sleep under such difficult, and creepy, conditions. If he had, the Revolutionary War may have turned out differently and today we'd all be speaking English.

    We suffered a surprise attack the next morning when the installers arrived an hour earlier than expected. Didn't they know I needed every minute I could get to clear out the stuff that I forgot was under the beds? I had no idea where I was going to put those things and was about to wave a white flag, when I remembered the bathtub had yet to be used as a storage space. Problem solved.

    There was a momentary setback when the installers moved the bookcase from my daughter's room to reveal a very dark area on the carpet that was, I'm sure coincidentally, the exact same size and shape as the bookcase. Within the rectangle there were a variety of small twigs, pebbles, bits of fluff and press-on jewels. The installers looked at me, waiting for orders on how to proceed with an area capable of harboring a village of tiny lifeforms. I summoned my inner William Tecumseh Sherman and ordered them to spare nothing and rip it up from wall to wall. I chalked up the potential deaths of hundreds of innocent dust mites to collateral damage.

    Now that most of the upstairs has new carpet, I'll eventually want new carpet in the master bedroom, too. But that means repeating the process and I'm not sure it's worth it. Floor is hell.

    Betsy Bitner is a Capital Region writer. bbitner1@nycap.rr.com.

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    Reviewing Interface (TILE) & Interface (NASDAQ:IFSIA … – TheOlympiaReport - August 10, 2017 by Mr HomeBuilder

    Interface (NASDAQ: TILE) and Interface (NASDAQ:IFSIA) are both consumer discretionary companies, but which is the superior stock? We will compare the two businesses based on the strength of their dividends, risk, valuation, earnings, analyst recommendations, institutional ownership and profitabiliy.

    Analyst Recommendations

    This is a breakdown of current ratings and recommmendations for Interface and Interface, as reported by MarketBeat.com.

    Interface presently has a consensus target price of $19.00, indicating a potential downside of 0.26%. Given Interfaces higher probable upside, equities analysts plainly believe Interface is more favorable than Interface.

    Institutional and Insider Ownership

    92.2% of Interface shares are held by institutional investors. 1.9% of Interface shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, endowments and hedge funds believe a stock will outperform the market over the long term.

    Earnings and Valuation

    This table compares Interface and Interfaces revenue, earnings per share and valuation.

    Interface has higher revenue and earnings than Interface.

    Profitability

    This table compares Interface and Interfaces net margins, return on equity and return on assets.

    Dividends

    Interface pays an annual dividend of $0.24 per share and has a dividend yield of 1.3%. Interface does not pay a dividend. Interface pays out 30.8% of its earnings in the form of a dividend.

    Summary

    Interface beats Interface on 9 of the 10 factors compared between the two stocks.

    About Interface

    Interface Inc. is engaged in design, production and sale of modular carpet, also known as carpet tile. As of January 1, 2017, the Company marketed its modular carpets in over 110 countries under the brand names Interface and FLOR. The Company operates through three segments: Americas, Europe and Asia-Pacific. The Company distributes its products through two primary channels, including direct sales to end users and indirect sales through independent contractors or distributors. The Company sells an antimicrobial chemical compound under the trademark Intersept that the Company incorporates in all of its modular carpet products. It also sells its TacTiles carpet tile installation system, along with a range of traditional adhesives and products for carpet installation and maintenance that are manufactured by a third party. It also provides turnkey project management services for national accounts and other customers through its InterfaceSERVICES business.

    About Interface

    Interface Inc. is engaged in design, production and sale of modular carpet, also known as carpet tile. As of January 1, 2017, the Company marketed its modular carpets in over 110 countries under the brand names Interface and FLOR. The Company operates through three segments: Americas, Europe and Asia-Pacific. The Company distributes its products through two primary channels, including direct sales to end users and indirect sales through independent contractors or distributors. The Company sells an antimicrobial chemical compound under the trademark Intersept that the Company incorporates in all of its modular carpet products. It also sells its TacTiles carpet tile installation system, along with a range of traditional adhesives and products for carpet installation and maintenance that are manufactured by a third party. It also provides turnkey project management services for national accounts and other customers through its InterfaceSERVICES business.

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    Hoover library blocks off two departments for month for carpet … – Hoover Sun - August 10, 2017 by Mr HomeBuilder

    The Hoover Public Library has closed its childrens and nonfiction departments for a month to allow for installation of new carpet.

    Those two areas, which are on the left side of the main hallway that goes through the library, were made inaccessible to patrons on Monday, Aug. 7. Library officials hope to reopen those areas on Friday, Sept. 8, said Carrie Steinmehl, the librarys technology coordinator, who is overseeing the project.

    While those departments are not accessible physically, patrons still will be able to receive service from those departments at the teens desk and circulation desk, Steinmehl said. Each department also will offer a small browsing collection, she said.

    The technology hub also will be closed for a day or two next week (sometime during Aug. 13-19) as book shelves are moved, Steinmehl said.

    It was just two years ago (August and early September 2015) that much of the library was closed for a renovation and makeover, but that project included new carpet only for the technology hub and fiction and teen departments, which are on the right side of the main hallway, Steinmehl said.

    The carpet replacement was divided into two phases due to budget and time constraints, she said.

    This years carpet replacement is costing just under $144,000, Steinmehl said. Commercial Floor Systems and Brians Flooring and Design are doing the installation work, while Florida Library Designs is moving the shelves, she said.

    The nonfiction carpet will match the carpet in the teens and fiction department, and the carpet in the childrens area will match the blue carpet in the starred hallway that leads to the youth programming room, Steinmehl said.

    We appreciate your patience during this time and look forward to a fresh new look in September, she said.

    For more information, call the library at 444-7800.

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    Capital Heating & Cooling Celebrates 80 Years of Innovation and Service – ThurstonTalk - August 9, 2017 by Mr HomeBuilder

    Since 1937, the name Capital Heating & Cooling has been synonymous with quality sheet metal work. When they added heating and cooling services to their business in the 60s, they became known in the HVAC industry for the same dedication to quality and to their customers. Now, 80 years later, they are still leading the way in innovation, customer service and giving back to the community that they have called home for generations.

    Caring for our residential customers and business clients has always been at the heart of everything we do, Dean Schmidtke, grandson of the founder of Capital Heating & Cooling, William Schmidtke. And it really is why we have stayed in business all these years.

    Having been in business for eight decades, the Schmidtke family has seen a lot of changes in their industries over the years. When they first started, customer information was stored on index cards Dean says. Then, they had an Apple 3 with a 200kb hard drive. Now, they are leading the way in customer service using innovative technology that will change the way you will view the service industry forever.

    Lets face it, we all hate calling a repair person. You make an appointment and they tell you they will be there sometime between 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. Capital Heating & Cooling values your time and doesnt want you to have to wait.

    We have a program now that texts the customer when the technician is on their way with a link that takes them to a real-time Google Map allowing them to track the technician to their house, explains Chuck Schmidtke, Service Manager. No more waiting around for the tech. You can go run errands, pick up the kids, go to the gym and head back when you know the tech is on their way. Its convenience at its best.

    This same program will text you a photo of your repair person, to help the customer feel safer. Then, you can give feedback of your service from your cell phone as well fast, simple and easy for the customer.

    Capital Heating & Cooling serves both residential and commercial customers, something not all heating and cooling businesses offer. With involvement on the commercial side, they see new innovations sooner. For example, Dean says a new HVAC system is being tested that will send a direct message to the service shop if there is a problem. Each component of the system will have an IP address that will send a message if its not running properly, before the customer even knows theres a problem. Its available now in commercial systems, Dean says. One huge upside to this means the tech can come to your home prepared, with the parts he needs, instead of making two trips to your home one to diagnose and one to fix.

    Bill Schmidke is the commercial project manager and explains how customers appreciate their full-service options. We can create turnkey systems, he explains, from design to installation, we are able to create custom solutions for customers, often for less money as we can do it all in one location. Commercial projects include small offices and cafes up to massive projects like schools and entire building complexes. Recent projects include the new North Thurston High School expansion, Saint Martins University Abbey, Evergreen State Colleges Lab 1 and Briggs Silverleaf, an new 55+ active living community.

    Bill and his team utilize the most cutting edge technology and are responsive to customer needs. We have the ability to fabricate and install the ductwork ourselves which is often faster and offers better quality control for customers, Bill shares. Whether you simply need an exhaust hood for a commercial kitchen or 30,000 square feet of HVAC work, the commercial team can help.

    In both commercial and residential, innovations in technology are creating convenience, but also questions. With the internet, customers can do their own research, which we encourage, but it has caused a lot of confusion, Dean explains. Customers get overwhelmed with the amount of information, so its still worth their while to have someone who knows the industry visit them in person and help them sort out their choices. I think thats one thing we do really well.

    Part of their dedication to customer service includes a no-pressure environment, including the consultation for free. Educating people and helping them find the best solution for their expectations and their budget is the goal.

    Capital Heating & Cooling started out as a sheet metal company and has never stopped creating quality products for use on their customers projects. And not just HVAC systems, either. They can make or fix pretty much anything from tables and counter tops to repairing boats and horse trailers.

    Their full-service sheet metal shop helps them deliver quality products for commercial and residential customers. Every project requires custom duct work to fits into the buildings framework. Deans says 3D modeling has innovated this process as well, helping complete jobs quickly for less money as they are less likely to need to remake pieces.

    Three generations of Schmidtkes have owned and operated Capital Heating & Cooling. Since the very beginning, the family has been involved in giving back to the community. William Schmidtke was involved in United Way decades ago and the family has continued his legacy of community service ever since.

    In the past, now, and in the future, giving back has and will be a priority for us, Dean says. They are a drop-off location for the Thurston County Food Bank and they support Homeless Backpacks, Student Orchestras of Greater Olympia and Spring Arts Walk, to name a few. Our customers are our neighbors and we really appreciate them. We think supporting some of these organizations is a way to not only give back, but a way to make our community a good place to live and thats important to us.

    To have Capital Heating & Cooling help you with your HVAC or sheet metal needs, contact them via the Capital Heating & Cooling website or call 360-491-7450.

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    Kingston borrows $1.37 million to repair, upgrade sewage treatment plant – The Daily Freeman - August 9, 2017 by Mr HomeBuilder

    KINGSTON, N.Y. >> The city will borrow $1.37 million more to fund repairs and upgrades to the sewage treatment plant on East Strand.

    During a Common Council meeting Tuesday, aldermen adopted three resolutions related to the borrowing and awarding of contracts for the repair and upgrade work at the plant. Each of the resolutions was adopted by a vote of 8-0.

    Alderwoman Nina Dawson, D-Ward 4, was absent.

    The $1,371,798 in additional funding will go toward general construction, electrical, and heating, ventilation and air conditioning work at the wastewater treatment plant. The total project is estimated to cost $3,276,250, but much of that is expected to be reimbursed by the Federal Emergency Management Agency.

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    The council had previously authorized borrowing approximately $1.9 million for the project.

    The funding approved Tuesday by the council would also provide the city with money for construction inspection services and cover any contingency expenses.

    City Engineer Ralph Swenson had previously told aldermen that Kingston received a general construction bid totaling $2,028,000 for work at the plant under the FEMA project. He said that bid includes reconstruction of the citys pump station and work on the exterior walls of some of the buildings.

    The electric work under the FEMA project totals $717,000 and would include wiring, pump replacement, controls, and preparation work to upgrade the plants generator, Swenson said. He said the bid for heating and cooling totals $142,500 and would include new boilers for the plant.

    Some of the planned repairs and upgrades are necessary because of flooding during Superstorm Sandy in October 2012, which is also why FEMA is pitching in financially.

    The general construction work will be performed by William Schultz Construction, while the electrical work will be performed by Stilsing Electric and the heating and cooling work by D&E Contractors and Plumbing.

    The treatment plant, close to the citys Rondout Creek waterfront, is the citys only such facility and serves approximately 30,000 people. Most of the plant was built in the 1940s, but its been upgraded roughly every 10 years.

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