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1273 McKinley Avenue ~ $149,000
Exceptional home. Newer roof, siding, windows and flooring. Double attached heated garage with lots of parking out back. A must see to appreciate. This one won't last, contact Edward Ruff for more information or showings.
1009 16th Street ~ $155,000
1170 14th Avenue ~ $248,000
A wonderful maintained home with new colors and flooring, 3 bedrooms on the main floor, 2 baths, rec room and a non-conforming bedroom down, a well kept mature yard, garage and car port. All for a great price.
Price of ownership says it all for this 4 bedroom, 2 bath home. Beautiful mature yard, covered deck with hot tub, fresh new paint in and out, fenced yard, double garage, outbuilding and RV parking. This executive home is priced to sell and a must see to appreciate!
725 11th Street ~ $115,000
1107 Boulevard Avenue ~ $129,000
39575 US Hwy 2 ~ $299,000
This wonderfull home has had a total remodel with newer kitchen and bathrooms, hardwood floors, 4 bedrooms on the main floor and 4 bathrooms. There are 2 non-conforming bedrooms down and 2 bathrooms down.
A great investment for the handyman that is ready for a project. Contact Edward Ruff.
891 15th Street West ~ $135,000
1263 Grant Avenue ~ $375,000
This beautiful air conditioned home is a 4 bedroom, 2 bath, new paint & carpet, double garage, beautiful yard, garden area, plenty of off street parking for RV’s and boy toys. Appliances included.
829 6th Street North ~ $100,000
Modern split entry front door of apartment. Living room, kitchen, bathroom on daylight downstairs and 2 bedrooms, full bathroom upstairs. Back entrance to daylight downstairs with seperate storage area.
1625 31st Avenue NE ~ $250,000
This property is the past site of the Havre Concrete Block sales and brick yard. Consisting of 6 +- Acres, office, two large truck bays with nice overhead doors and tons of inside storage.
3+ Acres on Hwy 2 & Airport Road $99,000
This will make a great starter home at this price or a great investment property.
Over 10,000+- Square Foot heated building with updated remodel & addition. City water and sewer to this building and several large overhead doors. The access is great and a finished railroad spur line to this property may be available.
36+ Acres in town on Water Tank Road $69,700
521 2nd Avenue ~ $97,500
This home has had all new updates. There is a detached garage, 2 bedrooms, formal dining room, new windows, new flooring and all the appliances stay.
Bad Lands Car Wash ~ 413 2nd Street $150,000
Downtown car wash, building & car wash on 2 downtown city lots. This is a nice little cash cow.
Building Lot in Glo-Ed $41,000
3.1 Acres m/l commercial zoned! Highway 2 frontage and This acreage is 36.7+- acres in the city. Very Airport Road access. Just down the street from Wal-Mart and seldom do you find acreage inside the city limits at Kmart. With seller finance possible, Realtor owned a price too good to pass up.
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Lot 2 Block 1.
Great Falls, MT - River View 2.7 +/- Acre Building Lot $69,000 with a great view of the River. Plat #3997, Lot 3 Heaven View.
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223 3rd Ave. • Havre, MT 59501
Tom Healy 406-390-6767 tom@koefod.com
Becky Ross 406-390-2599 becky@koefod.com
Jeff Healy 406-390-1966 jeff@koefod.com
Mike Winchell 406-390-7679 mike@koefod.com
residential Listings
726 6th Ave. ~ $350,000
Jacuzzi tub, tile, hardwood, new windows, new mechanicals, 4 stalls of indoor parking, and heated floors.
Call Jeff Healy, Realtor, 390-1966
2255 9th Ave. SE ~ $222,000
Age 55+ development with one level living! Open concept kitchen living room with gas fireplace, 2 big bedrooms and 2 full baths. Laundry room in one bathroom. Located in Rolling Hills Sub. Call Becky Ross 390-2599 to view.
180 Rodeo Trail - Dillon, MT ~ $675,000
717 Sunset Drive ~ $209,500
Wonderful floor plan with 3 bedrooms and 1 1/2 baths on the main floor! Fireplace, hardwood flooring, new windows, new siding, new deck, new underground sprinklers, new roof! Large kitchen/dining room for ease of entertaining and large family. Full basement with finished family room with built in dry bar, exercise area, another 1/2 bath and large bedroom. Newer GFA furnace with humidifier, and C/A. Full utility room with water softener and upright freezer included. Attached garage with walk in to house. Great new professional landscaping and private patio area for entertaining! Large storage shed in back. Super location with neighborhood with lots of character. Call Becky Ross 390-2599 to view.
1011 Cleveland Ave ~ $122,900
NEW LISTING! Great home located in Highland Park area. Large Lot with room to add a shop or garage! Updated and in nice condition. 2 bedrooms, 1 bath up and 2 more bedrooms and bath with shower in basement. Nice open kitchen, too! Call Mike Winchell 390-7679 to view.
An absolutely stunning custom home with 10+ horse friendly acres just minutes away from public forest lands. 4 bedrooms and 6 baths with multiple fireplaces, covered patio and huge chefs kitchen make this truly a premier property in one of the fastest growing communities in all of Southwest Montana. The unique floor plan and square footage of this home makes for easy entertainment of guests or complete privacy from other residents of the home See more at www.koefod.com
Land listings Beautiful Ranchette Building Site CLOSE TO TOWN ~ 80 acres of unimproved ground East side of Saddle Butte. Fenced, panoramic views! Great place for horse lovers, plan your new home! Easy access from Clear Creek Rd.
Please call Becky Ross 390-2599.
40 Acres West side of Saddle Butte 1224 2nd St ~ $94,750
Back on the market!! Very affordable and move in ready! Call Mike Winchell 390-7679 to view.
535 2nd Ave. ~ $259,900
PRICE REDUCED. 5 bedroom, 3 full bath home. Full basement and second level with sunroom. Private suite for a rental or family member. Call Becky Ross 390-2599 to view.
West side of Saddle Butte Rd. Close to the comforts of town with the serenity and quiet nature of country living. Undeveloped 40 acres to be surveyed off by seller, utilities already nearby.
Call Becky Ross 390-2599 for more details.
40 Acres East of Saddle Butte
Building site with views for a ranchette style property with plenty of elbow room. Endless possibilities with this much space close to town. Please call Becky Ross 390-2599.
COMMERCIAL listings 234 4th Ave. ~ $79,900
COMMERCIAL BUILDING in a super location with lots of foot traffic. Be an owner! Call Becky Ross 390-2599 to view.
125 2nd Ave. SW Box Elder, MT ~ $69,900
This home is a developers dream! Huge lot on the end of a quiet rd. Lots of room for very little money! Home had a water line freeze and needs repairs to plumbing and flooring due to water damage. Call Mike Winchell 390-7679.
440 1st Avenue ~ $125,000
You’ll like this 3 bedroom home on corner lot with full basement ready to be finished. Hardwood floors, updated kitchen, & dining area. Corner lot location with shared garage in rear. Easy walk to downtown and university, too! Call Becky Ross 390-2599 to view.
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OWN YOUR OWN BUSINESS
Elite Tan & Styling Salon ~ $65,000 Currently located in Holiday Village Mall/Havre. Good business in good location. All inventory and equipment included. Call Jeff Healy, Listing Realtor at 390-1966 for more details.
Brothers, Doctors,
HOMETOWN BOYS Though no one can predict the future, both doctors feel at home personally and professionally in their hometown.
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Chris and Kevin Harada had a typical Havre childhood. The two sons of Art and Sara Harada grew up playing with kids and riding bikes in their neighborhood. They played sports and took a lot of math and science classes. After graduating high school they each went on to attend college because they wanted goodpaying, interesting jobs. What they did in their college years and afterward sets them a little bit apart: They both became doctors and both ultimately returned to Havre to serve the people of their hometown. OCTOBER 2014 | LIVING Havre and the Hi-Line MAGAZINE |
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Chris Harada, a 1999 Havre High School graduate, is a dentist working in his own practice, Harada Family Dental, and Kevin, Class of 2002, is an internal medicine specialist working for Northern Montana Health Care. Fate, it seems, led the Drs. Harada into medicine, and then back to Havre where they are raising their families along with advancing their careers.
Chris
All along, Chris had planned to get his bachelor’s degree then, in some way, pursue education beyond that. After graduating high school he attended Carroll College in Helena, earning his bachelor’s degree in chemistry. He said he worked as a chemist for a couple years but then realized his original goal of going beyond the four-year degree was still important. Here is where fortune stepped in a bit. The dentist he was working with in Helena had taken a similar path, Chris said, going into chemistry becoming disenchanted with the work then going on to dental school, and he became Chris’ mentor. “(We had) kind of likeminded, similar study paths,” Chris said, “and he just brought me into his office to start observing and then that’s when it started. I just started
saying ‘well this is pretty interesting’ and after more and more observing and volunteering, it just kind of morphed into ‘this is what I want to do.’” With the benefit of the mentoring, Chris said he felt comfortable committing to dental school at the University of Minnesota. “It’s a huge commitment, both in time and a financial commitment, as well, so you kind of have to know that’s what you want to do,” he said.
Kevin
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Kevin said he saw the path Chris was taking in school and thought that would suit him, too. He went to Rocky Mountain College on a football scholarship, working toward his bachelor’s in chemistry and biology. Fortune dealt Kevin a little more painful blow as he tore a ligament in his knee his sophomore year, but it was his resulting association with the orthopedic surgeon who repaired his ACL that helped lead Kevin into medicine. “Ultimately, I just kept loving it and kept shadowing, and then that led me to the WWAMI program out in Washington in the University of Washington in Seattle,” he said.
WWAMI Medical Education Program is a cooperative program of the University of Washington School of Medicine and the states of Washington, Wyoming, Alaska, Montana and Idaho. Under the agreements of the cooperative, only 30 Montana students are selected for the program each year. Though the WWAMI program places emphasis on rural medicine, it wasn’t until he was doing his residency in Denver that Kevin realized the attraction of rural practice. “As I was training in Denver,” he said, “I got to see rural and urban medicine, I got to see what practices were like in rural and urban settings, and I just started to really like
the rural setting. I liked the people; I liked the hospitals.” Though neither of them had planned to return to Havre as a career move, fate gave them each a shove in that direction anyway.
Chris
On the advice of experienced dentists, Chris said, he started his dental career doing temporary, fill-in dentistry because, as a dentist, he was most likely to end up owning a practice. “They recommended you need to just go and get
an associate job, so you’re technically not tied down anywhere,” he said, “start getting into the profession before you start making those critical life choices like where you’re going to live because once you get your roots dug in it’s hard to leave.” Most of his temporary positions were in Montana. “When my family and I were deciding where we wanted to end up, all the roads kind of led to Havre. The opportunities were there at the right time, and it worked out.” After Bullhook Community Health Center opened their original dental clinic in Havre, Chris practiced there for two and a half years, starting in 2009, until the private practice he now owns came available. “The timing was perfect,” he said, adding that it’s not often a fully established dental office opens up. “Especially in Havre,” he added. “And we were already here, already living here, the schools were doing great things with the kids, and it was the right decision to stay when the opportunity to stay came available.”
Kevin
Even though Kevin had completed some of his medical school field work in Havre with Dr. Bruce Richardson, who is now retired, Kevin had no plans of returning to his home town.
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“I didn’t think I was coming back,” he said, but his unexpected attraction to rural medicine started changing his mind. “I was working a lot in rural Colorado and, ultimately, I just started to think ‘why don’t I give Havre a shot.’ … . I tried to cut Havre out of it and just look at the job, and I really liked the job, I liked the people, I liked the hospital and Havre was almost just a plus — family, friends.” “I thought about it for a year or two …,” he said. “As I grew up, I saw the things that Havre had to offer, then it all kind of fell into place. There was an opening (at Northern Montana Health Care), they had a need for my specialty, which is internal medicine; they were recruiting for those positions; I was able to interview for it.” And he came back to Havre in August 2013. “It’s been a fast year,” he said. While their two practices are different, with Chris owning his own private practice and Kevin working as part of the medical team in the largest medical facility in north-central
Montana, they have similar feelings about returning to their hometown as service providers. “It’s different in the sense that being from here you knew people on a different level — friends of your parents, friends of friends, my friends, people that you worked with and went to school with — now you see these people from both angles now,” Chris said. “For some you’re a provider for others you’re not, but you’re still that professional in the community that people are paying more attention to simply because you’re in the paper, on the radio, name’s on the building. It’s all good, but it’s different.” “I thought I would come back here and nobody would let me in the room,” Kevin said, “… I saw people that I knew, and they looked at me as a professional. Havre’s community is really special like that. It’s been, like Chris said, getting to know people on a deeper level.” After their respective experiences practicing dentistry and medicine in the larger cities of Minneapolis and Denver, this longterm connection with patients beyond one visit for emergency care and knowing patients on a personal level makes the stories about “I knew your parents,” and “I knew you when you did this,” more refreshing than embarrassing, though this familiarity can add more
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to — “It’s a steep learning curve,” he said with a laugh. Though no one can predict the future, both doctors feel at home personally and professionally in their hometown. “I’m really enjoying my time here,” Kevin said. “Where I will be in the next five, ten years, with the Affordable Care Act, with all the changes that have happened in medicine, it really is a shifting landscape, and so it’s kind of one that you re-evaluate. But I would say that, yes, I enjoy serving the community of Havre and I would like to continue doing it.” “I feel the same way. Havre’s been great both personally and professionally starting from the very beginning,” Chris said, adding, “I’m no longer an employee. When you own the business then you also have more of a commitment you have staff, and staff have families, and patients are expecting you to be there … there’s that commitment there, that responsibiity there, and we love it here and see ourselves being here for a long time.”
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pressure and responsibility. “I see that there’s more expectation on both ends,” said Chris. “Some people that I’ve know ever since growing up, it’s a different relationship than going to mow their lawn or carry out their groceries,” which he did for two years in high school at Buttreys. To serve the community you grew up in, you have accountability to people “you know on a deeper level,” Kevin said, adding that “when you develop deeper relationships you have a bigger responsibility, and I’ve personally liked that … and overall it’s been good for me to have that experience. And since this community is so awesome, it’s really been kind of easy to adapt to that.” Both Chris and Kevin are happy to be raising their families in Havre. Chris and his wife, Brittany, who are expecting the birth of a boy in December, have two daughters, Grayce, 9, and Klayre, 7, who, he said, are right at home in Havre and love their schools. “They love it. They love all the activities that are available, swimming lessons, soccer, basketball, they love to do all that stuff and ride their bikes in the street,” he said. “In a small town you can still do that.” Kevin and his wife, Nikki, a fellow Havreite, have an infant daughter of their own they are getting used
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969 Dana Rd ~ Big Sandy $250,000
125 Pester Lane ~ Hingham $210,000 3 bedrooms, 2 bath Country home located 3 miles West of Hingham, MT. 10 Acres-includes out buildings, 4 stall garage/shop, large pole barn, grain bins & all the appliances to move right in.
4 bdrm, 2 bath, 2 level older style home, oversized 3 stall garage, nice quonset plus shop. All on +/- 20 acres, 7 miles South of Big Sandy, MT, just off pavement. Nice trees, great view & awesome neighbors.
Call Janis Flynn Pyrak @ 265-7845
Call Janis Flynn Pyrak @ 265-7845
7310 County Rd 462 W $799,000
Luxurious home & a piece of the country! Located on +/- 53 acres in parklike setting, approx 3 miles West of Havre. 4 bdrm, 4 bath home w/gourmet kitchen, formal dining & all the pluses. Includes pond w/ fountain, 3 wells, feed crop/pasture & Beaver Creek flowing through it.
Call Janis Flynn Pyrak @ 265-7845
226 2nd St NW ~ Rudyard, MT $79,000
11135 River Rd ~ $625,000
Prestigious & updated 5 bdrm, 3 1/2 bath home on 60 Acres! Includes pool, garden area, barn, pasture, paved country road to home & double garage. Good well & sprinkler system. Awesome views of Milk River Basin, Bears Paws & Badlands along the Milk River.
Call Janis Flynn @ 265-7845
1101 Pennsylvania St. ~ Chinook $125,000 3 bedroom, 1 bath home. Corner lot with fenced back yard. Fireplace w/pellet stove insert, AC, new roof & oversized insulated & heated double garage w/10' insulated doors.
4 bdrm (includes 2 non-conforming bedrooms in basement), 1 bath home in Rudyard, MT. Nice open floor plan with nice updates. Large master suite with patio. New carpets throughout. Large family room with wood stove, triple heated & insulated garage/shop.
Call Jeanie Cole @ 406-945-0931
Call Ken Nelson @ 406-439-0595
1926 Heritage Dr. ~ $229,000
Very clean 4 bdrm, 2 bath home on Heritage Drive in Havre's South End near High School. Open floor plan, kitchen/ dining with lots of granite. Fenced back yard & double garage.
Call Janis Flynn Pyrak @265-7845
6401 County Rd 830 NW $279,000 +/- 8 Acres, fenced for horses. Updated 5 bedroom, 2 ž bath home in excellent condition. Master suite with garden tub, double garage, 2 decks (hot tub on back deck), barn/outbuildings & nice yard with views of the Bears Paws.
Call Janis Flynn Pyrak @ 265-7845
114 5th St E ~ 4-Plex Chinook, MT ~ $140,000
1015 New York St. ~ Chinook $112,000
Four (1) bdrm units close to the downtown area and the High School. Some updating and some new appliances. Good income potential.
Updated 2 bdrm, 2 bath home in Chinook, MT. New windows, new heating & AC system, new master suite addition. Nice yard, oversized single garage/shop area in back with large carport for RV parking.
Beautifully remodeled 3 bdrm, 1 1/2 bath home w/ good water & shop + outbldgs. Plus 6 lots.
Call Janis Flynn Pyrak @ 265-7845
Call Ken Nelson @ 406-439-0595
A Little Bit of Country! 3 bedroom, 2 bath home located 3 miles West of Havre on Hwy 2. New updated kitchen, formal dining, full basement with lots of storage. Fenced yard with gated access to garage/shop on 1 Acre.
Call Janis Flynn Pyrak @ 265-7845
410 3rd St. ~ Chester $105,000 Nice 3 bdrm, 2 bath home in Chester, MT. Fenced back yard, 2 decks, large parking area & attached double garage.
Call Derek Fraser @ 262-4603
801 7th St ~ $174,900
Call/Text John Carlson @ 390-1381
3 bedroom, 2 bath home in Chester, MT. Nice country home with wood stove, patio/ deck & dog run. Large yard/garden area, 30 x 30 garage/shop & fenced horse pasture. +/- 5.75 Acres
3 bdrm, 1 bath home located on +/-1.3 Acres West of Havre. Includes a 20x60 garage/shop. This property is an ''As Is'' purchase. (Home has had frozen pipes)
Bullhook Bottoms Casino + Liquor Store ~ $650,000
A large Commercial property that includes a Casino & Liquor License on 1st Street/ Hwy 2 frontage in Havre, MT
Call Ken Nelson at 406-439-0595 or
HI-LINE LISTINGS 433 Ohio St. ~ Chinook ~ $140,000 3470 MT Hwy 223 ~ Chester ~ $99,000 111 Rehal Ave. ~ Joplin $44,000 111 3rd St W ~ Chester ~ $10,000 402 10th Ave ~ Havre ~ $75,000 1007 3rd St ~ Havre ~ $21,000
LOTS FOR SALE
4000 Rd-6 miles So. Chester $249,000
Call Derek Fraser @ 406-262-4603
7133 US Hwy 87 W ~ $110,000
Call Janis Flynn Pyrak @ 265-7845
2 bdrm, 1 bath spacious home with country kitchen & large living room. Fenced yard, perennial garden, mature trees, RV & equipment parking in rear & 4 stall garage/shop.
210 71st Ave. W. ~ $239,000
Call Janis Flynn Pyrak @ 265-7845
4 bdrm, 1-3/4 bath home with large shop & fenced yard. Includes an eat-in kitchen, great family room, egress windows in bsmt & lots of storage in laundry room. Garage can have in floor heat w/addition of boiler.
103 3rd St. W. ~ Inverness $99,900
509 1st Street ~ Hingham, MT $49,900
3 Spruce Drive ~ $179,000
4 bdrm, 2 ½ bath home. Open kitchen/ dining room, main floor laundry. Large fenced back yard, single attached garage.
Call Paul Kuka @ 265-2060
Vacant Land For Sale ~ $85,000 177 2nd Ave E ~ Big Sandy $95,000 Clean 4 bedroom, 1 1/2 bath home in Big Sandy, MT. Workshop in open basement. Large partially fenced yard/ garden area, large open deck in back, includes storage shed & large detached double garage/shop. New siding & roof on house & garage.
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Approx 5.34 acres located 3.5 miles West of Havre, MT on Hwy 2.This property is fenced, includes a well & 2 metal sheds. Zoned Commercial/Residential. Electrical also runs across this property.
4 Acre Lot East of Torgerson Implement ~ $375,000 Ready to build on with utilities.
1731 11th St W~$35,000
Vacant Lot West of Havre, MT. Includes well. Perfect for mobile/manufactured home. Call Janis Flynn Pyrak @ 265-7845
Shedding If your home or garage is running out of room to hold your things, or you have had to rent a storage unit to wrangle the overflow, it may be time to invest in a backyard shed. Whether your shed is for storing boxes, tools, supplies, or machinery — or to give you added work space — with a little forethought and elbow grease, you can have the shed to suit your needs.
STORY BY PAM BURKE PHOTOS BY ERIC SEIDLE Preplanning Before you spend money on a shed or materials consider what you want to use the shed for right now, and five years from now, too. Quantify your current space needs. For example: If you are storing boxes, physically pile those boxes into a shed-shaped stack and measure the square footage needed to hold those boxes. If you are storing items of size, like a mower, four-wheeler, ladder or table saw, make sure the space, and the doorway, can accommodate those items. if you will be spending much time in the shed, either accessing your things or working, make sure the height is adequate for you to move in. Now qualify those space needs for special considerations. For example: How many more boxes of belongings — tools, materials, supplies, etc. — will need to be stored over the next five years. Do you need ease of access to those items? In other words, all your boxes can fit into an 8-foot by 8-foot shed, but if they hold all your holiday OCTOBER 2014 | LIVING Havre and the Hi-Line MAGAZINE |
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decorations will you have to continually unload the boxes to access which ever holiday decorations have rotated to the bottom-back tier? Maybe you need a larger shed that allows you to store the boxes along the walls with easy access from an open aisle down the middle. Think into the future. For example: Consider future aesthetics. If your house siding allows you to change the color scheme of your home, but the shed has permanently colored siding like metal or vinyl, is it going to bother you if, at some point in the future, they don’t match. What about size? The shed or the plans you are looking at will hold your lawnmower, but do you have a large lawn that makes you think you’ll upgrade to a riding lawnmower as soon as possible? What about access to the shed? Whether it’s getting concrete or gravel in to build a base, or movers to bring the shed to the site, or getting a straight shot in through the shed doors with long boards or a large mower — ease of access can make the shed useful or an annoyance. Other location concerns are important as well. For example: Consider whether or not the spot you chose has adequate drainage and isn’t in a low area that will have runoff damaging your structure with moisture. Also check on any zoning for the area, as well as making sure the shed will be on your own property by locating property pins.
See sidebar, page 15, for more about zoning and taxes. Buying vs. Building Pre-made sheds can be purchased at many lumber supply stores or through specialty shed construction companies. Often you can choose from a selection of sizes, designs, materials and finishing touches, and it’s nice to have the shed on site and ready to go quickly without as much time-investment or sweat-equity from you. If you are a somewhat handy with tools, and don’t mind putting a little more time and effort into the project, you can order a kit from many construction supply stores or kit companies. These can save you money, and you generally don’t need expert construction skills to put them together. If you want to try your hand at building a shed, to save even more money and to allow you a chance to make customized additions to the
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shed, plans can be found at lumber stores, online or even in the local library. Whether having a premade shed hauled in or building one on site, someone has to put a base in to keep the shed from sitting on the ground where moisture and unlevel ground can quickly cause structural damage. The base can be considered a permanent part of the structure, a concrete slab to which the shed is attached, usually by bolts embedded in the concrete. A concrete slab, footings or blocks, or pressure-treated lumber all work nicely as a nonpermanent foundation that the shed simply sits on. See sidebar, page
15, for more about zoning and taxes. One last point to consider about buying a pre-made shed: Who is hauling it in and setting it up on the foundation, and how much will that cost? n continued on page 30
Don’t shed your responsibilities City Regulations Jeff Jensen with Havre Public Works said that any sheds of 100-square-feet and larger, whether permanent or not, require a permit. These structures are required to have a set-back distance of 6 feet from the property line on the side and rear. Anyone wanting to encroach on those setback distances with a permanent structure has to go through the Zoning Board of Adjustments, he said. The Zoning Board meets on the first Thursday of the month at 4 p.m., he said, and it costs $150 to see the Zoning Board, which is composed of five citizens of the city. The cost of the permit is based on the size of the building. The Public Works website has more information about these permits, he said adding that people need to be aware of how their property is zoned in regard to usage of their shed. For example, a shed that becomes a workshop, that becomes a home-based business, goes from being allowed to not allowed if it is sitting in an area zoned as residential. County Regulations Hill County Sanitarian and Planner Clay Vincent said that in a zoned area outside the city of Havre people are required to get a permit to add a permanent structure to their property. This zoned area extends about 6 miles east and west of Havre and only a couple miles north and south, Vincent said, adding that the zone exists to create an area of compatibility between city and county land uses. So, he said as an example, a pig farm couldn’t be created right next to a residential area at the edge of town. A map in Vincent’s office shows this specially zoned area and the regulations. Permanent structures, he said, are those that are set on and attached to a concrete base, making the building essentially attached to the ground. This permit process ensures that the structure meets zoning code for use on that particular piece of property and that the building’s location is adequate distance from property lines. General set-back requirements in the county are 30 feet from any road or street right of way, or at least 6 feet off of property lines. If the building can be moved, it is not hooked to the ground, there is no permit or set-back distance requirement, Vincent added, though making the structure immovable in the future by adding a foun-
dation or electricity will then require going through the permitting process. County permits cost $75 and the form shows the intended use of the shed and the set-back distances, Vincent said, and they can be obtained from his office at the Hill County Courthouse. Anyone interested in adding a permanent structure, like a shed or even a permanent fence such as vinyl or brick fence, can go to his office to see the map and talk to him about permitting, he said. Taxes The Department of Revenue Appraisal Assessment Office looks at building permits from the city or the county or gets notified by people about new structures, including sheds, said a spokesperson for the Hill County office. An appraiser inspects the building to measure its size and gather information like usage, year built, type of structure, interior finish, heat, electricity and materials used. All of these things add to the value and therefore the amount of taxes to be paid on what is called the taxable market value — a percentage of the actual value of the building. The actual value is based on what it would cost to have a contractor build the structure, rather than what the owner paid for the shed. The actual value is determined through a statewide formula. For example, a shed in Hill County with a market value of $1,223 has a taxable market value of $648, from which the taxable percent of 2.47 makes a taxable value amount of $16, and that amount is multiplied by the current mill levy, making the taxes owed $9.77, the representative said. The taxes for the shed will be billed out the next year, based on what was on the property Jan. 1, so a shed built in the summer of 2014 won’t be taxed until the 2015 tax cycle. If a shed is sold, torn down or hauled away during the year, the tax bill stands as it was billed for the year. If the shed is destroyed by natural disaster, though, this can be reported to the appraiser’s office and the tax bill will be prorated for the year, the representative said. Insurance Don’t forget to talk to your property insurance carrier about possible changes to your policy with the addition of a shed to your property.
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Henny penny cupcakes STORY BY PAM BURKE PHOTOS BY ERIC SEIDLE With a hint of frost in the air, school parties cropping up and holidays looming on the horizon, Penny Velk, owner of Henny Penny Cupcakes, shared a family recipe for zucchini cupcakes to fulfill any treat needs. This time of year, she said, when zucchinis are ripening in abundance or already filling freezers, always makes her think about whipping up a batch or two of these cupcakes. They are a sweet treat, with a little guilt-free healthiness.
Zucchini cupcakes
From the kitchen of Penny Velk For the batter:
For the frosting:
3 eggs, beaten 2 cups grated zucchini 1 cup oil 3 teaspoons vanilla 3 cups flour 1-3/4 cups sugar 1 teaspoon salt 1 teaspoon baking soda 1 teaspoon baking powder 1 teaspoon orange extract or 2 tablespoons grated orange rind ½ cup chopped nuts (optional)
1 cup butter 1 8-ounce package cream cheese 1 teaspoon vanilla ½ teaspoon orange extract 2 pounds powdered sugar Orange zest (optional)
Beat ingredients together in a large bowl. Scoop batter into lined muffin tins. Bake 350 degrees for 20-30 minutes. Remove from oven and let cool. Top with frosting if desired.
Beat butter and cream cheese until fluffy, add extract and vanilla, and slowly beat in powdered sugar. Continue beating until light and fluffy. Spread or pipe frosting onto cupcakes. Lightly sprinkle with grated orange rind zest, if desired.
*Tip: Penny said the orange zest topper makes these cupcakes “pop.”
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Penny fulfilled her dream of opening a bakery about three years ago, when she opened Henny Penny Cupcakes. She said she grew up in the family kitchen helping her mother bake and cook for their family of 10. For years she and her mother had talked about their dream of opening a bakery together, but that dream ended with her mother’s death four years ago. Penny said that she had a moment of enlightenment after that loss, realizing that time wouldn’t allow dreams to wait. When she had the opportunity to start her business, she took it. She does custom cupcake and cake orders and serves up soup and homemade rolls, along with other seasonal specialties, daily in the restaurant, on 3rd Avenue in Havre. “I like to think my mother is proud of me, this place,” she said.
Penny Velk
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1610 10th Street West ~ $325,000 Beautiful home with a large fenced in yard on a corner lot. This home has 4 bedrooms, 3 bath and 2 car garage. Beautiful kitchen with granite countertops. Newly remodeled basement with a large family room with wood burning fireplace, surrounds system, wet bar and separate hot tub room. Very well maintained home!
1616 Juniper Drive ~ $223,000 Nice 4 bedroom 2 bath home located on the South end. This home has large rooms, new carpet, fenced yard with a pergola covered patio, underground sprinklers, and shed. New furnace was installed recently with a large double garage..
129 & 131 10th Avenue ~ $71,000 Great investment property priced to sell! Close to convenience and grocery store. 1410 2nd St. ~ $65,000 Nice private 3 bedroom, 2 bath, single car garage home hidden behind mature landscape. Very inexpensive to heat/cool. Low taxes.
1545 12th St. ~ $360,000 Gorgeous home built in 2007! Great Location! This home offers 5 bedrooms, 3 baths, 2 family rooms and a media/bonus room!
611 4TH Ave ~ $129,000 3 bedroom and 1.5 bath home. 812 6th St. ~ $138,000 Great starter home with 2 up and 2 nonconforming bedrooms down. Double garage, fenced back yard and enclosed back patio.
58 Saddle Butte Dr. ~ $169,000 Nice family home located in a great neighborhood. Close to hospital. Main floor laundry, newer kitchen, 2 bedrooms full bath up. One non-conforming bedroom and bath down. Fenced backyard w/underground sprinklers. 1117 Pennsylvania St. Chinook MT ~ $129,000 Nice home with 3 bedrooms, 2 baths, and 2 car garage.
410 11th Avenue ~ $125,000 Single level living in this spacious, updated, 3 bedroom, 2 bath home with an attached single car garage.
616 7th Avenue ~ $230,000 2 houses, with a 3 plex in the large house and a small 1 bedroom house that stands alone.
615 8th Ave ~ $152,500 This nice home is move in ready in a quiet location on a corner lot! 2 bedrooms, 1 bath on the main floor and 1 non-conforming bedroom and 3/4 bath in the basement. Single attached garage with additional parking. Hurry before this home is gone!
705 5th Ave ~ $345,000 10 units total. Rental income is $3470/Month. Great rental history. Also has a coin laundry facility.
47592 County Road 100 S ~ $225,000 This is a great place to raise your family and have some horses, or maybe you would like to have a nice retirement home near the Bears Paw Mountains and Beaver Creek Park. 5 bedroom, 3 bath home with a 2 car garage.
506 2nd Ave SE Harlem, MT ~ $89,900 Cozy 3 bedroom home in Harlem. Garage and extra lot with huge garden. Must see!
623 9th Ave ~ $98,000 Great starter home! 2 bedrooms, 1 bath up and large non-conforming bedroom down. Lots of storage space. Private backyard!
1231 3RD St ~ $56,000 2 bedroom 1 bath home.
1988 2nd St. W ~ $340,000 Great commercial building West of town. Beautifully remodeled office space with attached 40’ X 50’ heated shop, break room with custom built cabinets and additional storage space upstairs. Very well maintained!
LOTS FOR SALE 1903 5th Ave ~ $370,000 Here’s your opportunity to let out your skills and become a restaurant owner! Everything you need to get started is here.
160 6th Ave W ~ $300,000 Great business location. Shell building with office/bath. Open basement. Heated separate shop/garage.
626 2nd Street ~ $85,000
7000 Block 2nd St. NW ~ $15,000 Lot 9 19th St. ~ $37,500
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sisterhood determined to stay connected and will forever be each other’s best friend
STORY BY CHRIS PETERSON PHOTOS BY ERIC SEIDLE
Family, love and friendship do not always go hand in hand. Families sometimes fight, lose touch and occasionally love out of requirement more than emotion. However, that is not the case with sisters Dayna and Erin Jensen, who currently live, go to school and play volleyball together at Montana State University-Northern. The love and mutual affection they share is true, going far beyond blood relations. They spent their lives growing up together, becoming best friends and forging a bond that will last a lifetime. OCTOBER 2014 | LIVING Havre and the Hi-Line MAGAZINE |
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Their story originates in the small town of Lewistown, Montana, where their family owns a plot of land about 15 miles outside town near the Snowy Mountains. Growing up, their lives were simple and serene. Living outside of town taught them a country life and how to rely on each other. At a young age, Dayna, now 21, and Erin, 20, became the best of friends, finding mischief on their 20 acres of property and transcending their relationship into something beyond sisterhood. “We grew up in the farm life I guess you could say,” Dayna said. “When we were kids all we had was each other because we lived out of town, so we could go on adventures together. We would build bridges across creeks and go exploring.” As sisters often do, the two drifted apart for a short time in middle school and later at Fergus County High School as they found other friends and started to become young adults. But that didn’t stop them from following in each other’s footsteps. They shared the fact that they lived somewhat sheltered lives, due to the fact that their parents made them pay for their own trips to town, making it harder to maintain outside relationships. “Because we played sports and lived out of town, we lived kind of a sheltered life,” Erin said. “Mom didn’t like us driving on the highway at night and if we wanted gas money to go back and forth
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to town we had to earn it ourselves and start working.” So earn it they did. Dayna was the first to find employment, working as a life guard at the local swimming pool. Later, Erin would follow suit working in the same position at the same pool. That trend continued when the sisters both worked as waitresses at the Lewistown restaurant Harry’s Place. Then, the two sisters, who are so similar many mistake them for twins, started playing volleyball and another mutual love was born. They tried other sports and other things. Dayna played basketball and Erin was a cheerleader, but like the time they drifted apart, their interest in other sports was short-lived. Eventually, both sisters became good enough to play volleyball at the varsity level for Fergus County High School, which has a steep tradition of excellence on the volleyball court. In Dayna’s four years, the Eagles won the Class A state championship three times. Unfortunately, Dayna and Erin never got to share the court for the Eagles, as Dayna had graduated by the time Erin earned a spot on the varsity squad as a senior. Yet, life works in mysterious ways and eventually the sisters were re-united on the court, thanks in large part to Northern volleyball coach Bill Huebsch, who recruited them to play volleyball for the Skylights. “I never even thought about playing college volley-
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ball,” Dayna said. “But then my coach talked to me and told me that (Huebsch) was interested in me and wanted me to come to Northern. At first, I didn’t want to come because Havre was our big rival in high school. But I came up for a recruiting trip and I really liked the community. It’s a small town and a lot like Lewistown, so I gave it a shot.” After the Jensens had become exceedingly close again in high school, Dayna’s first year away at MSU-N was difficult. She was homesick and missed her sister and, even though they spoke on the phone frequently, it was a hard to get used to being apart. “I got homesick,” Dayna said. “I missed my home and my family. I would call Erin, hear her voice and start crying even harder. It was really hard for us to be apart.” After Erin’s senior season, she too had a decision to make about college volleyball and despite nearly signing to play for the University of Great Falls, she instead joined her sister at Northern, even if it took a little convincing. “I basically came here because (Dayna) was here, as bad as that sounds,” Erin said. “It was either Northern or UGF and Dayna was (at Northern). I didn’t always mean to follow Dayna it just kind of happened on its own.” Then after each sister redshirted for a season at Northern, the two finally got on the court together last
season, when they helped the Skylights win the 2013 Frontier Conference regular championship, and have been an integral part in the rise of MSU-N volleyball. “It was a great feeling when we played (Rocky Mountain College) in our last game of the season,” Dayna said. “It seemed like there was 1,000 people in the stands, which was crazy. It was such a fun atmosphere. That’s what is great about volleyball and there is nothing like it.” Despite all their similarities, the Jensen sisters do have some differences, especially when it comes to their personalities. “I was always the favorite, Dayna was more rebellious,” Erin said. “She would always want to go do things without asking our mom, and I would always say no, we need to ask mom first.” Erin is also more of a country girl than her sister Dayna, who was nicknamed “Barbie Doll” by her parents because she is less willing to get her hands dirty. “When we would go branding, I never liked to touch the cows,” Dayna said. “Erin has always been more willing to do stuff like that and get down and dirty.” They also had to deal with the jealousy that comes between siblings, particularly when the younger one gets preferential treatment. One example was when they got cellphones for the first time, and despite being almost two years younger, Erin got hers
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at the same time as Dayna, much to the chagrin of the older sister. “I was not happy when she got her phone at the same time as me,” Dayna said. “But I got over it. Thinking back, I don’t know why I was so upset about it.” Yet, through it all, their bond has never been broken. But now, as their lives evolve, the Jensen sisters know at some point soon, they will separate, destined to lead different lives. Dayna, who will graduate this spring with a degree in elementary education, said she will not play volleyball next season, even though she will have a year of eligibility remaining. That means this year will likely be the last the sisters spend living together. “I have been here for four years and am ready to be done with school,” Dayna said. “It’s weird because this will be our last year of being together all the time. So we will be going our separate ways and that is going to be sad.” Dayna plans to move to the Great Falls area after graduating to teach and live with her boyfriend of nine months, Willy VandenBos, a former Northern football player. While, Erin, who is pursuing a business degree with a minor in agriculture, plans to live and manage a ranch near Roy, Montana, with long-time boyfriend Riley Knerr. Both sisters plan to someday marry the men in their lives and at one point
there was even talk from their mother, Linda Jensen, about a double wedding at the family’s home outside Lewistown. “(Mom) was talking about doing a double wedding but that would just be too crazy,” Erin said. “We each want to have our own day, but I do want to get married at home. It’s a beautiful place with an amazing view.” As much as it pains them, Dayna and Erin both know their days of living and playing volleyball together are ending. The future is always frightening but life is about moving forward and they are each ready to push ahead with their lives, start families of their own and grow as individuals. “We rely on each other so much that it will be hard to be without each other,” Dayna said. “It’s not something I have really thought about a whole lot. I guess we will cross that bridge when we get to it. But we will never stop communicating and we will always be best friends.” Regardless of where their respective travels take them, one thing is true: The bond they have built based on sisterhood, love and mutual affection will never be broken. They are determined to stay connected and will forever be each other’s best friend, as well as sisters.
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LAND LISTINGS
Country Property for Sale 5 acres m/l adjacent to Beaver Creek, features modular home site with RV hook-up, sprinkler system, 10x20 well house, complete water/sewer & electrical systems and partially fenced horse pasture with barn. Contact Jim for more info.
Ready to be Moved New modular home, features 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms and partial rock exterior. Home is currently on construction site.
730 2nd Street Opportunity to build equity in this remodeler’s project home! Contact Jim for more info. 836 Indiana Street ~ Chinook 4 bed, 3 bath home, wood floors on main level, large open kitchen/dining/living area, off-street parking and underground sprinklers.
1355 Ford Avenue
This home has many nice features including a great kitchen with deck access to back yard, 4 bedrooms, 2 baths, family room. Double attached garage, fenced yard, underground sprinklers, and many more. To view this home call Cindy at 406-265-0949.
425 Montana Avenue Experience quiet living downtown! Very unique property features 3 bedrooms, 2 1/2 bathrooms, open concept living space, modern kitchen with nice natural lighting, gas fireplace, woodstove, and awesome bay window views! Enjoy quiet solitude on the wrap around deck, or create your own private park on the oversized lot.
48920 Eagle Rock RD Lovely brick home with just under 5,000 sq ft of living, located on +/- 44.3 acres in Eagle Rock Estates with great views! Updates to home include new metal roof, new windows & new carpet on the main floor. Property includes nice sized shop, barn, corrals & is also fenced to take care of your livestock needs. Ride your horse from the barn to Beaver Creek Park!
COMMERCIAL LISTINGS 120 Illinois Street ~ Chinook
Great main level with hardwood floors,updated kitchen/dining room. Newer gas fireplace in living room. Significant updating of electrical, plumbing and windows. Room on the main level to add half bath and laundry. Large attached deck and partially fenced yard. Double plus garage. Off street parking and RV slab with 30 amp hookup.
1000 Wilson Avenue
Lovely 3 bedroom, 2 bath home with single attached garage. Very clean – move in condition. Call Cindy to view this home today at 406-265-0949.
269 Acres East of Dodson Agent Owned Over 210 acres irrigated cropland, some gated pipe. Approximately 3/8 mile Milk River with native cottonwoods. Frontage US Hwy access.
Commercial Lots Commercial lots located in Havre with US HW 2 and 15th Avenue access. Possible owner financing! Shop- 9th Street East 1.5 Acre lot, office, 3 large overhead doors, 1 drive through bay, partially fenced.
1202 McKinley Avenue
Nice 3 bedroom, 2 bath home with new kitchen. Full basement. Dishwasher; Elec. Oven/Range; Garage Door Opener; Microwave; Refrigerator. Triple car garage plus an additional single car garage. Large parking pad for RV.
Commercial Building Large renovated metal building, formerly known as the Plainsman Sports Bar and Steakhouse, approximately 4,392 sq ft under roof, 3.47 acres on busy US Highway 2, great parking on large lot, updated private sanitation system, private water supply, potential to convert to warehouse, residential housing, apartment complex, etc.
120 1st Street NW ~ Rudyard Spacious home with 3+ bedrooms and 3 bathrooms, nice full basement, 1 attached garage and 1 detached garage, located on a nice large lot.
124 1st Street Large warehouse building, great for indoor storage! Good 1st Street/Hi-way 2 location. Contact Jim for more info.
210 1st Avenue W ~ Inverness
This is a well kept, beautiful house, with newer windows, siding and roof. Great workable kitchen, with large dining room, living room is very spacious, master bedroom is oversized with office adjoining, LOTS of storage. Very nice roomy home. A must see!
Northern Tire, LLC Building
114 1st Street ~ For Sale or Lease Commercial building in a great location along busy 1st Street/Highway 2, good off-street parking, potential for office space or retail.
Prime commercial building formerly used for Eddy’s Bakery, approximately 8,570 sq ft of multi-purpose retail/commercial space, multiple overhead access doors for numerous uses, excellent on-site and off-street parking, available for lease!
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Elaine Morse COMMUNITY PROFILE
STORY BY JOHN KELLEHER PHOTOS BY ERIC SEIDLE As a child, Elaine Morse was fond of searching for arrowheads, rocks and fossils. Her early-life hobby has turned into her passion as an adult. Today, she is an active volunteer and she raises funds for the Wahkpa Chu’gn buffalo jump and the H. Earl Clack Memorial Museum. As chair of the museum’s foundation, she has built up the endowment fund, raised sufficient money to build an interpretive center at the buffalo jump and overseen many improvements at Wahkpa Chu’gn. And she has plans to do more of the same. “Every once in a while I think maybe I should step aside,” she said. “But I keep coming back.”
After graduating college, she returned to Havre and got a job at the pharmacy at Northern Montana Hospital in 1986. In 1990, she was named director. Also after returning home, she heard there was an opening on the museum board. “I was interested because I was always interested in history,” she said. Hill County commissioners
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appointed her, and she served a couple of terms. Then she was named to the foundation board, and soon became the chair. Morse was involved in the purchase of the Griggs Printing building as a headquarters for the museum She has a passion for her work and is terribly proud of what the history community has done to promote the
area’s historical attractions. The buffalo jump is a historic wonder, she believes. It is valuable as an economic development tool in that it attracts visitors to the area and convinces them to stay in town an extra night. And it’s important to maintain historical landmarks, she said. The museum and the buffalo jump are important in the effort to know where we came from, she said. Just as important, she said, the historical attractions are points of community pride for Havre and the Hi-Line. A native Havreite, she is disappointed when she hears people disparage her hometown and says people should point to the buffalo jump and the museum as valuable resources for the community. The buffalo jump has a long history of having to scrape along. John Brumley, when he was attending Havre High School, found relics of the ancient buffalo jump when he was looking for rocks in the badlands behind what is today Holiday Village Mall. Not everyone realized the value of the find. When the mall was being built, Morse said, Toni Hagener had to fight to make sure soil from the construction wasn’t dumped over the buffalo jump. John Brumley went on to a distinguished career in archeology, but he and his wife, Anna, always remained involved in keeping the buf-
falo jump available for local residents. Slowly over the years, Morse said, money was raised to make some improvements. A high point in the efforts came three years ago when the interpretive center was opened. The high point of that grand opening was when Morse put up a banner declaring it the “John and Anna Brumley Interpretive Center” to the couple’s shock. While lots of people have helped in the effort to revive the buffalo jump, none of it would have been possible without the Brumleys. “John has been the brains of the buffalo jump,” she said. “And Anna is the heart.” The Brumleys use their own money to subsidize the operations, Morse said. Hill County provides $25,000 annually to subsidize the various history programs, she said. “That’s just about enough to help pay for the museum curator’s salary,” she said. “The rest has to come from donations.” And those costs have to be covered by the foundation. That’s where Morse comes in. While there are frustrations, she said the best part of her job is seeing young people tour the buffalo jump. Elementary school students from across the Hi-Line, visit throughout the year. Since Montana started requiring schools to teach Native American history, there
has been an increase in the number of students visiting. In Havre, all third-graders visit. The kids find it entertaining as well as educational to learn about Native history, she said. Later, kids bring their families to the buffalo jump and delight in telling their parents about the Native traditions. While her work has concentrated on the buffalo jump, she is also involved in a major project — getting the new museum started up in the Griggs building and moving the vast collections from their present location in Holiday Village Mall. That will involve using one of her most obvious talents — organization, something many history buffs are lacking. “I am organized, that’s for sure,” she said. She says she likes meetings where people talk about what they want done, decide what to do and move ahead and do it. Morse isn’t one to dawdle. Her organizational skills will be a big asset as she prepares to move the collections from the mall to the Griggs building. She has some experience in this process. She was part of the team that moved the collections from the museum’s home in the old post office to the mall. Then, years later, the museum was moved from one end of the mall to the other. “Hopefully, this will be the last time,” she said.
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Quality Matters Whether buying or building, some features point to quality construction and can affect how long your new shed will last. Smaller sheds, like 8-foot by 10-foot, can easily tolerate 2-by-4 framed walls, especially if it has some type of sheeting under the siding and is not just made with metal siding attached directly to the frame. The floor, though, should be made of 2-by-6 joists if it has to hold up to traffic and weight over the long haul. You should consider 2-by6s for the frame and 2-by-8s for joists in large sheds. Wall studs, floor joists and
roof trusses should be on 16-inch centers for strength of structure. Also look at the thickness of sheeting for longevity of the structure. Floors should have at least ¾-inch outdoor-grade board. The roof should be sloped well enough to slough snow and rain, though roofing material can affect that as well, because metal roofing will help it shed moisture. And at least a little bit of an eave will help keep moisture away from the walls. Added Touches Just because this structure is a shed out in the backyard, doesn’t mean it can’t be an added attraction, with touches like trim boards, shutters, and
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a unique door, fixtures or paint scheme. Some of those nice touches are practical as well. Windows add light to a shed without electricity. Finished interior walls look nice, but also add to structural soundness and allow you to add insulation that can protect against temperature extremes, even without a heating or cooling source. Keeping up with painting and repairs ensures that the siding and framing stay sound longer, and help keep stored items from moisture and pest damage. A quality shed helps ensure the safety of the treasures — and the stuff — kept inside.
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