Will Pearson in our office is an active member of the Culve Lion’s Club. For those of you interested, they are doing their annual fruit sale. You can contact Will here if you would like to place an order. Orders need to be in by 11/9. Delivery will be after 12/3.
10lb. for $10.00
20lb. for $18.00
40 lb. for $26.00
10lb. for $10.00
20lb. for $18.00
40 lb. for $26.00
10lb. for $10.00
20lb. for $18.00
40 lb. for $26.00
10lb. for $10.00
20lb. for $18.00
40 lb. for $26.00
We were approached for a donation of materials for a cap for the sandbox at St. Mary’s of the Lake Day Care Center in Culver. Apparently they were having trouble with cats using the sandbox as… well… a sandbox. They had tried putting a tarp over it, but that solution proved poor. The various wood materials that were requested though would have made a cap that would have been extremely heavy as well as unlikely to survive the elements for long. We discussed some options and determined that we had better suited materials for the task, but they were not such that the volunteers could complete the installation. We then volunteered to take on the task
The sandbox was a prefab structure in a hexagon shape. Unfortunately it was not constructed “square”. The first task was to reinstall the sides in a true hexagon form. Then a framework of treated lumber was constructed overlapping the sandbox structure. It was constructed in such a way to provide a slope to drain the water that falls on it to the sides. One side was formed slightly higher than the other side to allow it to lap over the center. The framework was then covered with corrugated, galvanized, metal building siding with a factory painted Kynar finish. The edges of the metal proved to be somewhat sharp, so the edges were ground so that they were dull. To further protect these edges, EMT was bent around the perimeter providing a smooth buffered edge and doubling as a handle for picking up and removing the two halves of the cap.
We were happy to provide this service to St. Mary’s of the Lake. We have completed projects for them in the past, including the award winning sanctuary renovation we completed in 2007. We truly hope this donation serves the Day Care Center for years to come.
Grace Baptist Church in Plymouth will be celebrating their 50 year anniversary this summer. They have a dedication marker in the corner of their front entrance commemorating the 1961 establishment of the Church. There has been some debate regarding whether there is a time capsule behind this stone. Some of the Church Elders believing that there is a time capsule there and would like to open it as part of the anniversary celebration.
Because of the various projects we’ve completed for the Church, Pastor Elliott asked if we knew if there was a time capsule there or if there was a way of finding out without damaging the marker. I looked at the marker and the wall and was a little skeptical. The marker is carved limestone. From all indications the wall is block with the limestone exterior as a veneer. The thickness doesn’t really lend itself to allow for a cavity since the total wall thickness is not much more than 12″. That would allow for 8″ block with 4″ limestone veneer. If the marker stone is 2″ thick, there might be a 2″ cavity behind it. If they had also switched to 4″ block in this area, they could have possibly created a 6″ cavity.
I discussed removing the marker with Pastor Elliott. Even if the marker is only 2″ thick, it would be difficult to cut the mortar surrounding it. We would not be able to cut all the way to the corners to the full depth with a circular blade without damaging the surrounding stone. If we stopped short of cutting full depth at the corners to protect the surrounding stone, we would be forced to chip out the remaining mortar taking the chance of damaging the marker. This on the chance that there is a time capsule…
I made an alternate suggestion that we drill a hole in the block behind the marker and use a camera to check for a cavity. Matt Peregrine of Peregrine Heating and Cooling has a camera and volunteered to donate part of his Saturday to help. Matt’s son Steven just completed 5th grade at Grace Baptist School and came along to check out the exploration. We met this past Saturday, May 28th, to see what we could find.
We used a hammer drill and drilled three holes in the wall. The first hole was drilled directly behind the marker. This hole found no cavity. Not even a block core void. We went as far as we dared for fear of damaging the marker and were in approximately 8″ when we stopped. The second hole was drilled above the marker with the idea that we could look down into any cavity. We had difficulty bending the camera to see down in the gap between the block and stone, so we used that same hole as a starting point and drilled at a 45 degree angle down towards the marker. In second and third holes we were able to see the gap between the stones, but found no void. While this didn’t conclusively eliminate the possibility, we felt we had pressed our luck far enough and the Church Elders needed to hear what we found and decide if more destruction was warranted. I spoke to Pastor Elliott this week and he is going to report our findings to the Church Board. At this time they plan no more exploration.
I want to thank Matt Peregrine for generously donating his time. He told me he felt like Geraldo Rivera when he was looking for Al Capone’s vault since the whole thing had an anticlimactic ending. Apologies to Steven. I guess he didn’t get to be the first to see the time capsule, but he did get to see his father giving generously of his time and equipment. Hopefully that will inspire him in the future.
Richard Ford has been a client of Easterday Construction for the last decade and I am pleased that our business relationship has progressed to where he is counted as a family friend. We first worked on Richard’s home in Wasbash completing some storm repairs and from there we completed several projects at his Wabash home including the addition of an endless pool, a two story music room and the remodeling/reconstruction of two guest houses. We have completed several projects at his second home in Culver on Lake Maxinkuckee as well as his guest house here. We are also proud to have helped with the creation of the Dr. James Ford Historic Home in Wabash for which we won a Judges Special Award from Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC) of Indiana.
Richard has won many awards for his community involvement such as being twice awarded a Sagamore of the Wabash, Indiana’s highest honor and named as a Living Legend by the Indiana Historical Society, now Indiana Landmarks. This coming weekend he will be receiving another award from Indiana Landmarks, the Cook Cup. We want to congratulate Richard on this latest award. The State of Indiana, Cities of Wabash and Indianapolis, the Town of Culver and Lake Maxinkuckee have all benefited from his generous philanthropy. We are pleased to have participated with Richard in some of these endeavors. We wish him the best and hope to continue our friendship for many years.
Easterday Construction was happy to help with the preliminary planning and estimating for Destiny’s project. We have offered to contribute some additional overstock materials as well if they will help. We want to wish the other volunteers the best as they embark on this project. We also sincerely hope that Destiny gets her wish and enjoys it immensely!