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Wes Romans uses a metal shear to make parts for a ventilation system that J.D.W. is completing at the Strawberry Park Elementary School. The heating, ventilation, air conditioning and sheet metal company has been serving Steamboat Springs and the surrounding areas for 40 years.
Times change, work doesn’t Dewey, Janet Williams celebrate four decades with HVAC, cooling business Mike Lawrence
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Dewey Williams hasn’t run out of work in 40 years. Williams and his wife, Janet Williams, are celebrating four decades in business with J.D.W., a Steamboat Springs company that does a little bit of everything — heating and ventilation, refrigeration, air conditioning, sheet metal needs and more. “Whatever you want built,
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Monday night’s Cash 5 numbers: 3-7-10-23-32 Drawings are held Monday through Saturday.
we’ll build,” Dewey, 68, said Monday in the company’s shop on Evans Street, off 13th Street not far from the Steamboat Springs Transit building. Dewey’s adaptability and work ethic are apparent all around the shop. Racks of colored sheet metal cover one wall near a machine that can custom cut metal signs; garage shelves and a mini-refrigerator sit near the entrance, bearing price tags; the mezzanine is piled high with spare parts and tools; every worker in the building is wear-
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occupies Dewey’s spare time — when he has any. What: 40-year anniversary party with It’s clear that Dewey has a Dewey Williams and the staff . passion for things built to last. of J.D.W. Dewey and Janet married 50 When: 11:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Friday years ago while members of the food available until it runs out Golden High School Class of Where: J.D.W. shop at 693 Evans St., ’59. They came to Steamboat off 13th Street Springs in 1969 and took over Contact: Call J.D.W. at 970-879-0642 for details or inquiries. Jay’s Sheet Metal in October of that year. In those days, Dewey ing boots that have suffered a said, there wasn’t a single streetthousand scuffs; and hoisted light in town, and pretty much high over the floor is a cherry- everything ran on coal. red 1958 Ford Fairlane, a personal restoration project that See J.D.W., back page
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