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Springvill­e Rotary Club is ready to raze the roof

- By Jeff Carter

around the time of World War II, now is naturally in need of some upkeep. Their For generation­s, the Brookside Drive most urgent need is a new roof. area in Springvill­e has been what you The Springvill­e chapter of the Rotary might call a neighborho­od of “starter Club has heard the call and is ready homes.” Starter homes, of course, are usually to assist Joy and her family by providing where young couples build or buy materials, labor and funds to fix the roof. a home and begin to raise children with Jake Harwood, the president of the Rotary the intent to move on to something bigger Club, explained that besides the service in the future. Many Brookside Drive residents they have provided the community in the for years seem to have not gotten past like Sunday in the Park, which raises that memo, and their starter homes have funds for scholarshi­ps, the club is focused become places where they actually end up on the needs of individual­s in the area like putting down their roots. Joy.

Such is the case with Joy Hoppe, a Many Rotary members will donate time resident of Brookside Drive now for 33 and labor to totally replace Hoppe’s roof. years. She and her husband Dale moved Spencer Measom and his company Park into their home in 1983. Dale passed away Place Constructi­on will donate man hours in 2010 and Joy now lives there with her to remove and replace the old roof, with special needs son Donald, daughter Linda, Measom acting as manager on this project. granddaugh­ter Nikki and great-grandchild­ren Rick Salisbury of Salisbury Homes is Selena and Armani. donating to this and other similar projects.

Their cozy little home, which was built SUNROC Building Materials and BuildWIth er’s Supply are providing roofing and constructi­on materials. Because of all the generous donations of time and materials, Harwood said, the total cost of the project will be a fraction of what their estimates were.

Weather permitting, the Rotary Club is set to begin the project this month.

 ??  ?? the help of the Springvill­e Rotary Club and donors, a resident of Brookside Drive in Springvill­e will receive a needed new roof.
the help of the Springvill­e Rotary Club and donors, a resident of Brookside Drive in Springvill­e will receive a needed new roof.

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