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Port Henry, NY
Jul 2, 2008
Area family gets new house thanks to CV-TEC kids
Students from the Yandon-Dillon Educational Center in Mineville built this house for Moriah residents Thomas Holland and Lavina Drake and his son, William.
A Moriah family can soon move into a house built by Yandon Dillon Education Center students.
The two-story woodframe house on Cookshaft Road in Moriah was constructed by students from the Yandon-Dillon Educational Center in Mineville, in cooperation with the Housing Assistance Program of Essex County.
"It's been a pretty phenomenal year for the building-trades class," said instructor Kevin Shaw. "Our partnership with HAPEC has been a really great blend. We hope it benefits more families in the Adirondack region."
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Students from the Yandon-Dillon Educational Center in Mineville built this house for Moriah residents Thomas Holland and Lavina Drake and his son, William. |
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This is a fantastic program. I think we as a community need to start more programs like this. Maybe one where people can help the elderly get their houses ready for winter. Giving your time to help other people is very satisifing.
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ya i think thats funny... it will turn into a crap hole like the trailer..im one the students that worked on the house and it was like hell to work in that kinda place
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it will be a rat nest in the first day if you can imagine that she is such a pig in more ways than that.too bad people are like that just plan ignorant
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1 Unfortunately, you can give, give and give to some people and they just don't appreciate. Even a brand new home needs to be mantained and without simple repairs it will deminish. I would agree that there are many elderly in our community who could benefit from a little help preparing for the struggle ahead. They have their pride and won't even ask for help. I am sure that the Hollands will be first in line for the HEAP grants as well. How many senior citizens will be $2.00 over the income limit. It is sad. Perfectly physically healthy citizens won't work to provide for their family because they will lose out on the freebees... I was just curious how they will afford to pay the taxes on a brand new home compared to what would be taxes on the trailer that was replaced or did they not get re-assesed as any of us would.... |
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Where IS this new house. I'm new to the area, but I'd like to check it out and watch to see if it deteriorates like everyone expects it will.
Since I don't know the family, I can't comment on them specifically. However, I do know that if you don't have much invested in a property, then it's not valuable enough to you to properly care for it. On the flip side, if you work hard and earn a thing, you cherish, protect, and care for it. Just my 2 cents. |
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Viking fan-------- i agree with u 100% the elderly need help mre than someone capable of working they are just too lazy and ignorant.its too bad because they just keep taking and the county keeps on giving.
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I fought their trailer fire and you weould not believe the piles of garbage that was there.I hope that wont be any indication of what their new home will be like!
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This is not the first home that has been provided for her family. Years ago, either the state or county put in a new trailer on the Pelfishire Rd. and it was in disarray shortly after also. I hope that CV-Tech is reading this site! Maybe they will see the comments and put forth the effort to assist the elderly or disabled in our town also!
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I agree totally. Wouldn't it be great if the local officials would come up with a program that would help our elderly residents. There isn't much in place for our seniors here for transportation even. The best program for them may be meals on wheels if they qualify. I would love to see a program that would be set up for maybe a youngster who would be willing to go in and help with simple jobs like putting plastic on thier windows for winter, getting thier trash out on trash day, shoveling snow off their roof and clearing the walkway. Picking up prescriptions once a month. Grocery day is a task for some elderly. It would be a great thing for our teens to bond and get to know some of the elderly people of the community, they love the company and many have stories about the history of this area that would be better than most history books will tell. Any teen that does something good for someone will feel good about themselves and we need more kids like these CV tech kids that will do something for other than cash or because it is a classroom project. I really think it could be contagious if there was a program like this. It is going to be hard for the elderly to survive this winter and any little thing that we can do without charging them is helpful. Making an extra dinner dish and bringing it next door to an elderly neighbor may be such a small task for us but makes such a big difference for them. Kids will continue this tradition if it is enforced as a youngster. |
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does she still give bjs for five bucks |
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