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Maine Township High School District 207 officials are planning to build a $9.3 million addition to the existing spectator gym at Maine West High School in Des Plaines.

George LeClaire | Staff Photographer

Maine Township High School District 207 is planning to build a $9.3 million, 23,000-square-foot addition to the existing gym at Maine West in Des Plaines that would include locker rooms, a weight room and wrestling room.

It would bring those athletic amenities out of the basement of Maine West's spectator gym. But it stops short of something many around Maine West have long sought, and something Maine East and Maine South already have: a field house.

Such a project would take up a larger footprint to make room for an indoor track, which is staying put for now in Maine West's basement. The biggest obstacle to making it a reality, district officials say, has been finding the money to pay for it.

"It's a thought," said Dave Beery, the district's spokesman. "The proposal here is to construct an expansion in such a way that if a (school) board at some future date wanted to add a field house, it could do so. It would work with this expansion. But the district does not have the financial resources to do a field house at this point."

At a meeting of the board's buildings and grounds committee in May, Maine West Athletic Director Jarett Kirshner asked committee members to consider the addition of a field house. Board member Sean Sullivan "expressed flexibility in having a field house" since all district facilities should be "comparable and equitable," according to meeting minutes.

A smaller-scale gym addition, as proposed, could be funded without borrowing or raising taxes through the district's budgeted 10-year capital improvement plan. In its second year, the plan has focused on upgrades to each of the district's schools, including window replacements, roof repairs and improvements to electrical, mechanical, plumbing, heating and cooling systems.

The Maine West gym addition would be one of the largest and most expensive projects in the 10-year plan -- and the only one involving new construction, Beery said.

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Dave Sparks just completed one of the more challenging restaurant construction projects he has encountered in his years as a local McDonald's franchisee.

It's not because the design of the new south-side Mishawaka McDonald's is radically different from any other area restaurant.

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Fans of the "SpongeBob SquarePants" cartoon may dream of joining the happy sponge in an underwater adventure, but a new restaurant opening in the West Bank may soon give people a real taste of Bikini Bottom City.

Krusty Krab, an eatery modeled after the restaurant where SpongeBob and his neighbor Squidward Tentacles work on the show, is slated to open in Ramallah, reported the International Business Times.

The exterior of the building is a faithful representation of its cartoon model, complete with a lobster trap-shaped structure with nets on the windows and five flags strewn across the roof. Mr. Krabs even makes an appearance outside the building.

A Facebook page for the restaurant shows it's still under construction and currently looking for employees. No word on what the restaurant will serve yet, but we're betting on burgers and a Krabby patty.

If SpongeBob fans are really lucky, a Chum Bucket won't open right across the street.

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NASHUA Springtime fears that the citys ongoing sidewalk project would shut down outdoor seating at a landmark downtown restaurant has given way to the sight of summer diners sitting alongside orange work cones and heavy equipment.

Once vocal critics of the citys sidewalk plans, Marthas Exchange owners Chris and Bill Fokas, had little to say about the construction going on outside their restaurant this week. ... Subscribe or log in to read more

NASHUA Springtime fears that the citys ongoing sidewalk project would shut down outdoor seating at a landmark downtown restaurant has given way to the sight of summer diners sitting alongside orange work cones and heavy equipment.

Once vocal critics of the citys sidewalk plans, Marthas Exchange owners Chris and Bill Fokas, had little to say about the construction going on outside their restaurant this week.

The signature wrought-iron tables were out on the sidewalk, where people could sit, eat and relax. A few feet away, the citys public works crews had torn up much of the old brick sidewalk and laid fresh blacktop. But closest to Marthas the old brick remained.

Further down Main Street, the citys new signature design of concrete and brick is being laid.

Mayor Donnalee Lozeau said shes worked with all Main Street businesses regarding the city sidewalk project, but has not altered the projects construction schedule to accommodate any specific request.

Yet the Fokas brothers had appealed to the mayor and the Board of Public Works in April to change when the sidewalk construction reaches their doorstep. They were hoping to reduce the constructions impact on summer business. Marthas customers and employees had also joined the owners to advocate for a schedule change.

Although Lozeau didnt skip over Marthas based on the appeal, they reached a compromise.

We didnt accommodate everything, we struck a balance, said Lozeau.

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Dave Sparks just completed one of the more challenging restaurant construction projects he has encountered in his years as a local McDonald's franchisee.

It's not because the design of the new south-side Mishawaka McDonald's is radically different from any other area restaurant.

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By B.A. Morelli, The Gazette

Switching from residential to industrial construction may not seem like much of a change.

Construction is construction, right? Not exactly.

The concepts are similar but the techniques are all different, said Craig Pickens, a carpenter working on the new University of Iowa Childrens Hospital in Iowa City.

Theres a learning curve, he said, but after starting in February cleaning plywood on the ground level, hes climbed the ranks and now is laying the top deck.

The promise of better pay and better hours caught Pickenss attention, and hes seized the opportunity by proving himself in an industry hungry for dependable workers.

I started in the basement, now I am working up here, Pickens said from seventh-floor deck of the new hospital on Friday.

The childrens hospital is a prime example of the worker shortage challenging construction projects in Eastern Iowa right now. They face intense competition for workers and cant seem to recruit enough.

The childrens hospital project is only staffed at about a quarter of the 400 people a day that eventually will be on site when construction hits full steam. Staffing already has been difficult.

Its just a bigger job than most people have seen around here, said Terry Theodore, an area superintendent for Gilbane Building Co., which is the project manager for the $357 million, 14-story childrens hospital and parking ramp project.

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