June 21, 2017 8:46 PM

DENVER (CBS4) One company is helping out with replacement windows after a new law goes into effect that will allow strangers to break into a vehicle if a child or pet is in danger.

In Colorado, it is illegal to leave a child unattended in a vehicle. Come August, the state plans to implement a law which would allow bystanders to break a vehicle window if a person, dog or cat were found to be in danger inside.

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That person would not be subject to any criminal prosecution.

Mobile Glass in Colorado Springs says theyll cover the cost to replace the window in those situations.

Were trying to make everybody aware that, this is your safe zone, so you know that you can go ahead and break the window, theres no strings attached, you can contact us and we can go ahead and take care of that, said Mobile Glass spokeswoman Abby Martinez.

The offer applies to those living outside the Colorado Springs area. Mobile Glass says they have a nationwide network of glass professionals.

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Boston is overhauling its school buildings with $1 billion dedicated for the next decade to upgrade, renovate or replace the aging building stock as part of its Build BPS facilities master plan.

The 10-year plan released in March found that almost half of the districts buildings were in fair condition while more than half of the 125 schools had poor air quality.

As part of the plan, in August, the city will launch its $13 million 21st Century Schools Fund for school leaders to tap into for short-term capital investments such as technology and new furniture.

Current projects underway or planned for the next year include: a $9.8 million replacement of the roofs at the Dever and McCormack schools and the boilers at the Channing, Condon and Boston Latin and a 3,000-window replacement project over the summer at Community Academy, Curley, Ellis, McKay, Sumner, Tech Boston and Young Achievers for $29 million.

By the end of 2017, construction will be done on the new $73 million Dearborn STEM 6-12 Academy. The city broke ground on a $20 million renovation of the John Eliot K-8 Innovation Upper School on Tuesday, due to be completed by the fall of 2019, with an art studio and a robotics engineering lab overlooking the Charles River.

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KEWANEE (AP) Shafts of light stream in from dozens of cracks in the roof of the historic Ryan's Round Barn, but this isn't just any barn where time and the elements are taking their toll.

It's a state, and national, treasure and one that's at the mercy of the state's budget battle.

Located in Johnson-Sauk Trail State Park off state Route 78 between Annawan and Kewanee, the barn was built in 1910 by Dr. Laurence Ryan, a Henry County native who became chief surgeon at St. Anthony Hospital in Chicago.

At 61 feet tall and 74 feet in diameter, it's the largest round barn in Illinois. Its interior has three-and-a-half levels and a central silo, four gambrel dormers spaced evenly around the edge, and a cupola at the top. Ryan wanted a place in Henry County to be a retreat for his family. He built the barn for a "new" breed of cattle he had heard about in Scotland: Black Angus.

Ryan died in 1932, and an Annawan banker sold his farm to the state in 1968. The barn was among a number of buildings the state had slated for demolition until the Friends of Johnson Park came together to preserve it.

In 1974, the barn was listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Ten years later, it was re-roofed with original-style wooden shingles. After more than 30 years later, the barn roof needs work again.

Three years ago, estimates put the cost of the roof at $201,000 to $245,000, depending on whether asphalt or wooden shingles were used.The type of shingles needed "depends on who you talk to," said Steve Christian, president of Friends of Johnson Park Foundation.

"I love barns and I love history," said Christian, now retired.

Christian said that when state candidates campaigned in 2014, the group was told Illinois didn't have funds for the roof work. A lack of a state budget in 2015 brought the re-roofing effort to a halt, a story that's much the same today as legislators languish in a budget deadlock in Springfield.

The barn's interior is basically sound, although the siding holds moisture from the leaking roof and has started to deteriorate. The leaks also have caused some rotting in the hay mow in the loft.

"It creates havoc with everything that's underneath it or everything that touches it," he said.

Christian's group explains to visitors that the barn is not a multi-side structure appearing to be round. Instead, the structure was made with 16-foot lengths of pine soaked in water and bent to shape. Even large interior beams are bent, with five one-inch boards laminated together to form the beams.

As for why the barn is round, Christian said that while it was more expensive to build, the barn was labor-saving in the long run. One man with a pitchfork could feed 50 cattle with little movement. However, the advent of tractors and evolving farm machinery eventually made round barns obsolete, he said.

"You can't bring a tractor in and turn it around," he says.

While the barn may not attract crowds as large as the Lincoln Library in Springfield, Christian said the landmark "holds its own." More than 1,000 visitors go through the barn tours each year.

"We draw a pretty good size crowd here, and we have people from all over the world," he said. On June 3, that crowd included visitors from California and Puerto Rico.

The barn also could use new paint. A 2004 estimate put the cost of that at $3,200, a price that's only gone up since then. The Friends have set aside money from tour fees to repaint the barn this summer, but they worry even that project might not happen. They still need approval from the Illinois Department of Natural Resources, and haven't gotten it yet, even more bad news for the barn.

Landmarks Illinois, a preservation non-profit group, this year named the barn as one of 10 endangered historic entities in the state. While the friends group tackles smaller barn projects, such as repairing metal flashing at dormer windows, the roof work is beyond their abilities, or their pocketbook.

"We can handle window replacement," Christian said. "But at a $2 donation, we cannot come up with a quarter-million dollars to put a roof on.

"Our hands are tied," he said. "We can't do anything until we get a budget."

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Mitchell County farmer Elaine Havlovic has won the opportunity to direct a $2,500 donation from the Americas Farmers Grow Communities program, sponsored by the Monsanto Fund, to the Stacyville Community Nursing Home (SCNH).

SCNH will use the grant toward funding their ongoing window replacement project.

We were thrilled to be selected for this grant, and are very thankful for Elaine Havlovics thoughtfulness in naming SCNH as the recipient, Sandy Chilson, SCMH Administrator said. The money will help us continue replacing windows in the facility. This is a multi-phase project, improving the appearance and energy efficiency in our home.

The Grow Communities programs purpose is to make a positive impact in farm communities by partnering with farmers to support the causes that are important to them in their communities. Each year, farmers enter for a chance to win a $2,500 donation that they direct to a local nonprofit.

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The Window Replacement Project, managed by the Fairfield Ludlowe High School Building Committee, has determined that PCB containing paint exists at this facility. This paint has been encapsulated by years of repainting of the schools interior. Environmental testing has determined that there are no air quality issues or health risks posed by the encapsulated paint.

The Fairfield Ludlowe High School Building Committee, Fairfield Health Department, CT Department of Energy and Environmental Protection and the US Environmental Protection Agency are working closely with the Town of Fairfield and its environmental consultants to determine details of the abatement plan for these areas as part of the work of the Fairfield Ludlowe High School Building Committee. Work on the Window Replacement Project is not affected by the encapsulated paint.

To accommodate community interest in this issue, a public forum is planned on Tuesday, July 11, at 7 p.m., in the 2nd Floor Board Room, 501 Kings Highway East, Fairfield. Experts from the Fairfield Health Department and the projects environmental consulting firm will be on hand to answer questions.

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HOT SPRINGS - The Harlou Building, located at 407 N. River Street, in Hot Springs, was recently awarded an historic preservation grant from the South Dakota State Historical Society.

The Deadwood Fund Grant, totaling $16,329 a local match will join this will assist with the repair of windows, the installation of storm windows on the second floor, and the replacement of a non-historic storefront window.

The Harlou Building was constructed in 1893 with Hot Springs iconic building material, local sandstone.

There are four large arched windows with prominent keystones across the second-story faade of the building.

It is called the Harlou Building because HARLOU is carved into a central plaque at the top of the building. The name is a union of the names of the two men who had it built, Dr. Hargens and S. Loudenback.

The second story is from the Victorian era and architecturally, it borrows from Romanesque design, with extremely tall, found, arched windows with large keystones and triangular cornice decorations.

The Harlou Building was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 1974 as contributing to the Hot Springs Historic District.

It previously housed both grocery and furniture stores, the public library, a bakery, Masonic rooms and professional offices.

The Harlou Building joins four other properties that received Deadwood Grants this year. These include:

Wylie Park Pavilion, Aberdeen -- Built about 1912, this pavilion received a $10,000 grant to assist with repair and replacement of wood siding and for painting.

Mortimer Cabin, Oakwood Lakes State Park. This 1869 structure received $13,000 grant award to assist with the replacement of chinking and to repair logs, the stone foundation, and the gable roof ends.

Gale & Ward Bank Building, in Canton was built in 1880. It will receive $12,000 to aid with the re-pointing of the brick masonry as part of a larger rehabilitation project

Ipswichs First Baptist Church, built in 1926, will receive $12,000 to help with replace the roof.

These new recipients represent a total award amount of more than $63,000 with planned matching funds topping $157,000.

The grants are awarded through the State Historical Societys Deadwood Fund grant program. Funding for the program is from Deadwood gaming revenue earmarked by state law for historic preservation projects throughout the state. The program is administered by the State Historic Preservation Office at the Cultural Heritage Center in Pierre.

This is the 20th year for this historic preservation grants program, said Jay D. Vogt, director of the State Historical Society. In 2016 we awarded $108,204 between 11 projects which had matching funds of $291,301. The resulting total public-private investment is $399,505. This program is designed to encourage restoration or rehabilitation of historic properties and is one more way we can promote and protect our history and culture.

Deadwood Fund grants are awarded twice annually. Grant application deadlines are Feb. 1 and Oct. 1, with applications reviewed at the spring and winter meetings of the State Historical Societys board of trustees.

The South Dakota State Historical Society is a division of the Department of Education, and is headquartered at the Cultural Heritage Center in Pierre. The center houses the societys world-class museum, the archives, and the historic preservation, publishing and administrative/development offices. Call (605) 773-3458 or visit http://www.history.sd.gov for more information.

For more information on the Deadwood Fund grant program, contact the State Historic Preservation Office at the Cultural Heritage Center, 900 Governors Drive, Pierre, SD 57501-2217; tel. (605) 773-3458; or website history.sd.gov/Preservation.

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Windsor Windows & Doors renovated its third employee home through the organization's Employee Home Makeover program early this month. Daniel Marquez-Ramirez, group lead for insulated glass production and 11-year Windsor veteran, was the most recent recipient of the home makeover.

The Marquez-Ramirez home in the Capitol Park neighborhood in Des Moines received roofing and siding repair, window and door replacement, exterior paint and landscaping updates with the help of more than 25 Windsor employee volunteers. Through the planning process and over the course of six days, 25 volunteers donated approximately 675 hours to the project. All expenses were covered by Windsor Windows & Doors.

To date, Windsor volunteers have donated an estimated 768 hours on two previous home makeover projects. The program launched in August 2016 and recipients are selected by a company selection committee. Employees are encouraged to submit individual applications for home improvements they would like assistance with, but may not be able to make on their own due to financial reasons or labor requirements.

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Summer renovation and maintenance work is set to begin on the Bement school campus as part of $2.8 million of building upgrades.

Due to a late start because of a delay in state approval, construction of two secure entryways will take place next summer. Window replacement is expected in September.

But there is still plenty to be done before students return this August, according to Bement Superintendent Sheila Greenwood.

Well be remodeling bathrooms, the ceilings, the roof, fire alarm system. All of those things well get done this summer, she told the school board at its June 14 meeting.

She said window work will require the relocation of some classrooms for short periods of time while the more energy-efficient windows are installed this fall.

To fund the work, the district intends to levy $2.4 million in funding bonds and $425,000 in fire prevention and safety bonds. Greenwood said it should not result in a tax increase since some borrowing went off the books in 2016-17.

No one testified during a mandated public hearing held during the June 14 meeting in regards to the bond issue, which will be considered for final approval at a special school board meeting scheduled for 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, July 21.

Although not part of the $2.8 million project, Greenwood said some athletic field work is also planned. That will include repainting of the football field and possibly hiring a contractor to help finish work at the

Bement Foundations baseball field. The ball field work is currently being done by volunteers, but is in its fifth year of renovations and the high school team has not played there in several years.

CEO program High School Principal Doug Kepley gave a report on a possible CEO program that could be available to high school students in DeWitt, Piatt and Macon Counties in the fall of 2019. The community-based program has no cost for participating schools, and would see students report to off-campus businesses the first 90 minutes of their school day.

Students basically work through how to set up a personal business, work with businesses within the community to job shadow, to work with them to see how those organizations work, said Kepley. But it also has them to where they have to start up their own business.

Helping coordinate the effort would be the Midland Institute for Entrepreneurship, which has programs in operation in 39 communities involving 160 schools.

Although there is no cost to schools, the program would need to raise about $35,000 to $50,000 per year to fund it, mostly to pay a local facilitator.

New teachers Two new teachers were introduced, including a retired Spanish instructor who will be able to provide guidance for the Bement Spanish program for up to 100 days during the school year. A long-term substitute filled the position in 2016-17.

Rachel Halliday has been a substitute teacher in Bement since retiring from Georgetown Ridge Farm, and jumped at the chance to teach Spanish.

Its a perfect fit, as far as Im concerned, said Halliday, who now lives in Monticello. I just like to teach.

Other staff and substitutes will fill the remainder of the school days for Spanish.

Also introduced was recent Eastern Illinois University graduate Marika Rosenberger, who will be a full-time high school math instructor in Bement this fall. Her plans include working with the science department to learn and observe the rare total solar eclipse on Aug. 21, just five days after school begins.

In other business,the board: heard from Kepley that the every other year trip to Washington D.C. went well. A total of 15 students teamed with students from Freeburg, Illinois and Anna, Texas to tour the sites during their four days in the nations capital;

was told enrollment projections for 2017-18 are close to the year before. High school enrollment is expected to be about 100 students, just under the 104 of this year, while 70 middle schoolers should start the school year, up slightly from 68 in 2016-17;

Heard from Kepley that BHS SAT scores averaged 1,005 in the first year of taking the exam for state purposes, compared to the state average of 1,022. He said sophomores will now be required to take the PSAT to prepare them for the SAT exam;

accepted the resignation of kindergarten teacher Sarah Snyder and high school secretary Linda Craney, the latter on Sept. 29;

approved extra-curricular assignments for 2017-18;

approved intergovernmental agreements with: The Cerro Gordo school district for the employment of Jennifer Thomas as part-time art teacher; with the Monticello school district for the shared services of social worker Jill Clodfelter; and with DeLand-Weldon for the shared services of speech language pathologist Erin Anderson;

approved a renewal of the district food services contract with Aramark;

voted to employ Shannon Connelley as district paraprofessional; and

approved the mandated prevailing wage resolution.

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