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Beautifully renovated ranch home in sought after Cannon Crossing. This 4 bdrm, 2.5 bath home boast hardwoods throughout the main, all new paint, lighting, blinds & door hardware. The massive kitchen has brand new SS appliances, hardware, granite, tile backsplash, eat-at bar overlooking the huge family room w/gas fireplace. Sunroom off kitchen. Lg. primary bdrm w/new carpet & huge renovated bath w/new tile, soaking tub, marble counters, under mount sinks, designer mirrors & lighting & lg. walk-in closet. 2 lg. secondary bdrms w/new carpet, hall bath w/new tile, quartz countertops, undermount sinks, designer mirrors & lighting. 4th bdrm/office has hardwood floors. Updated Laundry Rm. Updated powder room w/heavy molding, new vanity, mirror, lighting & hardware. The foyer & dining room boast new, heavy molding. The home sits on a corner lot across the street from the pool, clubhouse & playground & has extensive, mature landscaping & irrigation system. Walking distance to shopping center.

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Attention to detail is everywhere with this meticulously maintained home in the private Brompton Condo Community. Just move in enjoy this worry free 2 bd (possibly 3) 2.5 bath home. This home welcomes you with cathedral ceilings, an immaculate wide plank natural maple hardwood onto a beautiful bright great room with a gas fireplace. The front sitting room can be a possible den or bdrm. Gorgeous designer kitchen cabinets that overlook a beautiful serene park-like backyard. First floor owners suite includes tray ceiling, walk in California closet, soaking tub & huge jet shower. Also on the 1st floor is a lovely laundry room. Upstairs feature a large loft with a pristine full bath & bedroom. The original owner thought of everything; central AC (2022), sprinkler system, full house generator, water filtration, radon mitigation, security system ,central vacuum system. The HOA includes grass cutting all around, landscaping in front, water/sewer fee, garbage collection & snow removal up to front step, common area maintenance, common area taxes & insurance. This luxury home is situated on a quiet cul-de-sac & includes condo tax status, A must see! Also listed as a condo: B1489932.

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Beautifully renovated ranch home in sought after Cannon Crossing. This 4 bdrm, 2.5 bath home boast hardwoods throughout the main, all new paint, lighting, blinds & door hardware. The massive kitchen has brand new SS appliances, hardware, granite, tile backsplash, eat-at bar overlooking the huge family room w/gas fireplace. Sunroom off kitchen. Lg. primary bdrm w/new carpet & huge renovated bath w/new tile, soaking tub, marble counters, under mount sinks, designer mirrors & lighting & lg. walk-in closet. 2 lg. secondary bdrms w/new carpet, hall bath w/new tile, quartz countertops, undermount sinks, designer mirrors & lighting. 4th bdrm/office has hardwood floors. Updated Laundry Rm. Updated powder room w/heavy molding, new vanity, mirror, lighting & hardware. The foyer & dining room boast new, heavy molding. The home sits on a corner lot across the street from the pool, clubhouse & playground & has extensive, mature landscaping & irrigation system. Walking distance to shopping center.

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Friday, Dec. 29, 2023

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The renovation of the gymnasium at St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church and school will provide increased seating for spectators at events.

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KEARNS St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church and school in Kearns are getting more usable space in their gymnasium thanks to an ALSAM Foundation grant that will fund the entire project. The gym was part of the original church/school campus constructed in the 1950s.

I actually knew that we needed to do renovations before I was the principal here because my boys that have both graduated from Judge Memorial [Catholic High School], theyve always played CYO basketball, said Principal Heather Brown, who spearheaded the project. When we would come here for games, the fans had to sit on the foul line. So oftentimes, youd get a ball on the lap, or sometimes even a player. There wasnt ever any place for the people who came to events to fit.

The school received the funding in March but with the high demand in the construction industry and materials shortages it was July before they were able to hire a contractor. In early August G1 Construction began the project, which is expected to be complete in early February.

Although the actual footprint of the building will not change, by eliminating some storage space the gym will increase by several feet on its north end, where fixed bleachers will provide seating for 50 to 60 people. The west-end upstairs room, formerly used as the churchs cry room, will be opened up and filled with benches. The area below it will also be used for additional seating. The gym will also get a new floor.

We wanted to invest in it to have a brighter, updated, more usable space for the whole community, Brown said.

In addition to being used for special events for both the church and school, the gym acts as the schools lunch room, and physical education classes are normally held there. With construction under way, the schools 211 students now are eating their lunches in the library and other open spaces. P.E. classes are held outside when the weather allows it.

The faculty and staff are doing a great job of being flexible, Brown said. We have a combination of places where the students are eating: sometimes they eat in the library, because we have a wonderful big library; sometimes theyre in the classroom.

When the project is complete, students will again have lunch and P.E. in the gymnasium, but the project will make it so that we can have a space for assemblies as well, Brown said. Well be able to have a space that we can be proud of to host sporting events and other events.

I would love to give a big thanks to the ALSAM Foundation for supporting the school and giving us the resources, she said. This wouldnt be possible without them. Were also grateful for the church community and the school community for being patient and supportive. As you can imagine, it has affected the entire community.

The school is also reconfiguring its office space and entry to make it more accessible. All the administrative offices will now be located in the middle school wing. This project is expected to be completed in mid-January.

The main reason for this was to have an easier access of an entrance for our guests coming in because before it was really confusing for anyone who was new coming to the church or the school, Brown said. So now this is more of a direct entrance to the school.

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The unveiling of the Light the World Giving Machines in Cebu, Philippines, at Ayala Center Cebu Mall on Nov. 16, 2023. Participating in the event is Relief Society General President Camille N. Johnson, center left, and Primary General President Susan H. Porter, center right.

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The Layton Utah Temple of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, currently under construction, on July 14, 2023.

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President Russell M. Nelson poses with his counselors in the First Presidency of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, President Dallin H. Oaks and President Henry B. Eyring, at a small gathering in honor of his 99th birthday in his office at the Church Administration Building in Salt Lake City on Friday, Sept. 8, 2023. His birthday was Sept. 9.

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The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints announced Dec. 13, 2023, that a new Missionary Training Center will be located close to the new Bankok Thailand Temple.

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The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints released its year-end report of activities and global donations Tuesday, highlighting efforts undertaken to fulfill its mission of helping followers pattern their lives after Jesus, helping those in need, inviting all to receive Christs teachings and to uniting families forever.

According to the church, one of the biggest areas of focus in 2023 involved humanitarian aid. The church reported it gives more than $1 billion each year to help fight hunger, disease and other issues facing people in several countries.

For instance, in August, the church announced a donation of $44 million to support global hunger relief efforts, targeting children in 30 countries. That was followed in November with the launch of an effort, headed by the Relief Society, to improve the health and development of children under 5 and their mothers in 12 countries in Central America, Africa and Asia.

The church also donated $8.7 million to the American Red Cross for biomedical equipment, mobile blood donation centers and programs to assist people with cancer or sickle cell disease, and $3 million in support of a malaria immunization campaign in Africa.

Some of the other donations were used to provide greenhouses in Bosnia, warm clothing for people in Chicago, health care in Ghana, wheelchairs in Guatemala, an African American schoolhouse in Louisiana, fire relief in Maui, infant health and hurricane relief in Mexico, a shelter for people experiencing homelessness in Montreal, a prosthetics workshop in South Africa, boreholes for clean water in Gambia and a school in Zambia, the church said.

Local charities we not overlooked as food banks, neighborhood improvement groups and hospitals also received donations and were included in this years Light the World Giving Machine efforts.

We want to empower families, Relief Society General President Camille N. Johnson said, as quoted in the churchs report. In many cases, loving parents lack the knowledge to provide adequate nutrition for their children. With greater understanding and resources, they are better equipped to make changes that can have a lasting impact.

This year, the Giving Machines were found in 61 locations worldwide including Salt Lake City and Orem. Since 2017 when the machines started, more than $22 million has been donated for a variety of goods and services for those in need, according to the church. That figure does not include what is being collected in 2023.

In 2023, the church announced 36 news missions to accommodate the rising numbers of missionaries, including two in Utah County: Saratoga Springs and Spanish Fork.

With these additions, the church now has 450 missions with more than 72,000 full-time and service missionaries.

On Dec. 13, the church announced it would open a new Missionary Training Center in Bangkok, Thailand, effective Jan. 1.

Temples, which are unique to modern day Christianity, are a part of the growing nature of the church and are considered by the faith to be houses of the Lord.

On Dec. 10, President Jeffery R. Holland, acting president of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, rededicated the St. George temple, a legacy temple and the first to be built in Utah. Holland and his family have close ties to the temple, including his own marriage to the late Patricia Terry Holland.

We need to try to be outside the temple the way we are inside the temple, Holland said at the time, speaking of the sacred space where Latter-day Saints believe they learn the purpose of life and are united as families for eternity. We need to remember the pledges and the promises and the hopes and the dreams. If we could take those outside the temple, wed change the world.

In the five years he has lead the church, President Russell M. Nelson has announced the construction of 133 temples across the globe with 315 already in operation. The church also announced a new program for manufactured temples called Design, Manufacture and Construct, or DMI. The first of this kind was built in Helena, Montana. According to the church, the new method expedites construction, costs less and supports conservation issues. According to the churchs Temple Department, it will allow for temples throughout the world and very little concern with supply chain and shipping issues.

In other church changes, Elder Patrick Kearon was named a new apostle in December, filling the leadership void left by the death in November of President M. Russell Ballard.

In addition to Ballard, the church also lost Sister Mary Crandall Hales (wife of Elder Robert D. Hales, who died in 2018), Sister Kathleen Eyring (wife of President Henry B. Eyring of The First Presidency) and Sister Patricia Holland.

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The Holy Family Church Preservation Society officially announced the churchs closure after falling short of its fundraising goal earlier this year.

While structurally sound, the church building is badly in need of long-overdue maintenance.

TheHoly Family Church Preservation Society sought to secure $225,000 in pledged donations by July 1, later extended to Aug. 26. The society ultimately received pledges from 85 donors totaling a little more than $95,000, which was too far short of its goal.

As a result, the society was left with the reality it needed to sell the building and surrounding land, which it announced it would do in a Dec. 15 Facebook post.

While the Holy Family Church has closed and will be sold, Corpus Christi Parish is holding a special Mass for the Feast of the Holy Family there on the evening of Sunday, Dec. 31, 2023.

The church at North 23rd Street and Avenue B was built in 1908 and operated as its own parish until 2011, when Queen of Apostles, Our Lady of Carter Lake and Holy Family merged to form the Corpus Christi Parish.

In April, the Holy Family Church Preservation Society entered into an agreement with Corpus Christi Parish to have the parish fund upkeep of the church while they attempted to raise the needed funding.

In an October 2023 letter to parishioners, Corpus Christi Parish announced its intention to ask the Diocese of Des Moines for permission to sell the Holy Family church building, rectory and nearby land.

The parish is expecting to solicit two bids for two separate parcels the vacant lot between 23rd and 24th streets, and the church, rectory and grassy lot to the east of the rectory.

According to the letter, the church will be sold under covenant to try to prevent unfitting future uses.

In its Facebook post, the Holy Family Church Preservation Society expressed its gratitude for everyone who had supported its efforts to save the church from this fate.

While our campaign was not successful, we want to thank ALL of you for believing that preserving Holy Family Church was indeed a worthwhile mission. We are so very grateful for your past support that allowed the Society to preserve Holy Family these last few years, the society said.

With permission from the diocese, the two parcels will go up for sale in early 2024.

Corpus Christi Parish is holding a special Mass for the Feast of the Holy Family at Holy Family Church at 9 a.m. on Sunday, Dec. 31.

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The Occupational Safety and Health Administration named fall hazards as the most cited violation of 2023, making it the 13th consecutive year. It is one of the most cited violations in roofing, and in 2022, falls, slips and trips resulted in 100 fatal workplace incidents.

Due to incidents like these, OSHA is not lenient when it comes to issuing citations and penalties to roofing contractors. As 2023 wraps up, RCis examining OSHA violations from the past year to see which contractors were hit with the largest penalties.

For the list, both the dollar amount as well as fatal incidents are taken into account, meaning those higher on the list may not have huge fines but, unfortunately, lost a worker.

10. Ridge Runner Construction LLC New Hampshire

According to a February news release from OSHA, Ridge Runner Construction LLC in Derry, N.H., exposed employees at job sites in Salem and Merrimack to falls of up to 20 feet as they installed shingles or performed roofing work, and worked on ladders that did not extend at least 3 feet above the roofs' edges for required stability. The company received a combined $234,741 in proposed penalties, which it is contesting as of last March.

9. Avilas Roofing LLC Pennsylvania

OSHA inspectors observed employees of Avilas Roofing LLC working at heights of up to 27 feet in February 2023 without fall protection. They also learned the company had not provided employees with effective training on fall hazards and allowed them to work without eye and face protection when potential risks of eye or face injury existed. The violations carried $328,143 in proposed penalties.

8. Allways Roofing Washington

Seattle-area roofing company Allways Roofing received a $430,000 fine from the Washington Department of Labor and Industries after authorities inspected a job site last April based on a tip that a roofing crew working on a two-story house in Mount Vernon had neither secure fall protection equipment nor eye protection in use. According to state documents, the contractor has accumulated more than $3.7 million in fines, unpaid taxes and workers compensation premiums, and had only paid $250,000 as of last November.

7. JHM Roofing Ohio

According to OSHA, inspectors observed workers with JHM Roofing of Millersburg, Ohio, exposing workers to fall hazards of up to 19 feet at four residential roofing job sites in Canton, Uniontown and Westlake, despite having fall protection equipment on site. Following inspections held in March, April and June, OSHA proposed $548,801 in penalties after identifying eight willful and two repeat violations. JHM Roofing contested the citations on Sept. 29.

6. Extreme Roofing and Siding LLC New Jersey

In July, OSHA inspected a worksite in Upper Saddle River, N.J., where Extreme Roofing and Siding was working on a roof. Inspectors observed four workers on a roof exposed to a 30-foot fall hazard without fall protection, as well as additional violations at the worksite on other days that week. At the time, GuelsinLima, dba Extreme Roofing and Siding, was employed as a roofing subcontractor on a Toll Brothers Inc. residential construction project. The agency issued Lima 12 citations and proposed $584,333 in penalties for fall protection, ladder use and head and eye protection violations.

5. ALJ Home Improvement Inc. New York

Roofing contractor ALJ Home Improvement Inc., which has a history of two employees suffering fatal falls, was cited again for exposing workers to fall hazards without protection in August 2022. Inspectors observed three ALJ Home Improvement employees on a roof 18 feet above ground without required fall protection. OSHA proposed a $687,536 penalty in February 2023, which ALJ Home Improvement contested. Last November, the Department of Labor obtained a consent judgment to order the roofing company to provide employees with fall equipment.

4. Porter Roofing Contractors Inc. Tennessee

Tennessee-based roofing contractor Porter Roofing Contractors Inc. received a fine from OSHA last April following the death of a worker due to a fatal fall. According to OSHA, the roofing company was working at Peter Prince Field Airport in Florida in October 2022 when a 59-year-old worker stepped onto a skylight and its sudden collapse resulted in a 25-foot drop to the concrete floor. The injured worker died four days later. Porter Roofing received a $53,797 penalty, and in an informal settlement, one of its serious citations was deleted.

3. Troyer Roofing & Coatings Missouri

In March 2023, an 18-year-old employee of Troyer Roofing & Coatings was applying sealant to a commercial buildings roof when he fell more than 22 feet and suffered injuries that left him in a coma for five days until he succumbed to his injuries and died. Following this, the company allowed a foreman and another worker to continue working without fall protection, according to OSHA. The agency cited Troyer Roofing & Coatings for one willful violation, three serious violations and one other-than-serious violation and proposed penalties of $205,369.

2. Elite Roofing Services New York

Elite Roofing Services was working at a Glen Cove jobsite last April when, while installing metal decking on a flat industrial roof, a worker fell through an opening to a concrete floor nearly 20 feet below. The worker subsequently died. OSHA said Elite Roofing Services Inc. failed to train each employee on recognizing and mitigating fall hazards before conducting the steel erection work, and proposed penalties totaling $522,527. The company contested the penalties as of Nov. 3, 2023.

1. Purvis Home Improvement Co. Maine

In a story that has been ongoing since 2018, a Maine roofing contractor faces $1.6 million in penalties after a federal judge affirmed citations and violations related to the death of a worker. Last June, Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission Administrative Law Judge Carol A. Baumerich found Shawn Purvis, owner of Purvis Home Improvement, personally liable for $1,572,340 in OSHA penalties.

In December 2018, Alan Loignon, 30, was reportedly working as a subcontracted roofer at a house in Portland. He wasnt using fall protection and, while climbing down a ladder onto scaffolding, fell 21 feet to his death.

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A Sarasota, Fla. retiree, Joseph McCarthy, says the 12% increase in his homes value as determined by the local property appraisers office after having his roof replaced told a reporter at the Sarasota Herald-Tribune he felt cheated out of protections in Florida's Save Our Homes law.

The law, passed in 1992 by a voter referendum on amending the state constitution, capped increases in assessed values on homesteaded property at 3% per year.

McCarthy said he received a 12% increase from the local property appraiser's office last summer, with the double-digit increase attributed to the roughly $60,000 cost of replacing a tile roof on his Sarasota County home.

In recent years, homeowners have been forced to replace roofs earlier than they otherwise would have to. Many attribute that to struggling insurance companies having pulled back coverage in the Sunshine State.

The discrepancy between the law and the increase has been attributed to how the Sarasota County Property Appraiser's Office interprets state law.

Im an 80-year-old resident of Sarasota, and I have a pension I received in 1994, and that pension today is still frozen at the same dollar amount," he was quoted as saying to the magistrate for the Sarasota County's Value Adjustment Board.

"I dont have any expectation that you are going to fix that for me, but that is a condition that I exist in this town, and I expect to be provided with the protections of Save Our Homes," McCarthy added.

The homeowner and his wife replaced the tile roof on their 3,125-square-foot home in 2022; the couple bought the property about 20 years ago.

Through the years, reports of a widening gap between the market value and the taxable value of homes have grown because of the Save Our Homes law, resulting in significantly lower property taxes.

It was reported that a mediation session with the Sarasota County Property Appraiser's office after McCarthy filed an appeal of his property's 2023 valuation led to a reduction in the taxable value to a 7% year-over-year increase after assessors accounted for the value of the removed roof, McCarthy said.

Save Our Homes does prevent increases due solely to market appreciation. Still, another paragraph in the statute regulating how property appraisers must do their job requires any "changes, additions, or improvements" to be assessed at full market value each year.

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Dunes Point Capital, LP, a private equity firm based in suburban New York City, announced Tuesday it had launched Roofing Services Solutions, LLC and acquired Clermont, Fla.-based Nolands Roofing, Inc. as its first acquisition.

Located about 22 miles west of Orland, Nolands is a provider of re-roofing and building exterior services to residential customers, Dunes Point Capital said in a Dec. 26 news release announcing the new portfolio concern.

Nolands has three Florida locations and employs approximately 70 people. In a statement, Dunes Point Capital said Noland's is the first investment in a platform consolidation strategy in the aftermarket roofing services space.

Dunes Point Capital Fund III, LP provided the controlling equity for the transaction. M&T Bank provided the debt for the transaction. Polsinelli PC served as DPC's legal advisor, and Alvarez & Marsal Transaction Advisory Group served as DPC's financial advisor. Sunbelt Business Brokers of South Florida served as M&A advisor to Nolands.

The terms of the deal were not announced.

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Great Day Improvements, LLC, a residential home remodeling company, announced last Friday it had acquired Florida-based Home Performance Alliance, a remodeler working in the window replacement, bath remodel and roofing solutions space.

In a Dec. 22 news release, Great Day said its latest acquisition further diversifies the companys offerings for consumers and contributes to the companys continued organic expansion of its current portfolio of brands.

The company said that it added more than 40 locations during 2023, and its expansion reflects Great Days commitment to providing exceptional home improvement solutions suitable for all environments.

HPA is a perfect fit for our long-term growth goals, as theyve helped homeowners with customized remodeling solutions for a decade, said Michael Hoy, CEO of Great Day Improvements. With Great Day Improvements built on a foundation of entrepreneurial spirit, [HPA] share[s] our values and business model.

Great Day Improvements jumped to No. 3 nationally on Qualified Remodelers 2023 annual HIP 200 list of top Home Improvement Pro companies. The acquisition will also add more than 3,000 employees to the companys payroll.

HPA experienced incredible growth in its first decade, and I couldnt be prouder to be a part of that success and of the incredible team we have at HPA, said Gary Delia, CEO and founder of HPA. Im excited about what the future holds as we embark on this new partnership with Great Day Improvements and work to help even more homeowners meet their remodeling goals.

Great Day said Delia will be collaborating closely with its leadership team, reporting to Hoy and providing strategic direction and insight for continued growth as HPA joins the Great Day organization. Carolyn Resar, executive vice president of Integration at Great Day Improvements, will oversee the onboarding of HPA, reporting to Drew Weinfurtner, president and COO.

With this addition to its family of brands, including Patio Enclosures, Champion Windows and Home Exteriors, Universal Windows Direct, Apex Energy Solutions, Stanek Windows, Hartshorn Custom Contracting, Your Home Improvement Company, K-Designers and The Bath Authority, Great Day Improvements seeks to solidify its position as a national market leader.

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