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iaqra Falb couldnt comjjete with Richard*' own w.iterfall iri the front haflway

Alł**r *urvivmq a 40 foot foli at the U ot C building th® wwk bołore this lako County GUas work er was back on the iob dl HI.R

New tinted glass would alleviate sonie of the re flected hwl łrom the front hdlłway

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Building renovations finally saw fhe lighł oi day from the plannmg stage. Remod eling the iront of the building had been in the plannmg stage for approxirnately a year. The iob was put out to bid and originally called for canopies and a new facade. The cost. howev-er proved to be prohibitive and the plans were scaled back.

The face lift started in December and mad* vertently led to«i water logged situation. Tom peratures dropped the week of Decemlx>r 1 1 th to 10 degrees below zero. The work men had already pulled the Windows and doors so on Dec. 15 the spnnkler system m the Iront of the building froze and set off the alarms and a łlood hit the hallway west of the Little Theatre. No permanent damage was done.

It was not the end ot HLR’s water problem:;, however. As the December deep freeze went on and temperatures on the 20th and 2lst

The fa< elift tor the tronl of the building qol undor way

dunng December

plunged to 12 below. a problemsoceurred m the relay that set the thermostat for the boilers. In all some 18 pipes broke over the holidays and the larutonal staff work over time around the clock to get the building back into shape for the January 3 start of school. Even with the monumental clean up iob, many problems surfaced when the heat was restored and the water damp floors began to dry out, twisting up and peeling back tiles. In two rooms up-stairs. actual pipes twisted out of the floor

Mr. Rabold. assistant pnncipal, had to juggle teacher schedules to accommodate the moves.

“It was so cold vacuuming out the water." sald lames Traylor. ‘with the heat off. ice had actually łormed on top of the desks.

The building was back in shape by Kebruary.

The cold snap leli the spnnkler system pounng water into the Home Ee suito

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