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Show 12 SPRINGVILLE HERALD Thursday, July 20, 2006 Hamlet Homes is finalist for National Housing Quality Award Hamlet Homes was recently re-cently chosen as a finalist for the National Housing Quality Award (NHQA), the highest level of quality achievement in the housing hous-ing industry. The judging process entailed en-tailed a panel of judges holding a two-day site visit at Hamlet to evaluate how the homebuilder's commitment commit-ment to customer-focused quality plays into construction, con-struction, business management, man-agement, sales, design and warranty service. "As a first-time finalist of the NHQ Awards, this is the most prestigious recognition rec-ognition Hamlet has ever received," says Michael Brodsky, owner and chairman chair-man of Hamlet Homes. "We are honored to have achieved this status and give a great deal of credit to our employees who have significantly contributed contrib-uted to this success. The application process itself, over the last few years, has been a tremendous learning experience and has benefited our organization organi-zation immensely." Following the site visit, Hamlet received a detailed report from the judges that contained feedback of areas ar-eas in which they excelled, as well as suggestions for improvement. Winners of the 14th annual NHQ Awards will be announced an-nounced and presented with a gold, silver or honorable hon-orable mention award at the Professional Builder Benchmark Conference, September 26-29, 2006 in Las Vegas. Patterned after the Malcolm Mal-colm Baldridge National Quality Award, the NHQ Awards is sponsored by the NAHB Research Center Cen-ter and the Reed Business Information. Hamlet has been building quality, customer-oriented homes for ten years, filling fill-ing a much-needed niche in the Utah housing market and continues to maintain its spot as one of the leading lead-ing Utah homebuilders. In 2005, Hamlet finished an excellent year by closing on 342 homes. For more information about Hamlet Homes, visit www.hamlethomes.com or call (801) 281-2223. To learn more about the NAQ Awards, visit www.nah-brc.orgquality. www.nah-brc.orgquality. Hamlet Homes crafts quality, customer-oriented homes, ranging from condominiums and town- homes to single family homes, located in attractively attrac-tively designed neighborhoods neighbor-hoods for homebuyers in northern Utah. Since the company's founding in 1995, Hamlet Homes has developed more than 3,360 lots and constructed more than 2,250 homes in 34 communities. The company is continually continu-ally striving to meet and exceed the expectations of its homebuyers and live up to its brand of "Great Homes. Great People. Great Experience." In 2004 and 2005, Hamlet was awarded the Builder of Integrity Award from the Quality Builders Warranty War-ranty Corporation, and in 2003, 2004 and 2006, Hamlet Ham-let was awarded Utah's Best of State medal for residential construction. Tips on cutting energy costs this summer! Ben Hume According to the Washington Wash-ington DC based Alliance to Save Energy, "average "aver-age households will spend more than $5,000 on energy ener-gy this year to power their homes and vehicles." Is there something you can do to lessen the impact of rising energy costs on your wallet? YES! Curbing energy consumption in homes and businesses alike starts with a back-to-the-basics approach. For example 1. DON'T FORGET TO USE THE FAN! Many people think that if they have air conditioning condition-ing they don't need fans, and a surprising number of households simply don't have fans at all. Fans not only use less energy than air conditioners, but when ceiling fans are combined with air conditioning, they enable you to raise the thermostat on air conditioners condi-tioners and cut those AC costs. Fan Do's and Don'ts worth noting!) Don't forget to turn the fans off when the room is unoccupied! unoccu-pied! And 2) Do get ENERGY ENER-GY STAR certified fans! 2. OPEN THE WINDOWS WIN-DOWS WHEN YOU CAN! Have you ever had the experience of taking an evening stroll on a cooling cool-ing summer's night and hearing your neighbors' air conditioners working overtime? Pay attention to maximizing maxi-mizing cooling cross-ventilation by opening those windows during non-peak heat hours, and turning that wallet draining AC system off! A common mistake that many owners of newer homes with French doors and similar outswing or inswing window and door designs make is in thinking think-ing that their home's windows win-dows and doors just can't be screened. Keeping bugs out then becomes a reason rea-son to keep the expensive AC on. Actually, all of a home's windows and doors can stay open if one uses either manual or motorized motor-ized retractable screens. (Write to EnergyEf ficienc yMirageScreenSystems. com for consultations on optimizing natural cross-ventilation cross-ventilation with non-traditional and low-cost screening screen-ing systems.) Some ask questions like, "Is it more efficient to keep your house at 74 degrees in the summer, or constantly raise the temperature to 76 or 78 when you're not at home and then kick on the AC when you return?" Most definitely, the answer an-swer is to turn off that AC when you are not home. 3. BETTER YET-GET Summer Public Ice Skating Mon& Wed 11:30-1:30, 3:30-5:30, 7:00-9:00 Fri 11:30-1:30,3:30-5:30,7:00-10:00 , Sat 2:00-10:00 Monday Family Night Special Buy f admission & get 1 of equal or lesser value FREE!! ywt vana wnn any otner oner; Ridiculously Cheap Beginning Hockey Lessons ONLY $20 FAMILY FRIENDLY RADIO FOR UTAH VALLEY L ct nUUno HUH J M RADIO The Key to life is Jesus Christ 1450 rYOn- ' Web Site: www.keyy.com . E-Mail: mailkeyy.com , Complete program schedule and listener comment opportunity on our web site or phone us for a copy of our schedule! KEYY will not add your name to any mailing lists. Steven A. Barshun, General Manager 307 South 1600 West, Provo.UT 84601-3932 374-5210 lEnEspanol! PROGRAMAS Y MUSICA PARA LA FAMILIA Los Sabados De Las 12:00 A Las 5:00 p.m. THIS MEANS GcP) You ! PROGRAMMABLE THERMOSTATS! Ever run out the door rushing to work and forgetting for-getting to turn off the air conditioning system? Given Giv-en the pace of modern life, this is more likely than not, and if you make a habit of it, you are spending money on cooling energy that you don't need to. Programmable thermostatsand thermo-statsand using them! can spare you this expense, AND keep your home at a more comfortable even temperature. Better yet, an innovative summer energy-minded home improvement that is becoming more popular is the use of motorized solar so-lar screens installed on the outside of the house, that either are activated with a sun sensor or a timer to roll down at peak sun hours to keep heat from entering the house. You can even tie these systems in with the programmable thermostats used for your air conditioner to truly optimize summer energy controls. 4. BARBECUE! BBQ is not only about enhancing summer cuisine. cui-sine. Operating a natural gas BBQ costs more than 50 percent less than propane pro-pane and does NOT heat up your home. 5. SUMMERIZE YOUR FIREPLACE! For starts, make sure that the pilot light is off on your gas fireplace during summer months or ANY time when it is not being used regularly. Make sure you use a Fireplace Plug or Draft-stopper Draft-stopper of some kind. Studies have proven that homes with fireplaces use 30 more energy than homes without fireplaces. fireplac-es. The Fireplace Plug or Draftstopper is designed to reduce energy loss up the chimney from home heating or cooling when the fireplace is not in use. 6. BE LAUNDRY SMART! Switch to cold water when doing laundry because be-cause 85 - 90 of the energy en-ergy used to wash your clothes is otherwise used to heat the water. Always wash full loads. If you are choosing a washer, always select a front loading model that will save water AND energy ener-gy as much as 50 savings sav-ings in energy and 40 savings in water. Then, hang towels and other laundry on a clothesline clothes-line when possible. If you must use the dryer, do all the laundry on the same day such that you will not have to re-heat the dryer ppQcific Horizon R E D I T UNION 96 E; Center Springville 489-3603 I'd h Jf ' ' r CD. FOR ONE YEAR Stop by or call today for more information! CRE1HT UNIONS r : Workbeginson Stewart Sculpture Garden at Art Museum Exciting new developments are happening to the south of the Springville Museum of Art. After several sev-eral years of negotiation, planning and fund-raising, the much-awaited Stewart Sculpture Garden is now underway. The Nebo School District and Springville City recently re-cently swapped land in order to provide space for a larger garden. Like the new wing addition, which was dedicated in 2004, the SMA Association is raising rais-ing funds for construction of this beautiful area. With a generous donation of $180,000 from Diane and Sam Stewart of Salt Lake City, the project was able to get started. "The Stewart family," said Museum Muse-um Director Dr. Vern G. Swanson, "not only were the major donors to the project, but Diane worked closely close-ly with a famous architect, Gar Campbell, to provide concept drawings and digital images. Her sensitive vision is manifest throughout the sculpture garden design." Other major donors have also provided funds. Doug and Marian Smoot of Provo and formerly of Springville, Spring-ville, donated $65,000 to build a graceful loggia between be-tween the museum and the gym to the south, which-will which-will bear their name. . Senator and Mrs. Orrin Hatch have also contributed contrib-uted substantially, through the Utah Families Foundation, Founda-tion, to the children's section of the garden. Sunroc has graciously donated concrete and cinder-block cinder-block for the garden's surrounding wall and arched pergola. Dave Cook; president of the SMA Association Associa-tion Art Board, is spearheading the construction of the Stewart Sculpture Garden. He believes this space will be, aA hermitage and an elegant place of meditation medita-tion and contemplation, a perfect setting for the museum's mu-seum's larger sculpture pieces." Mapleton road closures The following roads in Mapleton will be closed from 9 a.m. to about 10 a.m., on the 24th of July, for the Mapleton City Pioneer Pio-neer Parade. Main Street will be closed from 1600 N. to Maple Ma-ple Street, or SR147, and Maple Street, or SR147, will be closed from Main Street to 300 West. - Traffic going East on Maple Ma-ple Street, or SR147, will be diverted to 300 West. Traffic Traf-fic going West on Maple Street, or SR147, will be diverted to 300 East. ASK THE DENTIST Q. There are so many different differ-ent toothbrushes on the market today. How do I know which one is the right one for me? A. This is a good question, which we hear daily. The brand of the toothbrush is not nearly as critical as the type of bristle, the size and shape of the head , and how frequently you replace re-place your toothbrush. , We recommend a soft bristled brush with a small head. The soft bristles are most important for the health of your gums. A small head allows you to get :, around each tooth more completely and is less likely like-ly to injure your gums. Daily frequency of brushing and replacement with a new brush are much more important issues than the brand you choose. We recommend replacing your brush at least once every 2 to 3 months. Brushing first thing in the morning, after each meal and at the end of the day is a good routine. If you are not able to do this because of your busy schedule, we recommend brushing twice a day at a bare minimum. for each load, but instead save energy because the dryer will already be hot for consecutive loads. 7. SEEK LOW COST ENERGY EN-ERGY IMPROVEMENTS FOR THE BATHROOM If you install water saving sav-ing showerheads in each bathroom, you can cut water wa-ter consumption by up to 70, which also saves on the heat energy needed to heat water for bathing. Dehumidistats connected to bathroom fans not only control moisture, and also cut energy costs because dry air heats more easily than moist air. When should you attend to summer energy efficiency? effi-ciency? YESTERDAY! For more summer energy en-ergy saving ideas visit the Problem Solving page at STRONG CD rate with an even stronger GUARANTEE. Looking for a secure place to grow your money? Get a guaranteed yield with a fixed rate CD from State farm Bank. For information, call me today. f 77 J DeanaHill V I State Farm Ansnt Springville, UT 84663 Bus: 801-489-9444 deana.hill.ne9ostatefarm.com Bank. 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