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Bi-Ed student complete 27th home
Charlotte
Burrous
Record Staff Writer
Canon
City — The Home Building Educational Foundation honored
subcontractors, business people and RE-1 School District carpentry, and
drafting and design students at a banquet Thursday evening at Rollin
Rich's Steak House.
Fourteen
carpentry students worked three hours a day during the school year to
complete the 1,850- square-foot house, located at 170 Savage Loop in Wolf
Park, southwest of Cañon City this year.
This
is the 27th house that Home Bi-Ed Foundation has overseen, said Bill
Christensen, board president.
To
help the students get to and from the job site, Christensen said the Home
Bi-Ed board paid $15,000 and the school board paid the balance on a
15-passenger van last year, which has helped them tremendously.
The
process begins each spring when second-year drafting and design students
draw house plans and submit them to judges.
"The
judges decide which one is the winning plan," said Mike Geesaman,
CCHS teacher. "Then that student still has to rework it."
Matt
C. drew the original drafting plans and Amy M. helped with some
of the revisions.
After
Matt reworked it, he submitted it for building permits to subcontractors,
to the planning and zoning commission, to the engineer and for overall
bids for the house, Geesaman explained.
"We're
proud of the way Matt and Amy helped in the revision," Geesaman
added.
After
the drafting and design students completed their part of the project, the
building trades class worked on the house. Their work consisted of 98
percent of the carpentry aspects on the house which included cabinets,
roofing, doors and trim.
"Home
Bi-Ed is a nonprofit organization designed to support the carpentry
program at Cañon City High School," Geesaman said.
During
the presentation for the students, Micci presented gifts complements of
the board and Ace Hardware.
"I
know it's not the easiest task because it's one house a year," Micci
said. "We have a tight schedule and you guys help us meet it every
year. It's not like the real world.
'We
have so many days to get ready for an open house and you always help us
out."
When
the students finish high school, many of them plan to work in the building
industry.
"To
me that's probably the most satisfaction I get out of this job that there
are some kids who are making a decent living for themselves," Micci
said. "They're succeeding because of what they've learned (from this
program)."
Micci
also thanked Patti Gifford for her work as the foundation
secretary/treasurer.
The
grand opening for the house is scheduled from 1 to 4 p.m. May 19-20.
Members
of the foundation are proud of the students who worked on the house during
the school year.
"The
best thing is keep in mind (that) a happy family will be living in the
house you built this year," Christensen said.
"That's
where American dreams happen — in the home."
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