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Published: Friday, Jan. 24, 2014, 8:57p.m. Updated 17 hours ago

Severe wintery weather conditions can create challenges for everyone, especially those whose job requires them to work outside in the elements. Postal letter carriers are among those who brave the snow, ice, sleet and freezing rain to provide service to the community.

Letter carriers can be the first to visit someone's home before snow removal or salting begins. That's why I'm asking all of your readers but especially Tarentum residents to include the regular upkeep of residential mailboxes as part of any snow and ice removal routine.

Maintaining a clear path to the mailbox including steps, porches, walkways and street approach will help letter carriers get those cards and packages delivered in a safe and timely manner. Residents receiving curbside delivery should remove snow piles left by snowplows to keep access to their mailboxes clear.

It is important to note that friends and neighbors also benefit from clear sidewalks and walkways as they travel to school, go to work and attempt to shop at nearby businesses.

And don't forget the physical, emotional and potential financial toll on anyone who slips, trips or falls in snow or on ice.

Taking the time and making the effort to keep walkways, steps and mailboxes clear of snow and ice will help your letter carrier deliver the mail, prevent injuries and make you a good neighbor in our community.

Peggy Stuckert

The writer is the postmaster in Tarentum.

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Regardless of the scope, a home improvement project takes planning and a budget, according to Jake Brown, second-generation owner of Winston-Brown Construction, of Topeka.

You dont have to blow the bank but come up with a number youre comfortable spending. We use budgets to guide you. We can add or subtract to meet your budget, Brown said. At the end of the day, if we cant work within your budget, youre not going to be happy. Have a good idea as to what you want, how much you want to spend and we can guide you through the rest.

Brown, 31, who took over operations of Winston-Brown Construction in 2007, has been around the home remodeling business his entire life. His father, Gary Brown, founded the business in 1974 in Topeka after starting smaller remodeling businesses in the early 1970s.

In the years hes worked with his father and now at the helm of the family business, Brown said most remodeling customers fall into three categories those you need to hold their hands, the weekend warriors and those who fall in between. Regardless of the type of customer or the scope, Brown said he and his staff try to take the same approach toward any remodeling project.

I ask them, what do you want and what can we help you with? he said. I let the customer explain what their vision is. I try to give them some ideas and believe it or not, try to save them money. We want them to have ownership and pride and that they helped design this because the project is in their house.

Brown said the majority of Winston-Browns projects are bathroom remodels.

Its our number one project. Big or small, it seems what we do the most, he said. That seems to be a project that isnt too far out of reach for peoples budget.

Brown said a standard bathroom remodel making cosmetic changes and installing new fixtures usually runs about seven- to nine-thousand dollars. He said a custom job - like installing cabinetry, tile work and other projects - can cost anywhere from 15- to 25-thousand dollars.

Although the majority of their projects are bathrooms, Brown said Winston-Brown covers the whole home spectrum of kitchens, decks, room additions and window replacement. He said hes seen an uptick in home remodeling projects in the Topeka area over the past couple of years, signaling a climb out of the down years of the Great Recession.

Interest rates over the years have affected the market, he said. I feel that now were on an upward trend. People are finally shaking off the rust, finally saying were going to spend some money.

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While Ontario is thinking of speeding up its plans to equip all seniors homes with sprinkler systems after the LIsle-Verte tragedy, Quebec is still tiptoeing around the question.

A day after eight people were confirmed dead in a horrific fire, rescuers were scrambling to find 30 missing residents in the icy ruins of a Lower St. Lawrence retirement home.

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Everyone is saying: Is there something more we should be doing? Ontario Health Minister Deb Matthews said. We have brought in regulations that will require sprinklers in all retirement homes and long-term-care homes. There is a phase-in period, and so I think we do have to take a look, another look, to see if there is anything we can do to accelerate that.

Introduced last year, the new rules require facilities built before 1998 when sprinklers became mandatory to be equipped with such systems. Private residences have five years to comply, while publicly owned ones have until 2025. Ms. Matthews defended that time frame, but said she wants to move it up.

I cannot imagine having to deal with that situation here in Ontario, and it is, I think, an opportunity to take another look.

In Quebec, politicians of all stripes are responding with caution to calls for mandatory sprinkler systems.

The provincial Liberal government proposed a new law in 2011 to tighten regulations on elder-care homes to make them safer. But while requirements for fire-detection systems were made more stringent, sprinkler systems were not mentioned. In Quebec, only facilities in which residents have no mobility are required to have sprinklers.

When the Parti Qubcois came to power, it essentially enacted the law as it was. Minister of Health and Social Services Rjean Hbert, who is also responsible for seniors, made a plea for safer care homes after learning that a private residence in his riding had no sprinklers and did not meet basic safety standards.

Do we need to wait for a tragedy ... before we set up stricter rules for residences that house people who are losing their autonomy, Mr. Hbert said in the Quebec National Assembly last February. He is out of Quebec this week, and calls to his office were directed to his colleague, Agns Maltais.

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