M i d - Shores Home Builders Association, Inc. Celebrating 15 Years! 1998-2013 the Cutting Edge Volume 7, Issue 7 July 2016 Inside this issue: PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE Membership 2 By Tom Heiberger, Christel & Heiberger Builders, Inc. Regulatory Alert 2 Hello Everyone, Tena to learn more about things happening. It sim- this opportunity. All Things Political 3 Well summer is in full ply means that Tena and Our next Mid-Shores Trap Shoot 4 swing and I pray that it is our Select committees treating you, your fami- event is the Trap Shoot Parade Ad Sales 6 are working diligently lies, and your businesses behind the scenes. on August 24. This one is Arenz Tribute 9 well. geared less toward busi- The Parade of Homes ness and more toward WBA GA 11 From the President's pro- committee continues fun. There's still time to spective, this tends to be their work on this year's enter your team, or per- a slower time of the year, Parade. The focus now haps become a sponsor. as the General Member- is filling ad space in our Please contact Tena or ship takes the summer Parade of Homes Book. Pam if you would like to off from meetings and We hope you might con- get involved with this even the BOD takes off in sider promoting your event in one way or an- July. But that doesn't business in this years other. mean that there aren't publication. Please call Tom Heiberger CALENDAR OF EVENTS: August 2 Trap Shoot Commit- MSHBA may Grow with the Surrender of the HBA of FC Charter tee Mtg. 7:30 am at Seven In June, the members of the HBA of FC (Outagamie county) voted to separate from the fed- Angels Restaurant eration of WBA and NAHB. While their departure was very disappointing, it brings MSHBA an August 4 Board of Directors Mtg 7:00 am at Seven Angels opportunity to expand its territory. MSHBA is in the process of acquiring additional munici- Restaurant palities mostly in the Fox Cities and adjacent to Calumet county. Winnebago HBA is working August 4 Mandatory Parade to acquire the remaining portion of Outagamie county. NAHB’s Directors will make the final Builder Mtg. 7:30 am at decision in August at its Board Meeting Seven Angels Restaurant August 4 Parade of Homes The Board of Directors of Mid-Shores Home Builders Association Inc., is requesting to add to Committee Mtg. 8:30 am at its existing territory the municipalities of the City and Town of Kaukauna, the Towns of Bu- Seven Angels Restaurant chanan, Freedom and Vandenbroek, and the Villages of Combined Locks, Harrison, Kimberly, August 24 MSHBA 50 Bird Trap Little Chute and Wrightstown of Outagamie County. Shoot 4-7 pm at Outdoors, Inc. MSHBA is proud to have the opportunity to continue the mission of a 3 in 1 membership in the OFFICE NOTE: MSHBA’s Fox Cities and are excited to work together with new members to provide them with services Office will be closed and benefits to make them successful. We feel that many of the members of this area al- July 12-17. ready work in our territory; therefore it makes sense that we work with them moving for- ward. Page 2 MSHBA Membership THANK YOU FOR RENEWING YOUR MSHBA’S 14th Annual MEMBERSHIP! PARADE OF HOMES Alpine Insulation Co. LLC H. Lulloff & Son Inc. Advertise your Business in the 2016 MSHBA OFFICERS Professional Door Systems Parade Book! President Tom Heiberger MEMBERSHIPS DUE: Christel & Heiberger Builders, Inc. Parade Dates: 920-898-2820 Feb.: Armor Shield Metal Roofing Friday, Oct. 7 4-8PM [email protected] March: Builders Supply of NE Wisconsin Saturday, Oct. 8 10AM-5PM President-Elect Dave Amel May: City Wide insulation Inc. Premier Properties Realty, LLC G&H Trucking & Excavating, Inc. Sunday, Oct. 9 10AM-4PM 920-980-4477 June: Mathes Seamless Gutter Systems, [email protected] Announcing...Mid-Shores Home Builders Asso- Inc. Treasurer Sara Cardinal ciation Inc., will be Premier Financial Credit Union Mid-Shores HBA offers a 3-Pay Dues holding its thir- 920-898-4232 Payment Program… teenth annual Pa- [email protected] rade of Homes, Secretary Pam Van Dera MSHBA offers an option to pay your dues in which is scheduled FirstMerit Bank ● 920-427-2362 three consecutive monthly payments of [email protected] for October 7-9. To $140.00. Your membership will take into effect make our Parade Past-President Jerry Mallmann on your final payment. A 3-Pay Dues payment Chilton Furniture viable and to sat- 920-849-9023 contract will be included with your renewal isfy the broad interests of our customers, our [email protected] statement. parade includes not only new home construc- 2016 DIRECTORS __________________________ tion but also large remodeling projects and accessory buildings. Each parade entry will Ted Birschbach also be featured on Mid-Shores HBA’s website. Birschbach Builders LLC MSHBA is Featured is the 920-238-9253 Badger Builder! Join us in highlighting our trade to the public by Kevin Schmitz participating in this opportunity. K & J Construction and Design LLC If you haven’t had a chance yet, checkout the __________________________ 920-849-8811 recent issue of the Badger Builder. MSHBA is Darlene Schwobe featured in the Association Spotlight. You can Zander Press Inc. 920-756-2222 WBA Board Meetings view the article at http://www.wisbuild.org/ Ted Klapperich Glacier Canyon Conference badger-builder.html. TK Hardwood Floor Co. LLC Center, Wis. Dells 920-894-3232 __________________________ WBA Directors Thursday, July 28 Dan Schneider REGULATORY ALERT! Thursday, October 6 Pam Van Dera Glenn Christel Updated UDC Code SAVE THE DATE NAHB Director Commentary Now Available Dan Schneider 2017 WBA Installation The DSPS website has been updated to include the updated UDC Code Commentary. The UDC A date has been set for the 2017 WBA Installa- tion Dinner & Celebration for incoming 2017 Code Commentary has been updated to reflect WBA President David Belman. The event will recent code changes made since the last com- take place on Friday, January 27th at the Inter- mentary update was made in 2011. The current continental Milwaukee in Milwaukee, WI. The edition includes changes made in the most WBA Member Day Meeting will proceed the recent code edition, Register January 2016. The updated editions of the Commentary re- PO Box 125 flect changes to UDC chapters 320, 321, 322, New Holstein, WI 53061 323, 324, 325, and Appendix B. www.midshoreshomebuilders.com BOARD OF DIRECTORS To navigate to the One- and Two-Family Dwell- Executive Officer Tena Hartwig ings (Uniform Dwelling Code) Program web- MEETING 2104 Mary Ave. New Holstein, WI 53061 page for these and other latest updates, click August 4 at 7:o0 a.m. Phone (920) 898-5030 here. Fax 9920) 827-1232 Seven Angels Restaurant, Chilton [email protected] No meeting in July Page 3 ALL THINGS POLITICAL By Gary Roehrig, MSHBA Government Affairs Chair Rather than insult your In four months we will elect a new Presi- intelligence and re-hash dent and we will live with that decision for the events of the past month (Orlando the next four years. Our opportunity to terrorist attack, Dallas police massacre, the make that selection was won with the continued Hillary-Donald fiasco) I feel it is ultimate sacrifice of many. Let us not let time to look back at some of our roots. their sacrifices go in vain! “LIKE US ON Gary FACEBOOK” Since all of you are reading this on-line, I would like you to take a few minutes to Google, ”Robert Surgenor Our National CAMPAIGN NOTE: The Frank Lasee for Anthem” and dwell on the historical sig- nificance of our flag and what it means to Congress contacted MSHBA wondering the very core of our existence as a nation. if any of its members would like yards signs. Contact Chad Dees at 920-412- I think right now, in these tumultuous 7188 or let me know if you are inter- times, we need to really look at who we are as Americans and the realization that ested in displaying a yard sign. the liberties we enjoy come at a very high price, both historically and present-day. Page 4 Page 5 Page 6 Page 7 Page 8 Page 9 Page 10 Page 11 By Brad Boycks Executive Director, WBA rats because the numbers have been trend- June 20, 2016 ing away from the GOP for a number of years now. The current composite number State Assembly Races Coming Into Focus in a presidential year for this seat is 51.1% In Wisconsin, June 1st is the day that candi- DEM. There is no primary on either side in dates running in the fall election are re- this seat, so Kitchens will face democrat quired to submit the required number of Lynn Utesch in November. Utesch was de- signatures from voters in their district so scribed as “a farmer, Veteran and clean wa- they can get on the ballot, first for the Au- ter advocate” in an article on his announce- gust Primary and then for the General Elec- ment in the Green Bay Press Gazette. tion on November 8, 2016. In Madison, all four campaign committees Assembly District 29 (open): With the retire- working to elect and reelect candidates ment of longtime Friend of Housing award host “meet the candidate” events and it is winner Representative John Murtha (R- the most optimistic day of the year, with Baldwin) earlier this spring, the voters in those in the majority arguing they are go- the 29th Assembly District will first need to ing to gain seats in November, and those in pick candidates on both sides of the aisle in the minority touting the quality of their the August primary.