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Q. We have ordered a new garage door that comes primed but not painted. Our 40-year-old house has natural cedar siding and some brown trim, somewhat Arts and Crafts style. The garage takes up approximately 50 percent of the front facade. Do you have any color suggestions? Think fun. We are in our 70s, and want fun/tasteful/ pretty. Many thanks. Sue

A. Color is an individual choice, but it also needs to work with the color of your homes exterior cladding. What could look fabulous on your garage door is a smoky gray/green-blue color. Think turquoise that is softened with gray. Any shade of blue goes well with wood shades, and this choice has lots of life to it. Although front doors and trim look good in a high-gloss finish, because the garage door is so large, use a satin finish.

There are other additions to your exterior that will build on the style and appeal of the facade. Fypon manufactures thousands of decorative millwork elements in a variety of architectural styles.

Each piece is crafted from tough, weather-resistant, high-performance materials that are resistant to decay, insect infestation and water damage. For Arts and Crafts homes, Fypon recommends woodgrain/timber products such as lightweight beams under a porch ceiling, brackets, corbels and two- and three-plank panel shutters.

Shown here over a double garage in a row of townhouses is a trellis system kit in woodgrain. It also comes in smooth style. Also shown is a cheerful window flanked by three-panel shutters with a beam window sill. The violet stain is a vibrant color that would also suit your home. Planters and gardens add color and joy to the front of your home as well.

When you are not sure of a color selection, experiment with different shades on a large piece of Bristol board, tape up the new color against the existing exterior color, stand back and see how it makes you feel.

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Q. I have a wooden angel that I painted white and want to apply highlights to in a shade of brown. Ive seen you do this on a white headboard. What is the mixture you applied? Thanks for all your great ideas. Macelinda

A. There are many recipes for creating the aged or antique look that you are looking for. I generally use one part latex paint mixed with three parts glazing liquid. The color comes from the paint; choose a burnt umber or medium-brown shade. Apply a thin coat of the colored glaze over the dry white painted surface. Let dry. Apply more coats until you have the color that you want. The glaze makes the mixture translucent so that you will see the white shining through. The more glaze in the mixture, the more translucent it will be and the longer it will take to dry. More paint in the mixture will make it more opaque. Experiment on a spare piece of painted wood until you have the shading that suits.

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LOCKPORT Niagara County leaders are again considering a new Public Works Department facility, but this time it could be significantly scaled back from the failed plan of six years ago.

It would still be built on Junction Road in Cambria, where the county bought 60 acres of land for the project for $180,000 in 2008.

However, the County Legislature called a halt to planning when it received a $42 million cost estimate for the new complex, which was to include the Public Works offices, a highway equipment garage and extras such as space to store the countys voting machines.

This time, the project may include only a highway garage to replace the aging building on South Niagara Street in Lockport, according to Richard W. Eakin, deputy public works commissioner for buildings and grounds.

The Legislature is to vote Tuesday on paying the Wendel engineering firm of Amherst $18,500 to come up with a floor plan and exterior renderings of the building.

Its my understanding were going to be supplied with more alternatives than we were before, said Majority Leader Richard E. Updegrove, R-Lockport.

He suggested a possible hybrid facility to store the countys trucks with the possibility of future additions.

The resolution on Tuesdays agenda speaks of determining what departments should be identified to be included in a Phase I construction.

No cost estimate for the eventual construction has been determined, Eakin said.

Referring to the 2008 stop order, Updegrove said. A lot of things have changed since then, but the deterioration of the building Public Works is housed in has not changed.

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BOURBON COUNTY, Ky. (WKYT) - On Saturday alone, lightning struck three different buildings in Bourbon County including the public library downtown.

Built in the early 1900s, the public library in Paris a staple in the city and unfortunately it was struck by lightning around 6:00 Saturday night, causing it to catch on fire.

When firefighters arrived, there were flames and smoke coming through the roof of the structure.

Firefighters say the fire started in the attic, making it difficult for crews to reach since the area was surrounded by inches of insulation and plastic wrap.

Thankfully, the library's collection of books and computers had been temporarily moved since the library is currently undergoing renovation.

"It was in the remodeling phase so there was already a lot of damage done to it already. We were just trying to save the exterior of the structure because that part will still be the main part of the library when renovation is done," said Paris Fire Department Battalion Chief Michael Duffy.

Paris City Manager John Plummer says because of the fire, there's a high probability that the entire roof will have to be replaced.

No one was hurt in the fire and construction crews weren't inside when the lightning struck.

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BERKELEY -- Changes are in store for a pair of Telegraph Avenue properties, each involving longtime businesses, that are now on the market.

The iconic Caffe Mediterraneum -- synonymous with the Telegraph Avenue Bohemian scene and birthplace of the cafe latte -- is for sale.

But, building owner and current cafe operator Craig Becker said that if he has his way the caf's character and tone, and even its renowned coffee, will stay.

The business, also known as Caf Med, has been at 2475 Telegraph Ave. about four blocks from the UC Berkeley campus, since 1957, and Becker said it is not closing.

The block on which the cafe sits also includes the former Tienda Ho clothing store (now vacant,) part of a corner parcel at Telegraph Avenue and Dwight Way that is also on the market.

Craig Becker, owner of Caffe Mediterraneum in Berkeley, poses in front of his Telegraph Avenue business on Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2012. (Doug Oakley/Staff file)

Tenants of that corner lot include Shakespeare & Co. Books, which has occupied that site since 1964; and Maxi Hair Care in business in its spot for four decades.

The corner property itself has not been on the market for 95 years, according to Gordon Commercial Real Estate Services in Berkeley, which is handling the sale.

The Telegraph Avenue commercial district has had its struggles and changes in recent years and Becker said the area is not for everybody. But he added he is staying on as the cafe building's owner.

Becker said he is looking for someone to lease the spot who can provide strong management and do some remodeling.

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BERKELEY -- Changes are in store for a pair of Telegraph Avenue properties, each involving longtime businesses, that are now on the market.

The iconic Caffe Mediterraneum -- synonymous with the Telegraph Avenue Bohemian scene and birthplace of the cafe latte -- is for sale.

But, building owner and current cafe operator Craig Becker said that if he has his way the caf's character and tone, and even its renowned coffee, will stay.

The business, also known as Caf Med, has been at 2475 Telegraph Ave. about four blocks from the UC Berkeley campus, since 1957, and Becker said it is not closing.

The block on which the cafe sits also includes the former Tienda Ho clothing store (now vacant,) part of a corner parcel at Telegraph Avenue and Dwight Way that is also on the market.

Craig Becker, owner of Caffe Mediterraneum in Berkeley, poses in front of his Telegraph Avenue business on Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2012. (Doug Oakley/Staff file)

Tenants of that corner lot include Shakespeare & Co. Books, which has occupied that site since 1964; and Maxi Hair Care in business in its spot for four decades.

The corner property itself has not been on the market for 95 years, according to Gordon Commercial Real Estate Services in Berkeley, which is handling the sale.

The Telegraph Avenue commercial district has had its struggles and changes in recent years and Becker said the area is not for everybody. But he added he is staying on as the cafe building's owner.

Becker said he is looking for someone to lease the spot who can provide strong management and do some remodeling.

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DYESS, Ark. Honkytonks and haute restaurants are equally hard to come by in this part of the Arkansas Delta these days, where places to see a show or legally buy a beer with dinner can be few and far between. Yet, music luminaries gather in the area annually to pay their respects to the memory and legend of Johnny Cash, who grew up in this tiny farm town in the northeast corner of the state. Tourists also occasionally make pilgrimages to honor the iconic entertainer, and now they finally have something to see.

Cashs boyhood home and the Dyess Administration Building have been restored in the first phase of a $5.59 million project that eventually aims to partly resurrect not only the historic Depression-era colony the Cash family called home, but this areas fiscal fortunes by drawing from 30,000 to 50,000 visitors annually. If those projections based on visitor numbers to the nearby boyhood homes of Elvis Presley and B.B. King are accurate, tourism could infuse as much as $10 million a year into the economy and add around 100 coveted jobs for the regions residents.

So, that, for Arkansas, is quite significant, said Ruth Hawkins, head of Arkansas State Universitys Heritage Sites program, which is guiding the restoration.

The Dyess projects grand opening is Aug. 16, the day after the university hosts the fourth annual Johnny Cash Music Festival, featuring headliners Reba McEntire, Bobby Bare and Loretta Lynn. The show started as a fundraiser for the project, which has also received grants from the National Endowment for the Humanities, the Arkansas Natural and Cultural Resources Council and other sources.

Officials at the university, based in Jonesboro, have so far cobbled together about $2.5 million. Eventually, they hope to resurrect the colonys theater building, which is now little more than a deteriorated shell, transforming it into a visitor orientation center, and build a caretaker home that replicates an original colony house. The later phases of the project emphasize the sites historical significance beyond its ties to the Man in Black.

The Dyess Colony was established as an agricultural resettlement community by the Works Progress Administration in 1934, as part of Roosevelts New Deal as a plan to get destitute farmers back on their feet, Hawkins said. And it wasnt a government handout. You came and you cultivated and worked the land. When the land became productive and you began to make some money off it, then you paid the government back with the idea of eventually owning your own land.

Five hundred families were selected to settle in modest houses there and, with the help of a mule and seed money, each tamed 20 to 40 acres of what was then forest and swampland. To qualify, colonists had to have a proven record as successful farmers before the Depression. Ray and Carrie Cash and their five oldest children were among those chosen to take part in the cultural experiment, so the family including a 3-year-old then called J.R. moved to Dyess from Kingsland, Ark., in 1935.

I think that was an important part of American history the New Deal and the WPA project. Maybe its still fairly recent enough that we dont look at it as the important part of history that it is. But for really desperately poor families like the Cash family was; it saved them, said Cashs oldest daughter, the performer and writer Rosanne Cash. I dont think they would have survived without the WPA project. And that town was created purely out of that. There were 500 cottages, the administration building where my grandpa sold the cotton he picked and the co-op, the movie theater, the caf and the school. It was a fully functioning town, and theres not much left of it now.

Considering its former state of disrepair, it is fortunate from a cultural perspective that the Cash house was one of the few original buildings still standing. While it was valued at $100,000 when the university acquired it in 2011, that appraisal was due more to its historical significance than its structural soundness.

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