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(812) 423-0056 ACTION NEWS JUNE 2011 SPECIAL PARADE EDITION Page 3 ACTION NEWS is the Official Publication of the Southwestern Indiana BuildersAssociation Advertising Information available upon request. 2011 COMMITTEE CHAIRS SIBA STAFF MEMBERSHIP EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Jeff Happe, Happe & Sons Construction Bill Pedtke E-mail: [email protected] SIBA REMODELERS ASSOCIATION SERVICES DIRECTOR Ryan Heltsley, Evansville Garage Doors, Inc. Shannon French Holt PARADE E-mail: [email protected] Kenny Reinbrecht, Reinbrecht Homes Traci Woodruff, Fifth Third Bank GOLF OUTINGS Danny Davis, Davis Homes ACTION NEWS 2011 DEADLINES EXECUTIVE OFFICES LEGAL ADVISOR Shannon Frank, Lavallo & Frank 2175 N. Cullen Avenue Issue Deadline Evansville, Indiana 47715 CODES Ron Dauby, Dauby Construction, Inc. February January 14 Phone: 812-479-6026 March February 11 Fax: 812-479-6340 POLITICAL ACTION April March 18 Office Hours: Carl Shepherd, Shepherd Construction May April 15 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. SCHOLARSHIP June May 13 Website: Bill Kattmann, Kattmann Construction, Inc. July June 17 August July 15 www.SIBAonline.org QABS September August 19 Mike Zehner, Zehner Contracting, LLC October September 16 2011 OFFICERS November October 14 December November 18 President STATE DIRECTORS January 2012 December 16 Chip Dormeier, Jagoe Homes, Inc Bill Badger, Sr. Bill Kattmann SPECS Vice President Shane Clements John Mattingly Jeff Happe Kenny Reinbrecht Ad Size Width Height Kenny Reinbrecht, Reinbrecht Homes Ryan Heltsley Mike Zehner 1/9-Page 2 1/2" x 3 1/4" Treasurer 1/4-Page 5" x 4 3/4" Jim Thomas, Bank of Evansville 1/2-Page 7 1/2" x 4 3/4" Secretary IBA LIFE DIRECTORS 2/3-Page 5" x 9 3/4" Full / Insert 7 1/2" x 9 3/4" Sean Miller, Benthall Bros., Inc. Alan Bosma Damien Scheessele All artwork, logos, photos and graphics must Immediate Past President Ron Dauby David Schroeder be in black and white or grayscale format. Shane Clements, Homes by Eagle Const. Bob Hatfield *Carl Shepherd *Steve Heidorn Ted Ubelhor 2011 RATES Executive Director * denotes Past State President Bill Pedtke Size 1X 3X 6X 12X 1/9 $3850 $11550 $231 $462 1/4 $62 $186 $372 $744 BOARD OF DIRECTORS NATIONAL DIRECTORS 1/2 $77 $231 $462 $924 BUILDERS ASSOCIATES 2/3 $139 $417 $834 $1680 Carl Shepherd (Life Director), Jeff Happe Mike Conti Mark Dill Full $150 $450 $900 $1900 Shane Clements, and Rick Oakley, CAPS Jeff Happe Ann-Marie Dougan Full Color Back Cover = $350/mth Steve Heidorn Mark Hansen Bill Kattmann Kevin O'Donohue The information provided in this publication is for informational purposes only. Daniel Temme Due to complexities of applicable building codes, construction applications, and facts specific Ted Ubelhor to each situation, individuals should consult with a qualified contractor Kevin Ubelhor REMODELERS regarding specific construction needs or concerns. Mike Zehner Ryan Heltsley SIBA does not guarantee acceptance by any member nor does it guarantee any products or Keith Scheessele services offered by MMIC or Logan Lavelle & Hunt. SIBA recommends that members perform their own due diligence and consult with appropriate advisors regarding all insurance products and programs. Page 4 JUNE 2011 SPECIAL PARADE EDITION ACTION NEWS REALITy CHECk Storm” and I saw my friends and members’ Interestingly, this was my second recent faces in the photos they had used in the frightening run-in with Mother Nature. vignette. What an emotional roller coaster About 10 weeks ago I was on the Oregon we are on! coast having given a talk at an HBA there. The The good news! HBA members are At 5:30 the next morning I was woken by resilient!! We have dozens of members the hotel manager and informed that there Pedtke without homes, but I can’t find one who is was a tsunami warning and that I might Perspective feeling sorry for themselves, or bemoaning wish to evacuate; needless to say, I did. their lot in life. Two board members out Luckily that warning was unnecessary. by of 14 are homeless – not a bad percentage. In Japan, however, it was a very different Bill Pedtke The facts are, that we have 122 dead – 750+ story. treated and released – 140+ transferred to To me the most poignant part of natural hospitals in the region. 1200+ structures disasters is hearing survivors talk gallantly If you’re like me, you’ve been destroyed – over 1800 acres involved. The about rebuilding their destroyed homes looking forward to celebrating our 60th national weather service upgraded it to and neighborhoods. No one cries about anniversary for the Parade of Homes. an EF5 tornado with 200+ miles per hour a car, boat, iPhone or credenza that was Especially in this economic downturn winds - One of the 8th deadliest tornados destroyed; they are all easily replaced. Yet, of a lifetime! It seems so important to on record – and yes – I watched it from the people regularly weep when surveying the be able to succeed in producing an event window at the HBA office!! wreckage of their destroyed home. This is like the Parade of Homes. The HBA will be open for business because homes are repositories of memory But with the devastating news from tomorrow – and we will be serving our and because homes speak to the importance nearby midwestern states, we should be community and making our members of place. And our place and our memories mindful of the devastation occurring not proud. Thank you for sticking with us. I intimately revolve around our homes. too far away. A very useful reality check hope we never need to – but if we do, we Thus, the profound desire to rebuild even for us to recognize the people and things will do the same for you…. though moving away is so much easier. that matter most in our lives. They have predicted more severe storms Joplin has suffered immense physical About six years ago, we were shaken for tonight, but oddly, there is a sense of and psychological damage. It is now our as the F-3 tornado blew through our calm. We will be fine. turn, the turn of the home builders, to help make these communities whole and community. What a shock for us then. Crystal Harrington give them back part of what was brutally For those in Missouri, what a shock for ([email protected]) them now. taken from them. In my speeches as an economist I regularly point out the As I stretch my liberty pretty thin, I Next is an article entitled, After the number of jobs created and the amount of hope the authors won’t mind my sharing Storm, written by Elliot Eisenberg, PhD., tax revenue generated by home building. two important messages. They are from NAHB Economist, who travels across the But, to be honest, that misses the bigger people related to our industry, who were country to deliver the economic message point. What rebuilding homes in Joplin too close for comfort to the tornado in that housing pays. Elliot once was at SIBA and New Orleans and Memphis does is Joplin. in 2006 – the guy who stood on one foot for offer people and communities hope about The first an excerpt from the Crystal 45 minutes?..