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    City councilors approve second phase remodel of Guy Cole Center – Sequim Gazette

    - June 28, 2017 by Mr HomeBuilder

    Sequim city councilors opted to move forward Monday night with plans to finish remodeling the Guy Cole Convention Center in Carrie Blake Park.

    They unanimously agreed June 26 at their regular council meeting to spend up to $166,000 on renovating 1,540 square feet of space between 660 square feet in the kitchen and 880 square feet in two breakout rooms.

    Matt Klontz, Sequim city engineer, said the project likely will go to bid in August with a decision on a contractor going before city councilors in September.

    City councilors considered four separate kitchen plans ranging from $51,000 to $136,000 for the kitchen that covered the basics to the more high-end parts of a kitchen.

    They unanimously approved what city staff branded a practical enhanced kitchen plan at $80,000 that includes needed changes to meet city and fire regulations and some newer amenities, sales tax and a 15-percent contingency.

    Some of the additions include a new oven hood and fire suppression system at a $13,000 estimate, a service area kitchen counter $6,250, storage counter $4,400, freezer $4,100, stove $3,200 and new windows $4,000. The project also includes $4,000 to provide electrical and plumbing hookups for future items.

    Some of the older equipment in the 34-year-old kitchen will be replaced and its bathroom will be removed to include space for a mop sink and future amenities like an ice machine.

    City councilors Candace Pratt and Pam Leonard-Ray suggested looking into secondhand items to save on costs. However, Deputy Mayor Ted Miller expressed concern, saying that after spending so much on finishing the first phase of the project that he would hate for it to be superficial, and we nickel and dime to finish it.

    Public Works Director David Garlington said mixing used and new items in a contract can be difficult because they may not be able to supply used items on time.

    We have to know if theyre available for the contractor, he said. We dont want to get too clever with ourselves. What if we dont find it?

    City Manager Charlie Bush said once the city receives bids, city councilors can consider adding more expensive items if the cost is lower than expected.

    Leonard-Ray said she sees purchasing secondhand items as an option later on, too.

    Klontz said of the citys $166,000 budget, about $72,000 comes from whats left over from a Department of Commerce grant that helped pay for Phase I of the project, $34,000 from the citys hotel-motel lodging tax revenue and about $60,000 from the general fund.

    City staff reopened the Guy Cole Convention Center in May after closing in early 2016 to renovate the main bathroom, lower the ceiling and add new acoustic tiles, install new carpet, windows and trim, a new roof, exterior lighting and paint the inside and outside.

    The convention center was built and finished in 1983 by the Sequim Lions Club and named after community advocate Guy Cole who served in many roles.

    For more information on the Guy Cole Convention Center, call the City of Sequim at 683-4139 or visit http://www.sequimwa.gov.

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    Eisenhower Executive Office Building – Wikipedia

    - June 28, 2017 by Mr HomeBuilder

    The Eisenhower Executive Office Building (EEOB) formerly known as the Old Executive Office Building (OEOB) and even earlier as the State, War, and Navy Building is a U.S. government building situated just west of the White House in the U.S. capital of Washington, D.C. Maintained by the General Services Administration, it is occupied by the Executive Office of the President, including the Office of the Vice President of the United States.

    Located on 17th Street NW, between Pennsylvania Avenue and New York Avenue, and West Executive Drive, the building, commissioned by President Ulysses S. Grant, built between 1871 and 1888, on the site of the original 1800 War/State/Navy Building[3] and the White House stables, in the French Second Empire style, is a National Historic Landmark [clarification needed]. It was for years the world's largest office building, with 566 rooms and about ten acres of floor space. Many White House employees have their offices in the massive edifice.

    In 1802 the Washington Jockey Club lay at the rear of what is now the site of Decatur House at H Street and Jackson Place, crossing Seventeenth Street and Pennsylvania Avenue to Twentieth Street today the Eisenhower Executive Office Building having been completed only 4 years earlier in 1798 as the stonemasons had finished the brick and painters applied white paint to the President's House.

    The buildingoriginally called the State, War, and Navy Building because it housed the Departments of State, War, and the Navywas built between 1871 and 1888 in the French Second Empire style.[4]

    It was designed by Alfred B. Mullett, Supervising Architect. Patterned after French Second Empire architecture that clashed sharply with the neoclassical style of the other Federal buildings in the city, it was generally regarded with scorn and disdain, and Mullett, the exterior architect, ended his life by suicide, while in litigation. The OEOB was referred to by Mark Twain as "the ugliest building in America."[5] President Harry S. Truman called it "the greatest monstrosity in America."[6] Historian Henry Adams called it Mullett's architectural infant asylum.[7]

    Much of the interior was designed by Richard von Ezdorf using fireproof cast-iron structural and decorative elements, including massive skylights above each of the major stairwells and doorknobs with cast patterns indicating which of the original three occupying departments (State, Navy, or War) occupied a particular space. The total cost to construct the building came in at $10,038,482.42 when construction ended in 1888, after 17 years. The original tenants of the building quickly outgrew it and finally vacated it completely in the late 1930s. The building gradually came to be seen as inefficient and was nearly demolished in 1957. In 1969, the building received the highest recognition possible, becoming a National Historic Landmark.[8]

    In 1981, plans began to restore all the "secretary of" suites. The main office of the Secretary of the Navy was restored in 1987 and is now used as the ceremonial office of the Vice President of the United States. Shortly after September 11, 2001, the 17th Street side of the building was vacated and has since been modernized. The building continues to house various agencies that compose the President's Executive Office, such as the Office of the Vice President, the Office of Management and Budget, and the National Security Council. Its most public function is that of the Vice President's Ceremonial Office, which is mainly used for special meetings and press conferences.[9]

    Many celebrated national figures have participated in historical events that have taken place within the Old Executive Office Building. Presidents Theodore Roosevelt, William Howard Taft, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Lyndon B. Johnson, Gerald Ford, and George H. W. Bush all had offices in this building before becoming President. It has housed 16 Secretaries of the Navy, 21 Secretaries of War, and 24 Secretaries of State. Sir Winston Churchill once walked its corridors and Japanese emissaries met there with Secretary of State Cordell Hull after the bombing of Pearl Harbor. President Herbert Hoover occupied the Secretary of the Navy's office for a few months following a fire in the Oval Office on Christmas Eve 1929. President Eisenhower held the first televised Presidential news conference in the building's Indian Treaty Room (Room 474) on January 19, 1955.[10]

    In more recent history, Richard Nixon had a private office there during his presidency, where his secret taping system recorded some of the conversations that proved the Watergate scandal. Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson was the first in a succession of Vice Presidents who have had offices in the building.[9] The first wife of a Vice President to have an office in the building was Marilyn Quayle, wife of Dan Quayle, Vice President to George H.W. Bush.[citation needed]

    The Old Executive Office Building was renamed the Dwight D. Eisenhower Executive Office Building when President Bill Clinton approved legislation changing the name on November 9, 1999. President George W. Bush participated in a rededication ceremony on May 7, 2002.[11]

    A small fire on December 19, 2007 damaged an office of the vice-president's staff and included the VP ceremonial office.[12][13] According to media reporting, the office of the Vice President's Political Director, Amy Whitelaw, was heavily damaged in the fire.[14]

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    Construction to begin July 5 on Larimer County office in Loveland – Loveland Reporter-Herald

    - June 28, 2017 by Mr HomeBuilder

    By Pamela Johnson

    Reporter-Herald Staff Writer

    Construction will begin July 5 on the new Larimer County office building in Loveland, located at First Street and Denver Avenue. (Special to the Reporter-Herald)

    FORT COLLINS Construction of the new Larimer County building in Loveland will begin July 5 with the first piece of the contract approved Tuesday and an official groundbreaking on Thursday.

    The county commissioners approved a contract Tuesday with Haselden Constuction for $3.2 million, the cost of the footings, foundation, framework and shell of the 46,000-square-foot building at First Street and Denver Avenue.

    The vote was 2-0 with Tom Donnelly and Lew Gaiter voting, and Steve Johnson absent from the administrative matters meeting.

    That amount is just a piece of the overall $14.9 million construction contract with Haselden, and the balance will come before the commissioners in future months in additional contracts. The county split the construction contract into pieces to it could apply for two grants from the Department of Local Affairs, available in different time frames..

    "We already have a $1 million grant, and we're going back in August (to try) for another $1 million grant," explained Ken Cooper, county facilities director.

    The cost of the overall project is expected to be $19.5 million with nearly $15 million for construction of the two-story building on 8.9 acres of county land in Loveland. Construction is scheduled to begin next week, and this week, officials will celebrate the project with a groundbreaking on site at 9:30 a.m. Thursday.

    The new building, which will have 229 parking spaces, will replace the current county office building at 6th Street and Cleveland Avenue, which officials have said is overcrowded and outdated.

    The city of Loveland is considering buying the old county building and parking lot once county employees have moved into the new facility.

    The new building will house the clerk and recorder, health and environment, human services, Workforce Center and a Loveland station of the Larimer County Sheriff's Office. The new, larger office space is designed to meet the needs of the growing southern portion of the county.

    Construction is expected to be complete in late summer or early fall of 2018, and the actual work is set to begin on July 5, the day after the Independence Day holiday.

    "Don't eat too many hot dogs on the Fourth," Donnelly, a Loveland resident, joked to the contractor on Tuesday. "We want you to be out there on the Fifth."

    Pamela Johnson: 970-699-5405, johnsonp@reporter-herald.com, http://www.twitter.com/RHPamelaJ.

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    Under Construction: United Charities Building Undergoes Transformation – Commercial Observer

    - June 28, 2017 by Mr HomeBuilder

    Over the course of its 125 years, the 121,059-square-foot Renaissance Revival-style property at 287 Park Avenue South was occupied and owned by the nonprofit United Charities (which oversees the Childrens Aid Society and Community Service Society of New York).

    The organization certainly didnt sell it for charity, though, when it collected $128 million from China-based CL Investment Group in August 2014.

    CL Investment is positioning it for the next 100 years, Brooks Kendall Slocum, a studio manager at SGA, which is designing the renovation, told CO during a tour of the building. It basically remained a charitys building for its entire life. But you have to be ready for what modern offices need. Weve kind of had to treat it as a new building with an old soul.

    Demolition for a gut renovation of the nine-story building has begun, and CM & Associates Construction Management workers have stripped columns to reveal cast iron beams and knocked down dividing walls to maximize space.

    On the exterior, the limestone and terra-cotta faade of the building will be restored; on the interior, building systems upgraded, ground-floor spaces renovated for retail and office spaces modernized on floors above. CL Investment hopes to complete the project in the summer of 2018. (The developer did not reveal the cost of the project.)

    On the ground floor, off the East 22nd Street side of the property, exists a space with 28-foot ceiling heights, historic architecture and stained glass and a skylight. It was once an event space called Assembly Hall, and owners plan to keep the design intact and repair the room. Cushman & Wakefield is marketing that 6,523-square-foot space to restaurateurs and high-end retailers.

    The building also features a 2,028-square-foot retail space on Park Avenue South (JLL is marketing that one), and mechanicals in the buildings cellar are being moved to a mezzanine space to allow for additional retail uses in the 7,552 square feet below grade.

    SGA has designed a new, efficient core of staircases and elevators to expand the size of each floor plate to roughly 13,000 square feet. SGA will also revitalize the winding cast iron staircase that passes through the center of the building. (Parts of that staircase can be removed if the office spaces are rented to a mix of tenants.)

    The offices, which will be marketed by Newmark Knight Frank, throughout the structure typically have 14-foot ceiling heights; SGA plans to replace the heaters and expose the terra-cotta brick walls and a skylight that runs 85-foot long, nearly the entire length of the floor plate that was covered up decades ago.

    The real gem of the building is its top floor. Construction workers removed the dropped ceilings to uncover nearly 22-foot ceiling heights. It also has two mezzanine spaces on each wing of the floor with individual circular staircases.

    CL Investment is also planning to remove a water tower from the roof to introduce something new to the building: a roof deck.

    We want to make it a nice space that you see when you look up from the skylight, and having roof space in New York City, I think, is just a nice feature, said Derrick Metzler, a project manager at CL Investment. I think its just finding the full potential of the building.

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    Paid parental leave, pantsuits for women, colored shirts for men those changes are coming for Mormon church … – Salt Lake Tribune

    - June 28, 2017 by Mr HomeBuilder

    Going forward, full-time, benefited employees who give birth "will be eligible for six weeks of paid medical maternity leave to recover from childbirth," the policy memo reads.

    At the same time, full-time, benefited employees also can take one week of "paid parental leave," the church document says, "to bond with their new children from birth or adoption." For mothers who give birth, this means an additional week of leave.

    Until 2014, an LDS woman who gave birth or had a child under age 18 was not allowed to teach full-time seminary classes in high schools or Institutes of Religion at colleges.

    The change made it possible "for families to decide what best meets their needs as it relates to mothers working while raising children," Mormon officials said at the time. "This policy is consistent with other church departments."

    Now, mothers not only can keep their jobs, but also take a maternity leave and return to them even with a newborn.

    Starting in late December, employees who have been ill, injured or otherwise disabled for seven days can receive two-thirds of their salary for up to 45 days.

    The plan, the memo says, should offer "peace of mind."

    The church also is launching a wellness plan that will include education, counseling and convenient access to exercise facilities.

    A wellness center on the seventh floor of the towering LDS Church Office Building on North Temple currently is under construction, with plans to open in October. It will include cardio and weightlifting equipment, group fitness studios, exercise classes, showers, healthy vending options and on-site coaches.

    As to the dress-code changes, headquarters will now allow women to don professional pantsuits as well as skirts and dresses, and men may wear light-colored shirts with ties, and remove their jackets when weather is hot or for "movement through the building."

    In May 2011, the male-dominated church made a similar nod to the discomforts of weather, when it eliminated the pantyhose requirement for female employees at headquarters, allowing them to go barelegged.

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    Bay-like bump out enlarges dining room – MyDaytonDailyNews

    - June 28, 2017 by Mr HomeBuilder

    FEATURE HOME

    910 HARMAN AVE., OAKWOOD

    Third floor has versatile floor plan

    Contributing writer

    A bay-like addition to the back of this home allowed for a sunroom setting from the dining room and enlarged the main bedroom. Add a railing around the updated rubber roof and the third-floor recreation room could have an outdoor balcony deck.

    Listed for $449,900 by Better Home and Gardens Real Estate Big Hill, the three-story home at 910 Harman Ave. in Oakwood has about 3,200 square feet of living space, plus a semi-finished basement. The property has a screen-enclosed front porch, rear deck, off-street parking and an alley-access, two-car detached garage.

    Formal entry is made into the living room with a gas fireplace as the centerpiece. Built-in bookcases flank the fireplace. A bench seat is under a window near the stairwell, and hardwood flooring fills the living room and into the formal dining room.

    The dining room has been enlarged with a bay-like bump-out that creates a sun room effect. French doors open off the sunroom out to a wooden deck and back yard. A second rear exit is off a short hallway between the dining room and sun room. This space has a garden window and pass-through to the kitchen.

    The U-shaped kitchen has an abundance of cabinetry, including a buffet counter and a pantry. A peninsula counter divides the kitchen from a breakfast nook, which has patio doors that open to the deck.

    Staircases from the kitchen and the living room connect to a landing that leads up to the second level where three bedrooms and two full bathrooms are located. The main bedroom has a bay-like sitting area, a dressing area with two walk-in closets and an L-shaped double-sink vanity. The bathroom has a tub/shower.

    Two bedrooms are at the front of the house and have single-door closets. The guest bath has a tub/shower, single-sink vanity and laundry hook-ups.

    A door opens to the staircase that leads up to the third floor, which has been finished into a versatile space that could be a recreation room, an office or possible bedroom. There are two walls with built-in storage, a window nook sitting area, a door that opens out to the rubber roof-top of the addition, and a third full bathroom with tub/shower and single-sink vanity. The third floor also has a separate heating and cooling system.

    Access to the basement is off the kitchen. At the landing there is a side-exit door and access to a half bathroom. The basement has a finished half bath, laundry hook-ups, a work bench, storage room and utility room.

    OAKOOD

    Price: $449,900

    Open house: June 25, 2-4 p.m.

    Directions: Far Hills to west on Harman Avenue, across the street from Hawthorn Hill

    Home highlights: About 3,200 sq. ft., 3-4 bedrooms, 3 full baths, 2 half baths, sun room, gas fireplace, recreation room, back staircase, built-ins, wooden deck, enclosed porch, two-car detached garage, off-street parking

    For more details:

    Better Home and Gardens Real Estate Big Hill

    John Genovesi

    (937) 545-5111

    http://www.JohnGenovesi.com

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    Apogee Releases Booklet On Benefits Of Window Replacement – Facility Executive Magazine

    - June 27, 2017 by Mr HomeBuilder

    Most U.S. buildings currently in use will continue to be until 2050 and, eventually, will require renovation. Helping building owners and facility managers evaluate and maximize the benefits of window system renovation and upgrades, the Building Retrofit Strategy Team at Apogee Enterprises, Inc. offers a new 28-page publication: Window Replacement: Unrealized Benefits to Building Owners and Occupants as a free download.

    Replacing aging windows with new, high performance systems provides a better environment for the buildings occupants and greater value for the building owner, says John Bendt, vice president of Apogees Building Retrofit Strategy Team.

    Window systems and components have evolved significantly since the 1980s, explains Kevin Robbins, Apogees Building Retrofit Strategy Team account manager. About half of all U.S. commercial and institutional buildings were constructed prior to this period, which presents a significant opportunity for owners and occupants to benefit from faade improvements and window replacement.

    Bendt continues, Among the many benefits, modern window systems improve the appearance and performance of aging buildings. New, high performance glass and aluminum frames with thermal barriers help save energy, reduce maintenance, lower vacancy rates, increase rental rates, provide a better environment for the buildings occupants, and creates greater value for the building owner and enhance occupants satisfaction and comfort.

    Describing these benefits and best practices in achieving them, the paper shares nine case studies along with detailed considerations regarding energy payback, fossil fuel savings equivalents, code compliance and green standards, environmental stewardship, tax credits, product selection and renovation specification tips, plus a glossary of industry terms and acronyms.

    The featured projects range from the 1800s to the 1970s with geographies from Boston to Portland, Oregon. As many of these examples demonstrate, re-cladding and renovating building exteriors with high-performance window systems can have a significant effect on the buildings energy efficiency. To compare performance data between a buildings existing windows and proposed, new, high performance, replacements units, Apogees Retrofit Strategy Team offers free energy modeling that provides building performance information on annual energy, peak demand, carbon emissions, daylight, glare, and condensation.

    Looking beyond simple energy payback, todays owners and facility managers consider all the factors involved, including carbon footprint reduction, maintenance savings, and safety and occupant productivity, adds Robbins. When window replacement is timed in conjunction with an HVAC system upgrade, significant reductions in peak load can yield further savings in equipment costs. For building owners seeking enhancements in security, design criteria for faade renovation also can include blast hazard mitigation, hurricane impact resistance, electronic eavesdropping protection, and forced entry deterrence.

    Establishing clear goals, priorities and expectations for building envelope maintenance and renovation will significantly contribute to future success. Working with an experienced building envelope retrofit team that includes the installer and manufacturers, building owners and facility managers will optimize the intended benefits and return on investment, concludes Bendt.

    TheWindow Replacement: Unrealized Benefits to Building Owners and Occupants publication is available for download from Apogee at this link.

    Apogees business units supporting these building retrofit strategies include Alumicor; EFCO Corporation; Harmon, Inc.; Linetec; Sotawall Inc.; Tubelite Inc.; Viracon, Inc.; and Wausau Window and Wall Systems.

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    Star Tribune names Renewal by Andersen a 2017 Top Workplace – PR Newswire (press release)

    - June 27, 2017 by Mr HomeBuilder

    "We are honored to be recognized as one of the Star Tribune's Top Workplaces by our employees," said Paul Delahunt, president of Renewal by Andersen. "Employees are the heart and soul of our company. Making Renewal by Andersen a place they are proud to work is a top priority for us."

    The results of the Star Tribune Top Workplaces are based on survey information collected by WorkplaceDynamics, an independent company specializing in employee engagement and retention.

    Star Tribune Publisher Michael J. Klingensmith said, "The companies in the Star Tribune Top Workplaces deserve high praise for creating the very best work environments in the state of Minnesota. My congratulations to each of these exceptional companies."

    Since opening its first store in Minnesota in 1995, Renewal by Andersen has expanded to nearly 100 markets throughout the U.S. and Canada. It has become one of the largest replacement window networks in the country, having installed more than 4 million windows.

    To qualify for the Star Tribune Top Workplaces, a company must have more than 50 employees in Minnesota. Over 2,000 companies were invited to participate. Rankings were composite scores calculated purely on the basis of employee responses.

    For more information about Renewal by Andersen, visit http://www.renewalbyandersen.com.

    About Renewal by AndersenRenewal by Andersen, LLC., is the start-to-finish window replacement division of Andersen Corporation. The company offers a replacement process that includes an in-home consultation, custom manufacturing, and installation through one of the largest nationwide networks of window replacement specialists. For a complimentary in-home consultation, or to view more information about Renewal by Andersen visit http://www.renewalbyandersen.com.

    To view the original version on PR Newswire, visit:http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/star-tribune-names-renewal-by-andersen-a-2017-top-workplace-300479847.html

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    https://www.renewalbyandersen.com

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    Courthouse statues on display downtown until 2 pm – Youngstown Vindicator

    - June 27, 2017 by Mr HomeBuilder

    YOUNGSTOWN Restored copper statues are on public display at the street level in front of the Mahoning County Courthouse, 120 Market St., until 2 p.m. today, when they will be hoisted back to their pedestal on the roof of the 106-year-old building, which is undergoing restoration.

    While they are on display, the Mahoning County commissioners will meet at 10 a.m. today in the courthouse rotunda.

    The three hollow statues, which were restored by an Oberlin firm after being removed from the courthouse roof in October 2010, are named Justice, on the left, Strength and Authority in the center; and Law on the right.

    The statues arrived in front on the courthouse at 6 a.m. today and are being displayed behind a fence on a flatbed trailer in the southbound curb lane of Market Street.

    Their heads, which had to be removed for highway bridge clearance purposes, were bolted back on shortly after their downtown arrival today.

    The center statue in the one-ton cluster is 14 feet high; and the cluster is 16 feet, 10 inches wide and 79 inches deep.

    They did a great job, I think. It says a lot about our tax dollars at work, Doug Martinec, construction superintendent with Murphy Contracting Co. of Youngstown, said of the statue restoration crew this morning.

    The statues were restored at the McKay Lodge Fine Arts Conservatory Laboratory Inc. in Oberlin.

    Murphy is the building restoration projects general contractor.

    The courthouse restoration project has included replacement of rusted statue pedestal support beams and of the buildings roof and replacement of 730 pieces of the buildings fired clay masonry, known as terra cotta, around the buildings upper perimeter.

    The project was delayed by the need to replace unforeseen asbestos roofing discovered in the pedestal.

    In January 2017, the commissioners added $853,529 to the $6 million restoration project to cover additional work to be performed this year, including brick repairs and replacement of rotted original wooden window frames in two interior window wells.

    The building, which opened March 6, 1911, has a granite exterior and a marble interior and was entered in the National Register of Historic Places in 1974.

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    Retired Marine/Police Officer Gets ‘Life Saving’ Gift – ACHR NEWS

    - June 27, 2017 by Mr HomeBuilder

    INDIANAPOLIS Chris Cunningham didnt have the honor of serving in the U.S. Armed Forces, but hes always had a deep respect for those who do. He gives veterans priority status when he hires, but he wanted to do more.

    On Thursday, June 22, he and a crew from his company, Service Plus Heating, Cooling & Plumbing, spent the day in Franklin, Indiana, installing a new furnace and air conditioner for a disabled Marine.

    The project, valued at $8500, is Cunninghams inaugural Salute to Service program, through which his company will annually donate and install a new air conditioner for a veteran in need.

    This absolutely is a life saver for him, said Debra Gahimer, who nominated her husband for the program but didnt tell him about the possibility for fear of him being disappointed if he wasnt selected. After weeks of waiting for word, shed given up but took some comfort in thinking that whoever won surely needed it more.

    Cunningham said it would be difficult to find someone who needed the project more.

    Mark Gahimer left the Marines after only a year due to knee injuries but went on to spend 33 years in Indiana law enforcement, serving with the Capitol Police, Hendricks and Johnson counties, and the town of Whiteland. Now 60, he suffered a stroke last year. Hes diabetic, has recurring issues with dehydration, and severe back and neck issues. He uses a walker to get around. Summer is especially difficult as heat worsens his dehydration issues.

    For the past three years, the Gahimers have relied on window air conditioners because they havent been able to afford to fix their central air conditioner. They dont really do that much good, Debra Gahimer said.

    Cunningham was moved by Mark Gahimers nomination, but when he visited the couple to assess their needs, he said he had to do more.

    Heres a guy whos spent his life protecting and serving others. First as a Marine and then as a police officer, Cunningham said. His a/c didnt work at all, and his furnace was 30 years old. Were going to rip out everything and give them a system that will help them all year round.

    Mark Gahimer was a bit skeptical of the program at first, thinking it was likely a bait-and-switch kind of offer. He said he kept waiting for Cunningham to tell him what the catch was.

    Id kind of forgotten there are still some really great people in the world, Mark Gahimer said.

    For more information, visit: serviceplusnow.com.

    Publication date: 6/27/2017

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