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GLENWOOD SPRINGS Big John Lindsey tried his hand at being a computer consultant and considered a few other second career options after he had to shut down his longtime lumber and hardware business on Devereux Road nearly three years ago.

That was one of the most difficult things Ive ever had to do, said Lindsey, who had owned and operated Big Johns Building and Home Center, including the local Ace Hardware affiliate, in the former 84 Lumber space, since 1988.

When he got word that his lease was ending and the building owner wanted to sell, he tried to buy the property.

The economy just wouldnt support it, Lindsey said.

He also looked at relocating the business, including taking a hard look at the vacant car dealership space on South Glen Avenue where, just a few short years later, he is about to re-enter the local retail market with his new Big Johns Ace Hardware store.

At that time, though, with my financial situation and the economy what it was, it just wasnt possible, he said from his new office in the 12,000-square-foot steel-frame metal building that is being converted into Glenwood Springs new hometown hardware store, in the words of the 6-foot-7 Lindsey.

It took a year living in Arizona with his wife, Meg, and their daughter, McKenna, to get the plan together. He even considered changing his focus to sporting goods rather than hardware, and talked to some local investors about that prospect.

But John, the son of hardware man and retired longtime Cedaredge Lumber owner Art Lindsey, said he ultimately decided that hardware was in his blood.

The other thing he knew for sure, especially after that short stint in the computer biz, was that hes meant to be a merchant.

A Colorado native, Lindsey managed his fathers store in the mountain town of Cedaredge for four years before opening his own store in Glenwood Springs at age 30.

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Christian rapper and singer Funky raises his finger to heaven as he sings during Saturday's Festival of Hope at the Glory Road Field. (Victor Calzada / El Paso Times)

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A bright sunset took the place of indoor lighting and blankets, foldable chairs, and jackets replaced indoor seating at the Greater El Paso Festival of Hope on Saturday.

The international festival, with evangelical preacher Franklin Graham, was originally scheduled at the Don Haskins Center. It changed locations to Glory Field after Graham became aware that the UTEP Miners women's basketball team was in need of the Don Haskins Center for the Women's National Invitation Tournament championship game.

Featured bands and singers on Saturday included Thousand Foot Krutch, Flame, Funky, Joshua Chavez and Band, and Dennis Agajanian.

Today, the festival will take place at 6 p.m., in the Don Haskins Center. Today's musical lineup will include the Tommy Coomes Band, Mariachi Isai, Daniel Calveti, and Michael W. Smith.

Saturday's venue change didn't seem to be a bother for those who attended and used the outdoor space to picnic and dance to cumbia, reggaeton, country and rap beats from the featured Christian artists.

More than 7,400 people from different denominations praised, worshiped and rejoiced. Thousands raised their hands in the air, whistled and cheered.

"I actually like the area, it's really good," said Lilana Maynez. "The areas aren't very small where people can sit. There's a lot of space."

The Rev. Joel Palomino, of the La Potencia de Dios Church, said moving to Glory Field was no trouble. About 80 members of Palomino's congregation attended the festival.

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The other Sunday, I wrote on my vision for lawyers to (1) be ethical and competent, (2) safeguard the liberty and nurture the prosperity of our people, and (3) globalize their outlook and practice. Today, I will dwell on the globalization of all professions: accounting, architecture, dentistry, engineering, medicine, nursing, etc.

Globalization of services. The World Trade Organization (WTO), of which the Philippines is a member, has globalized not only trade and industry by breaking down tariffs and taxes that impede the free flow of goods, but also services by encouraging the free exchange of the professions and blue-collar labor worldwide.

The Philippines is a major beneficiary of the globalization of blue-collar labor. Over 10 million Filipinos are employed abroad and remitted $26 billion last year, thus keeping the Philippine economy bustling and growing at a pace second only to China.

On white-collar jobs (or professions), however, the story is a little different. Former Dean Andres D. Bautista of the Far Eastern University Institute of Law and one of 10 holders of the Chief Justice Panganiban Professorial Chairs on Liberty and Prosperity, pointed out in a recent lecture that our Constitution limits the practice of all professions to Filipino citizens, save in cases prescribed by law, and by implication also restricts our professionals from practicing in foreign countries that demand reciprocity.

Pursuant to the constitutional exception, Congress enacted Republic Act No. 8981 authorizing foreigners to practice here on a reciprocal basis, i.e., the laws of the countries of the foreign professionals allow citizens of the Philippines to practice the profession on the same basis and grant the same privileges as those enjoyed by citizens of such foreign states.

Also, our Labor Code allows non-resident aliens to work here after a determination of non-availability of a person in the Philippines who is competent, able and willing at the time of the application to perform the services for which the alien is desired. In 2012, about 12,000 working permits for foreigners were issued.

Asean integration. The reciprocal exchange of professional practice is urgently required by the forthcoming integration of the 10 member-countries (including the Philippines) of the Association of South East Asian Nations (Asean) next year. Aseans 2015 vision is a single market where goods, investments, capital, skilled labor and services freely flow.

To prepare for this integration, Dean Bautista reported that the Philippines entered into mutual recognition agreements with Asean members for reciprocal professional practice by their citizens: engineering (on Dec. 9, 2005), nursing (Dec. 8, 2006), architecture and land surveying (both on Nov. 19, 2007), and medicine, dentistry and accounting (all on Feb. 26, 2009).

Borderline actual situations. Beyond Asean, Dean Bautista sketched some actual situations where borderline professional practice is already being done here, and I quote him:

(1) In architecture: International hotel chain Shangri-La is planning to build a 6-star hotel in Fort Bonifacio. It engages Palmer & Turner which is a foreign architectural firm based in San Francisco but with a branch in Hong Kong. It also engaged a structural engineer, Ove Arup, as design consultant, [and] BTR Ltd., Davis Langdon and Seah as quality surveyor. Teams of foreign professionals visit the project site on a regular basis. It engages a local architectural firm, Recio & Casas, to sign the plans. After the hotel is built, it will be employing several expatriates: general manager, hotel manager, resident manager, chef, etc.

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VICTORVILLE Sounds of power tools and hammers interrupted a small neighborhoods solitude as roughly a dozen Home Depot employees and veterans came together to help retired U.S. Air Force veteran Ralph Quintana add on to his home.

Quintana, who served two combat tours in Vietnam, said the new facility on his home will serve multiple functions, including physical and occupational therapy and a meeting room for veterans, Vietnam support groups and Disabled American Veterans (DAV) meetings.

We appreciate everything, Quintana said. It brings tears to our eyes.

Quintana was nominated for the restoration project by DAV Commander Richard Valdez.

The nomination process, which took approximately three months to complete, resulted in the Home Depot Foundation selecting Quintana.

With the help of volunteers from DAV Chapter 92 and Home Depot, Quintanas new addition is nearly complete.

Victorville Home Depot cashier Malcolm Dohi went to Quintanas home Friday to help build the add-on facility, which will be finished sometime next week. He added that he has traveled all across the High Desert to work on similar projects.

Were always helping veterans, said Dohi. Its nice to help out people. It does make you feel good that youre doing good for the community.

Some of the volunteers in attendance were Ernest Bockhorn, Gene Hendrix and Harvey de La Torre.

Les Nichols, who was also one of the DAV members in attendance, said there is always a need to help disabled veterans.

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Submitted A remodeling project, completed by Vogue Interiors Leslie Gebert at a residence in Shadow Wood at The Brooks, is an example of how a new interior can provide a new lease on life.

BONITA SPRINGS A remodeling project, completed by Vogue Interiors Leslie Gebert, Allied Member, ASID at a residence in Shadow Wood at The Brooks, is an example of how creating a new interior can provide a new lease on life.

Engaged by a client, who is relocating from Michigan to Southwest Florida, Gebert completely transformed a one-story, 3,021 square feet home that includes four bedrooms, three baths, a study, a formal dining room, a great room and a large outdoor living area. The result is a home that is elegantly appointed and perfectly sized for a client who is seeking a simpler, more flexible lifestyle.

This is the third home Ive worked on with this client and she has become a very good friend of mine, said Gebert. She has gone through some changes in her life and realized she did not need as much space. Ive admired how seamlessly she has eased into this simpler lifestyle that allows her the flexibility to entertain and travel. This was a very extensive remodeling project that is more about condensing her life into one home. Vogue and Golden Remodeling Inc. of Bonita Springs transformed a Tuscan look that was 12 years old into a transitional space with a fireplace and a completely renovated kitchen and master bathroom. The color palette is neutral with pops of marine blue and persimmon.

Geberts color palette plays against dark espresso cabinetry and an espresso floor to ceiling wall treatment on a very long inset wall in the great room. An applied molding treatment above the cabinetry frames a flat screen television that can be hidden behind touch-latch doors. A flush-mounted 54-inch Eco Smart fireplace was installed within the wall treatment and serves as a focal point in the room. Glass-fronted cabinetry is incorporated in a dry bar and wine cooler finished with a granite counter top with a mix of blues, grays, rust and ivory. Furnishings in the great room include a squared-off sectional sofa with a beige nubby herringbone fabric, an oversized cocktail ottoman featuring an ivory leather perimeter and a center tray, a contemporary putty-toned leather recliner and a delicate arm chair with blue fabric. An off-white textured shag rug has been placed in front of the sofa against the great rooms porcelain tile flooring.

My intention is to create a great room space that has a big wow factor, said Gebert. The dynamic wall treatment and fireplace crafted by Golden Remodeling achieve that. The addition of the espresso cabinetry, the applied molding details and especially the fireplace represents a very significant change for this home. Its a very fresh, up-to-date look that will have great appeal well into the future. Weve kept everything very clean-lined and eliminated the curves in the great room space. The room opens to the outdoor living area so its important everything flows in a way that will extend the comfort level outside.

Gebert also made substantial changes in the kitchen. All of the soffits were eliminated. New espresso cabinetry has been installed along with lighted cabinets with seeded glass fronts across the top of the wall. The island base now has an espresso finish. The same blues, grays, rust and ivory granite used at the dry bar are featured on the perimeter and island counter tops. To avoid competing with the tones of the granite, Gebert designed a backsplash with stainless steel metal tiles.

The light tones of the formal dining room convey a dramatic, formal look that is especially appealing at night. A beautiful dining table features antiqued mirror accents embedded around the edge. Upholstered host and hostess chairs and side chairs with light wood frames play against a tailored drapery treatment with inverted pleats. The draperies break on the floor to reinforce the more formal feeling of the room. The walls are finished with brown-bronze metallic grass cloth with a silver thread accent.

In the den, Golden Remodeling installed new dark-toned, hand-scraped hardwood flooring set on the diagonal. The flooring and a floor-to-ceiling ivory grass cloth wall covering compliment the clients desk, chocolate brown and ivory zebra print rug and book cases.

The master bedroom features a mix of ivory, Robins egg blue and soft gray. The metallic gray faux suede upholstered bed plays against soft gray walls, ivory-toned carpeting and the tray ceilings soft blue finish. The look is complimented by espresso night stands with mirrored fronts.

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