Show T-- r-t- 1T "PW ip W 9’WW "' Opinion 12 Crossword 13 The Herald Journal Logan Utah Wednesday March 29 2000 not to choice of contractor How can Ifind a reU-- r Jbr spring repairs ? Answer by: Leona IL Hawks Utah State University Extension housing and household technologies ' specialist and Inexperienced unqualified contractors can cost thousands of dollars especially if the work has to be redone The fust step in finding a reliable and reputable contractor is to develop a list of possibilities Ask friends or relatives for names of contractors who have done satisfactory work Find out where local contractors purchase their materials and ask for recommendations Survey local real estate agents They often know die reputable builders who work in the communi Brent StavmiHorfcld Joucral uses scavenged junk to create hetp-devices for persons with disabilities M Left Troy one-on-o- instruction on ty his voliey tech- Once you have your list of contractors you need to determine their reputation and quality of work Iklk to all of the contracton on your list to deter-mine if you could work with them If you don’t like their Specialist nique from Sports Academy Tennis Pro Craig Soderquist ' Below: Sports Academy Tennis Pro1 peraonality you surely won’t like it after working with them for a while Ask the contractors how long they have been in business What responsibility does the contractor assume for foe work of their subcontractors? Who will be responsible for correcting problems? Doesthe contractor 'V belong to foe local builders association and is he affiliated with the National Association of Home Builders? Does the contractor carry workers’ compensation and liability insurance? Does foe contractor have any registered complaints at foe Better Business Bureau? One very important way to check out contractors is to talk to their clients Ask the contractor to provide names of people who would be willing to talk with you Take foe time to talk to foe people and inspect foe completed projects Camille 1 Whenyoutalktofoeclientsbe sure and ask them these questions Did the contractor finish the project on schedule and at foe agreed price? Would foe client hire font contractor again? Was the client satisfied with the quality of the work? Did the contractor do what was promised in a timely manner? Find out if the contractor is licensed Membership in the National Association of Home Builders foe National Home Improvement Council or foe Remodeling Contrac- - I I'- B V quality or reliability but it may be an indicator of stability ai well as experience The Home Builders Association the Department of Commerce Occupational and Professional licensing Contractors Division in Salt Lake City and most city building inspectors can provide lists of licensed contractors Once you have decided on three or mote contractors who are quali- fied ask each to submit an official bid bo how much the project will cost Ask for bids from at least three contractors Bids prepared properly can take considerable time If a contractor is bidding against a large number of other contractors he may not want to waste his time It is a good idea to inform foe contractor how many other bids are being obtained During foe bidding process pay attention to how well the contractor sizes up the project Does the contractor take measurements ask questions and make suggestions? After getting foe bids compare them Deciding who gets the bid should be based on the detailed plans and specifications bow well you can communicate with the contractor and foe ability of the contractor to do a quality job The contractor shodd state exactly what must be done and where and the kinds of materials that will be used Thursday Religion: Stone-face- d left receives some Jeppson tosses balls to Common ' Ground members working on their voOey A & jonn ( Wffynrnoraua journal With afew adaptations and 'sOtriehelp from Common Ground it’s anyone’s game By Mike Ingraham Jeppson doesn’t know is getting into She given a tennis anyone disabled so in choosing racquets she selects the very hugest heads A half hour later Jeppson’s own head is in danger rtf getting conked by balls smacked by her students at the Sports Academy The big racquets worked great — Jeppson keej an arm raised to fend off the returns “Easy Troy easy” she begs one fellow firing balls back id her But the disabled are no longer taking H easy They’re making their presence felt and as society ages technology advances and expectations rise they wiO became increasingly visible and vociferous Look around at the cover of this week’s People inside last week’s Sports Illustrated at the Academy Awards Even a New Yorker cartoon shows a fellow facing a firing squad saying “Mind if I turn my heating aid down?" It seems safe tojay foe disabled are on their way Now it’s their friends Common Ground and the Utah Assistive Technolo eamille - : - ! gy Program who are looking for hands And in the case of Common Ground horses From the Whittier Center in Logan Common Ground Outdoor Adventures places the disabled oa tennis courts or canoes or bikes or the past weekn end on dogsleds they sit them on horses they are currently searching stables for volunteers and foe feed bins for funds In a dark quonset hut at Utah State University mechanical magicians Rick Escobar and Amy Henningsen conjure up lifechanging contraptions that creep and roar and climb and daw It’s all from scavenged junk' Out of old junk they create new gear But one thing they can’t create won’t create is money Their purpose is to keep foe prices down to make equipment affordable So they look for donations of materials Alison McLennan the executive director of Common Ground is this day a big hitter at the Sports Academy tennis clinic Tve unchained myself from my desk” she says taking a savage swipe at foe baU Sum-me- : S i JOnn WHKlfVnoraia journal good It’s often followed by a But seeing her on foe court is sort of like seeing her at her desk There she fires off proposals and requests like tennis balls hoping that she’ll see dollars come flying back Common Ground needs $90000 to make up for foe $117000 it will lose in this final year of federal assistance The group has found friends at the Eccles Foundation who chipped in $30000 and are hoping Logan City will continue its $22000 pledge Some donors have stepped up nearly knocking down Common Ground in surprise Donors usually respond not initiate so when Weathershiek) of Nibley and Patagonia in Salt Lake City rang up out of the blue well “We just love that” says McLennan Good news is seldom so purely "but” The Internet for example is frill of good news “There are a zillion sources" McLennan says "But you have sort through them" The Utah Department of Transportation has come up with a grant for a van but Common Ground must raise $10000 to take advantage "A brand new $50000 van" McLennan laughs "We don't need that much of a van If they could just give us a $20000 van so we don’t have to raise foe $10000" Goodness is at the heart of most support The Sports See TENNIS on Page 20 Valley aviator Rees remembered as instructor plane builder At this early age he built a foundation from which he launched his aviation career tor The Herald Journal At the time of Pearl Harbor Dean was still a Dean Rees a Cache Valley resident who died high school student He badly wanted to serve his United by hundreds of aviaton country and defeat the enemies of the recently was Dean World War dark of In these H States and instructor days his around the world for flying skill his integrity and his dedication His flying opted to enlist in the Army Air Corps rather than career was cut short —- perhaps earlier than Dean wait to be drafted Dean began flight training 1 wanted because aviation was a tough way to make under the Aviation Cadet Program on Dec at station first his to 1943 Shepand wife duty to support a repotting a living especially-havinpard Field (now Sheppard Air Force Base) at kids Dean was born on Nov 17 1923 the son of Wichita Falls Texas The end of the war was in sight and flight trainGuy L and Julia Roundy Rees Dean was the before he completed fighter youngest of the four Rees sons The Rees family ing was suspended He was luckier than many Field Luke at eleattended Dean where training then moved Fielding aviation cadets were most because his of Bear at school to went Dean school peers high mentary River High School at Garland graduating in foe transferred to the infantry where they suffered rates Dean was discharged in April spring or 1942 He joined the Aviation Club high casualtyWorld War fl Dean was able to attain After 1946 air model skilled and becoming a knowledgeable ByTCSkanchy well-kno- g his Instructor Pilot's License and his Commercial Pilot's License under the GI Bill Later Dean was awarded his Advanced Ground Instructor License In 1946 Dean began flying out of Logan’s old Hilkrest Airport which was located just to the northeast of the Logan Cemetery Upon becoming a flight instructor Dean worked for George Michelsen at Hillcrest In those days there were plenty of GI Bill veterans learning to fly and business was brisk In 1947 Dean began his Logan Air Service operation replacing Michelsen This was a busy position because Dean was the sole operator rathe airport an instructor pilot and also rented out aircraft Perhaps one of Dean's most exciting events was foe day that President Hatty Triiman unexpectedly visited Dean in one of the airport's hShgars See REES on Page 20 Features: visitors Ait nyi ihwimiis jrw-au- ronT?1vi a jw y - --r 4 mw t £-- — t - I OM v x VAX 752-212- 1 li |