Chester and Cynthia Curdlecod are the local gourmets of Flabbergast County and one evening last week we were invited to their home for dinner. They take pride in their ability to prepare sumptuous meals from the local fish, fowl and fauna and avoid b
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How will you keep your kids busy this summer vacation?
Start with the courthouse
Comments
Monday, July 3, 2000
Start with the courthouse. That's my advice to the soon-to-be appointed Facilities Evaluation and Planning Committee that was created by the county board last Tuesday. The evaluation of the shops and other facilities can wait.
Study what to do with the courthouse and make a recommendation. Then let's see if the commissioners have the political where-with-all to come up with a plan and implement it.
Should we remodel the courthouse?
The county board has known since November '99 what needs to be done to update the courthouse. That's when architect David Kane of Kane & Johnson Architects of Rochester briefed the board on the costs for courthouse remodeling.
1. The mechanical plant (heating and air) is on its last leg and could go down any day. Cost $534,200 to $746,600.
2. The electrical system needs to be replaced in its entirety. Cost $303,500 to $331,500.
3. The courthouse needs an elevator so as to comply with the American with Disabilities Act. Cost $150,000.
4. In order to do any construction asbestos needs to be recovered. Cost $129,100.
5. Offices need to be reconfigured. Cost ($20sf at 20,200sf) $404,000.
6. Windows need replacing. Cost $152,000.
Add another $75,000 for structural modifications and the total cost to remodel the courthouse ranges from $1,747,800 to $1,988,200, but that doesn't include the courtroom. Each year that something isn't done the price to do the job goes up another 4% for inflation ($80,000).
One downside to remodelling is the disruption that would be caused by construction, which was one of the reasons given for building the new county office building in north Preston.
As of now, the county board has agreed in principle to go ahead with building the elevator and taking out the asbestos. They have the cash to do this. But in order to carry out any kind of significant remodeling the county would have to bond for the money. This would require a referendum by the voters.
The courthouse is 53 years old. But Kane says that the building, with its "double-loaded corridor", is still an efficient use of space. And acccording to the architect, at $50 per square foot to remodel, the price is cost-effective.
"If all of the modifications are made, the use-ful life of the building starts over," Kane told the board back in November. "The basic building is sound."
So .....
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Start with the courthouse. That's my advice to the soon-to-be appointed Facilities Evaluation and Planning Committee that was created by the county board last Tuesday. The evaluation of the shops and other facilities can wait.
Study what to do with the courthouse and make a recommendation. Then let's see if the commissioners have the political where-with-all to come up with a plan and implement it.
The county board has known since November '99 what needs to be done to update the courthouse. That's when architect David Kane of Kane & Johnson Architects of Rochester briefed the board on the costs for courthouse remodeling.
1. The mechanical plant (heating and air) is on its last leg and could go down any day. Cost $534,200 to $746,600.
2. The electrical system needs to be replaced in its entirety. Cost $303,500 to $331,500.
3. The courthouse needs an elevator so as to comply with the American with Disabilities Act. Cost $150,000.
4. In order to do any construction asbestos needs to be recovered. Cost $129,100.
5. Offices need to be reconfigured. Cost ($20sf at 20,200sf) $404,000.
6. Windows need replacing. Cost $152,000.
Add another $75,000 for structural modifications and the total cost to remodel the courthouse ranges from $1,747,800 to $1,988,200, but that doesn't include the courtroom. Each year that something isn't done the price to do the job goes up another 4% for inflation ($80,000).
One downside to remodelling is the disruption that would be caused by construction, which was one of the reasons given for building the new county office building in north Preston.
As of now, the county board has agreed in principle to go ahead with building the elevator and taking out the asbestos. They have the cash to do this. But in order to carry out any kind of significant remodeling the county would have to bond for the money. This would require a referendum by the voters.
The courthouse is 53 years old. But Kane says that the building, with its "double-loaded corridor", is still an efficient use of space. And acccording to the architect, at $50 per square foot to remodel, the price is cost-effective.
"If all of the modifications are made, the use-ful life of the building starts over," Kane told the board back in November. "The basic building is sound."
So .....
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Journal Profile # 73
Name: Winifred Eiken
Home: Henrytown
Age: 63 on April 12
Profession: Amish Tour Guide
Family: Husband - Roger; 2 sons - Ashley and Richard; 2 daughters - Jill and Joan; 12 grandchildren; 1 great .....
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Home: Henrytown
Age: 63 on April 12
Profession: Amish Tour Guide
Family: Husband - Roger; 2 sons - Ashley and Richard; 2 daughters - Jill and Joan; 12 grandchildren; 1 great .....
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Wedding Punch
2 cans (12 oz. each) frozen lemonade concentrate
2 cans (12 oz. each) frozen pineapple juice concentrate
1 quart water
1 liter ginger ale
1 liter bottle sparkling water
1 large bottle sparkling white grape juice or champagne .....
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Monday, July 10, 2000
To the Editor,
This is great! I will no longer have to wait long periods of my life for Mom to mail old issues of the Journal. The Journal is at my finger tips at any time of the day or night (www.fillmorecountyjournal.com). It has been the g .....
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This is great! I will no longer have to wait long periods of my life for Mom to mail old issues of the Journal. The Journal is at my finger tips at any time of the day or night (www.fillmorecountyjournal.com). It has been the g .....
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