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A Moose Jaw roofing company has become the first in the province to recycle shingles.

Times-Herald photo by Nathan Frank

Justin Fall, president of Advanced Roofing shows off ground up shingles which will be used for asphalt on Saskatchewan highways.

Advanced Roofing hope to recycle the 300 tons of asphalt shingles that they regularly put into the landfill each year. Once the shingles are deposited they are then buried.

Justin Fall, president of Advanced Roofing said they want to be a company that reduces their carbon footprint and he figured this was the best way to do it.

I saw how much we put into the landfill every year and I have roofed in Alberta before, where they did do this and I thought someone has to start doing this otherwise our landfills will be mounding with shingles (when they) could be reused for something else, said Fall.

Advanced Roofing will be recycling the shingles by grinding up the wasted shingles into a finer product that can be re-used for asphalt mixes for Saskatchewan highways. The company plans to donate the ground up shingles to paving companies.

It will help the environment because they wont have to mine new or virgin asphalt to the tune of between 5 and 25 per cent in their mixes, he said. It can be used in a cold asphalt mix, which is what they use to patch potholes and do small repairs.

Fall said the only other group to recycle shingles in the province travel from Alberta where they take the shingles from the Regina and Saskatoon landfills back to Alberta to be recycled.

The Advanced Roofing president hopes to get the city and other roofing companies involved in recycling their shingles in the future. He foresees picking up used shingles at the landfill and recycling them at the Advanced Roofing yard.

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The Farmington Exchange has a brand new look! Over the last two years the Owners have performed a major exterior renovation project on the building. The renovations included a full roof replacement, new siding, and window replacement; in addition they refurbished the buildings prominent entrances. With the expanding UConn Medical Center located directly across from the enhanced Exchange, there is much renewed interest in this area of Farmington.

The project was led by ACRE Group's, Senior Property Manager, Pamela Bayer who engaged Max Parangi, a highly regarded New York architect, to develop a total faade restoration. Together they created a color scheme that has enhanced and upgraded The Exchange's exterior finish while maintaining the unique design of this 250,000sf mixed use building.

Built in 1973, The Farmington Exchange was designed by renowned architect Charles Warren Callister. To this day The Exchange remains to be the largest post and beam wood structure east of the Mississippi. In 2009, the ACRE Group, a full service commercial real estate company represented the Owner in the acquisition of The Farmington Exchange.

Located at 270 Farmington Avenue, The Farmington Exchange is one of the most recognized professional commercial buildings in Farmington. The Exchange, a 250,000 square foot mixed use property offers a wide selection of suites and accommodates a variety of tenants, including medical offices, retail establishments, two restaurants and a number of other professional offices. Leasing is handled by CBRE NE. For Leasing Information, contact Gary Schless, 860-987-4792.

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Following a 2013 vote by the state Board of Education, Alabama became the first state to implement the entire ACT sequence, which consists of six student assessments spanning grades 3 through 12. Developed by the same nonprofit organization that administers the ACT, the tests will track students' academic growth over time, said Michael Sibley, director of communications at the Alabama Department of Education.

Some of the things that parents should keep in mind are that these assessments are important for them to see how their child is doing academically, Sibley said. This new reporting process that ACT Aspire provides will show them in very clear, practical images like they've not seen before, how their child is doing.

Unlike the Alabama Reading and Math Test, the ACT tests are linked and build upon one another, Sibley added. Calhoun County schools began testing Thursday.

The ACT testing has gone very well with Calhoun County Schools, Superintendent Joe Dyar said. We've had a lot of youngsters that have finished on time. We did have some trouble completing the math portion of the test on time, but for the most part we've had absolutely no bumps in the road.

Anniston City Schools Superintendent Darren Douthitt said that any students preparations for an academic test should include getting plenty of rest and eating a good breakfast.

Make sure they keep the whole idea of testing within the framework that it is a test and that all we can expect from them is to do their very best, Douthitt said. Therefore, they won't have anxiety about it, which is definitely a problem for some kids.

The state will also foot the bill for the ACT Plus Writing college entrance exam, a fee usually incurred by high school students applying for college. Sibley said that the cost was a financial burden on some families and that this may encourage some students to consider college as an option.

The testing, said Sibley, is intended to give every kid a shot, regardless of what your ZIP code is or what your socioeconomic setting is.

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It's the end for Darden Restaurants' combination of Olive Garden and Red Lobster restaurants.

Two of the six combo operations, in Thomasville, Ga. and Beaufort, S.C., closed over the weekend. Darden will convert four others, including one in Palm Coast, into stand-alone Olive Gardens.

Darden said it would no longer operate the hybrids because of its plans to sell or spin off Red Lobster.

Darden launched the experiment three years ago in smaller markets. In the set-up, Olive Garden and Red Lobster share a kitchen but have separate entrances and dining rooms.

The restaurants also opened in Brunswick, Ga.; Waycross, Ga.; and Wilkesboro, N.C. Darden said those areas, along with Palm Coast, should generate enough business to support full-sized Olive Gardens.

Darden spokesman Rich Jeffers said he did not know when the company would convert the remaining restaurants. The Olive Garden sides should stay open during the couple of weeks it will take to change the Red Lobster sections, he said.

Typically, quick-service chains have placed two brands side-by-side in one building. KFC and Taco Bell often share space. So do Baskin-Robbins and Dunkin' Donuts. Such combos are unusual for sit-down restaurants.

"I don't know if it plays that well in casual dining, or other people would have tried it," said analyst Lynne Collier, who covers Darden for Sterne Agee. "It was an effort for them to reduce their investment costs and improve their store level returns. My guess is it's not something they'll do again anytime soon."

In fact, Jeffers said Darden has no immediate plans to try the concept with its other big brand, LongHorn Steakhouse. Instead, it wants to focus on turning around Olive Garden, where sales have been declining.

"We definitely learned a lot," Jeffers said. "We'll certainly continue to evaluate what we learned and see what the future might hold."

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CHARLESTON The Regional Office of Education Committee called an emergency meeting on Monday to discuss bids for a new roof on the 18-year-old building.

Weather-related damage to the Regional Office of Education No. 11 (ROE) building, 730 Seventh St., caused the need for reconstruction work to shingles on the roof that blew off, according to Bobbi Mattingly, regional superintendent of schools.

The ROE committee consists of a representative from the seven counties that the ROE serves, which include Clark, Coles, Cumberland, Douglas, Edgar, Moultrie and Shelby Counties. Also in attendance at the meeting were Mattingly, Assistant Superintendent of Schools Kyle Thompson and members of the Coles County Building Commission.

Five bids were discussed on Monday and it was unanimously voted to go with the lowest bid of $17,700 from Beechy's Construction Siding and Overhang of Sullivan for the construction of a metal roof. If the agreement is accepted by Beechys, it would include a 40-year warranty on the roof.

During the March 11 Coles County Board meeting, States Attorney Brian Bower said that the counties should be paying into a fund for building maintenance, in addition to the rent they already pay, which has never happened since the establishment was built in 1996.

Since the building, which is owned by the Coles County Building Commission, was constructed no major repairs were needed until now and because the seven counties have not paid into a fund for building maintenance, they will now have to pay a one-time lump sum to fix the roof, according to Mattingly.

The amount of money that the seven counties would have to pay include: $1,455 for Clark County; $5,408 for Coles County; $1,057 for Cumberland County; $3,047 for Douglas County; $2,280 for Edgar County; $1,775 for Moultrie County; and $2,678 for Shelby County. Coles County is asked to contribute the most money because it is the biggest county and Cumberland is the smallest, so it pays the least amount.

Mattingly said that at this time it is unknown when the roof repairs will start taking place.

The next scheduled meeting for the ROE committee is June 2, when members plan on discussing the long-term maintenance for the building, in addition to establishing a major building maintenance fund.

Contact Bilharz at sbilharz@jg-tc.com or 217-238-6839.

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