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A Vacaville-based company that renovates foreclosed homes has been fined $51,000 regarding lead-based paint handling requirements, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said Wednesday.

Blue Mountain Air failed to comply with the federal Lead-Based Paint Renovation, Repair and Painting rule that requires obtaining an EPA certification, using certified renovators and complying with other work practice requirements for handling lead-based paint safely, the EPA said.

Blue Mountain Air and Blue Mountain Realty are subsidiaries of Blue Mountain Inc. that is owned and operated by Greg S. Owen, the EPA said. Owen did not return a call for comment from the Bay City News on the fine Wednesday afternoon.

Blue Mountain Air renovated four foreclosed homes in Napa, Santa Rosa and El Sobrante in 2011 and 2012, the EPA said.

The company did not obtain the required EPA firm certification before the renovations, failed to ensure that a certified renovator was assigned to the renovations and that all workers were certified and trained by a certified renovator and failed to maintain records to ensure warning signs were posted, work areas were contained and a certified renovator performed post-renovation cleaning verifications, according to the EPA.

Renovations include sanding, cutting and demolition that can create hazardous lead dust and chips that can contaminate home surfaces and accumulate to unsafe levels, the EPA said.

Eating and playing can move the lead dust from surfaces, including floors and windowsills, into the person's body and expose children, families and workers to lead poisoning, the EPA said.

"Lead-based paint is the main source of lead poisoning for children, which can cause learning disabilities and behavior problems," said Jared Blumenfeld, the EPA's regional administrator.

The EPA said lead exposure is more dangerous to children than adults because the children's growing bodies absorb more lead and their brains and nervous systems are more sensitive to lead toxicity.

Children younger than 6 years old are most at risk for behavior and learning problems, slow growth, hearing problems and brain and neurological damage, the EPA said.

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SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. (PRWEB) November 12, 2014

Coating and specialty contractor F.D. Thomas, Inc. has announced its acquisition of D. Zelinsky & Sons, Inc. a San Francisco Bay Area-based painting business since 1884. F.D. Thomas performs commercial and industrial painting as well as waterproofing and other specialty contracting services. F.D. Thomas is one of the largest specialty contractors in the U.S.

D. Zelinsky & Sons longstanding tradition of high quality and versatility will continue unimpeded and uninterrupted. The business will retain its name and remain in operation as a majority owned subsidiary of F.D. Thomas, Inc. Dan Thomas, who founded F.D. Thomas in 1979 and continues today as president, sees this deal as a win-win.

Given the local reputation of one company and the wide-ranging expertise of the other, this acquisition is advantageous for both of us, said Thomas. It offers F.D. Thomas valuable name recognition and customer relationships in the SF Bay Area commercial painting market.

D. Zelinsky & Sons was once one of the largest painting contractors not only in San Francisco, but the U.S. In 1936, they were the only painting contractor capable of completing the massive painting of the U.S. Library of Congress and the Department of the Interior. D. Zelinsky & Sons has seen its sales volume dip in recent years. Reenergized by the backing and leadership of new corporate ownership, the company is now well positioned to regain lost market share.

The acquisition also offers F.D. Thomas room to expand its product offerings to include fabric wall panels and commercial window coverings. D. Zelinsky & Sons has been Northern Californias exclusive distributor/dealer of Solarfective commercial and residential shading systems and SoftWalls upholstered wall and ceiling systems.

The McCloskey brothers gained ownership control of the D. Zelinsky & Sons in 1977. Edward G. Zelinsky (third generation) remained as a minority shareholder until 2000, at which time Rick and Jim McCloskey gained full ownership. Though Jim McCloskey has retired, Rick McCloskey will continue to serve on the D. Zelinsky board and remains a minority owner of the company.

About F.D. Thomas Inc. F.D. Thomas Inc. provides the widest range of knowledge and experience in the coating and specialty contracting industry. For over 35 years, F.D. Thomas has combined traditional methods, modern technology and solid work ethic to solve any problem its customers bring. With locations in Sacramento, CA; Oakland, CA; Tacoma, WA; Washington, DC; and Medford, OR; F.D. Thomas provides expert service for major industrial facilities, commercial building owners, public agencies and entertainment/sports complexes throughout the United States.

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SACRAMENTO (AP) A statewide sting has nabbed 112 unlicensed contractors who could face criminal charges for offering home repair services in seven cities, a state board said.

During the two-day sting last week, investigators posing as homeowners called suspected unlicensed operators asking for bids on painting, landscaping, masonry, tree removal and other work.

All of the suspects could face misdemeanor charges for contracting without a license, according to the California Contractors State License Board. The charge carries a maximum possible penalty of six months in jail and a $5,000 fine. The agency says 11 of the suspects were repeat offenders.

It said 88 of the suspects might face fines up to $1,000 for not including their license numbers in advertising or failing to disclose that they are not licensed and therefore cant bid on projects over $500.

Six could be charged with requesting excessive down payments, which by state law cannot exceed 10 percent of a contract or $1,000, whichever is less.

Most of the suspects were sent notices to appear in court at a later date, but five had outstanding arrest warrants. Two were on probation and one was a registered sex offender.

In Alhambra, three suspects were booked into jail on outstanding warrants related to drugs, traffic offenses and prior illegal contracting charges.

If you knew their backgrounds, youd never allow them into your home, licensing board registrar Steve Sands said in a statement.

Other places involved in the sting were in Aptos, Chula Vista, Castro Valley, Montecito, Rancho Mirage and West Sacramento.

One repeat offender in Montecito, in Santa Barbara County, was so upset at being caught for the second time that he tried to put a hex on the investigators, the board said.

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BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) A serious hailstorm last spring continues to put a pinch on the labor market in Billings, as roofing companies move in and hire up construction workers of all kinds.

The storm May 18 caused millions of dollars in damage to thousands of homes. Now, local contractors say they're having difficulty finding employees for all kinds of work, not just roofing.

All Star Custom Seamless Rain Gutters has cycled through 10 employees this year. Three quit within three months to go work for roofing companies, owner James Oak said.

Meanwhile, projects are backing up.

"I cannot keep up with the homeowners' requests," Oak said.

Booming oil drilling in eastern Montana and strong growth in health care also have tightened up the labor market, the Billings Gazette reports (http://bit.ly/10HV5Yx ).

Unemployment in Yellowstone County was 3 percent in September.

Oak said he has doubled wages for experienced workers, paying some more than $20 an hour, and offered bonuses for doing extra work. Still, he said his four employees are two fewer than he'd like.

"The sense of loyalty has seemed to have disappeared," he said.

One advantage for painting contractors as they offer work with winter ahead: inside jobs.

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We asked some local Black Friday super-shoppers for their 2014 strategies.

Take notes! These ladies are serious.

JULIE ZIAJA: Get it done, make it fun

Julie is the associate director of evening & graduate admissions at Palm Beach Atlantic University in West Palm Beach.

What are you looking for on Black Friday this year? Toys to donate, a Ninja blender or juicer, jewelry, electronics

What's BETTER than Black Friday? Shop online, use coupons and discounts, clearance items, make gifts.

What's your holiday shopping strategy? Start on Thanksgiving and mark the ads so I don't miss anything! Enjoy the shopping with family and friends and meet for coffee at 9 a.m. when we are done.

How do you keep it fun? Our family makes Black Friday a fun outing by going together, including the men. Last year we were in Charleston, South Carolina, visiting family so we all went in two cars to Walmart and then Target and Kohl's. We used our phones as walkie-talkies and had a blast cutting up in the stores, taking pictures in the Duck Dynasty camo chair and my husband put on a Walmart smock, directing people in line. Black Friday shopping has become a fun family event and we enjoy the time together and don't take it too seriously.

BONNIE WELSH: Shop like it's Fantasy Football

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JACKSON, Miss. - Waverley Mansion, near the Tombigbee River between Columbus and West Point, is in need of a paint job. An Indiegogo crowdfunding campaign lets the historic home's friends brush up on their fondness for the spot.

The 1852 house, restored over the past 50 years by Robert Snow and family, is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and is a National Historic Landmark. It's also their home, and a generously shared one - open for paying tours.

It's that affection family friend Bob Raymond of Columbus hopes to tap. He watched as history lovers Robert and Donna Snow slowly restored the mansion themselves, room by room, opening each as they finished and plowing every penny back into the process. In its original state when they started, "no electricity, no plumbing, no anything," Raymond said, they rehabbed it after decades of neglect. Donna Snow died in 1991; several of their children still live there or close by.

The campaign began last week with a goal of $16,000, based on estimates from contractors for preparing and painting the front. Friends of Waverley Mansion hope to continue raising money to use in 2015 to finish the rest of the house.

"It's a tremendous undertaking, when the house is that big," Raymond said of the antebellum home with a four-story entrance hall - a big octagon stretching up to the cupola. Perk levels from $1 to $12,000 include a peacock feather from the lawn's showy fowl ($10), to a garden party ($1,000).

The campaign will close Nov. 25, Robert Snow's 89th birthday. "Dad says it's the best birthday present he's ever had," Melanie Snow, who lives in Waverley with her father, said.

Waverley factors deep in the area's lore. It was built by Col. George Hampton Young and his wife, Lucy, who came from Georgia with 10 children to the Black Belt Prairie in Mississippi. Young turned the rich river bottom land into a self-sustaining cotton plantation. When the last of the Young children, a bachelor, died in 1913, surviving relatives couldn't agree on the house's fate.

In 1962, Robert and Donna Snow of Philadelphia, then in their 30s, acted on a tip from a salesman who came by their antique shop. Lost on a dirt road near the river and Columbus/West Point, he'd run across "the most magnificent house he'd ever seen," Melanie Snow said, vacant and open with gold leaf mirrors and marble mantels sharing space with squatting critters. The next day, the Snows loaded up the kids in their station wagon to go find it.

"My mom and dad fell in love with Waverley the moment they saw it," Melanie Snow said. "We weren't moneyed people, but we were able to get the house and 40 acres" and began a lifelong restoration.

In its vacant years in-between, "it was the playhouse for the area," she said. "Everybody courted out there," writing who loves who on walls and woodwork as high as they could reach. Campers, hunters and fishermen came. Stories of ghosts made it a destination for Mississippi State University pledges.

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