AN UPDATE ON OUR BUILDING EXPANSION

DECEMBER 30, 2008

Three feet of snow – below zero temperatures – two inches of rain – fifty degree temperatures – what else could go wrong?

I’m sure lots of people were thinking that during our amazing December. I know I was.

I tended to get frustrated when I stopped at our construction site and saw nothing going on. But then, it’s Wisconsin, and things will get better.

In fact as I’m writing this I just came back from the church and believe it or not, there are people working there. The masons are laying block and hopefully they will be able to set the steel roof trusses tomorrow, (Wednesday, the 31 st) so all is not lost; the project will get done – eventually.

I would like to mention a couple people that have really gone above and beyond during some of the weather related problems we’ve experienced. Norm Dearth and Lou Monty. During the rain storm we had last Saturday, these two worked all day and half the night to keep ahead of the potential flooding we might have experienced. At one time we had four pumps working to pump out the water that was coming in from the rain and melting snow. It worked. Nothing was damaged and now things are back on track.

Our schedule was backed up by about three weeks because of the weather, but once they get the roof on, they should be able to get some heat in the building and continue working on the inside. Let’s hope we don’t lose a lot more time.

There have been some significant things accomplished. The storage garage is complete and the roof drainage piping is in to the pond. The entrance drive curbing is in and a significant amount of electrical piping is done in the new basement. The committee working on the interior finishes have made good progress and the audio/visual planning is well in place. There will be lot’s more decisions to be made as time goes on, but we have great people in place to make those decisions and I’m confident the end result will be just great.

Keep the faith folks! When complete, our church will be something we will prize.

Arnie Sieg

Chairman, Building Committee