Volunteers team up to help local family repair home

Wednesday, May 5, 2010
In a cooperative effort between St. Paul Lutheran Church and the Nevada chapter of Habitat for Humanity volunteers work to replace the siding on the Villa Nevada home of Danny and Candy Creech. Left to right: Gary Jones, Joe Habjan, Gary Hackney, Kenneth Ambrozewski, Joe Sunthimer and Jerry Janes, kneeling. --Rusty Murry/Daily Mail

For the last two or three days several volunteers have been working diligently to complete a project taken on by the St. Paul Lutheran Church and the Nevada chapter of Habitat for Humanity. The home of Danny and Candy Creech was on the verge of being condemned because of exterior water damage when the groups decided to pool their resources and help out the couple.

Joe Habjan is happy to help out. "They're a couple of young kids just getting started," he said, "both of them work, and I admire that." Habjan said he was pleased to be working with the Habitat for humanity group. "These habitat folks are the best people in the world."

The inside of the house isn't in too bad a shape, according to Habjan; that's why the volunteers are replacing all of the exterior siding on the home as well as replacing any rotted sill plates they find. The main entry door has also been reframed and replaced because it was badly out of square, weather damaged and didn't close properly.

The Creeches have lived in the home for 3 years. They have a daughter, Olivia, who is 4 and a new baby on the way. Creech was on the couch at her mother in law's house next door on Tuesday because of morning sickness.

Both Creech and her mother-in-law, CeCe Will, think it is a good thing. "It is absolutely wonderful," said Will. Creech said, "if it wasn't for them I wouldn't know what I'd do."

By the time the group is done, the walls will be airtight, a little better insulated and have fresh paint. All the windows will be resealed and more weatherproof. The home will be more energy efficient and this was a good time to get the work done. "This worked out real well," said Jerry Janes, we're between builds right now."

If the weather holds out, it should only take a few more days. And they only had so much money to work with. The two groups split the cost of the project, which was minimal, because of the small amount of work done. The habitat chapter's portion is paid for by the potato luncheon and the payback of the owners' of the first 11 Habitat for Humanity homes built in Nevada.

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