Ormond resident thanks local tradesmen for restoring 1910 home

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Mason Philip; tiler Roberto; painter Anthony; tiler Fernando; mason Steve; Glenn Canfield, owner of GC Contractor Services; plumber John, roofer Alfred, AC technician Ed; and carpenter Wayne. Courtesy photo
Mason Philip; tiler Roberto; painter Anthony; tiler Fernando; mason Steve; Glenn Canfield, owner of GC Contractor Services; plumber John, roofer Alfred, AC technician Ed; and carpenter Wayne. Courtesy photo
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A team of tradesmen recently restored a historic home in Ormond Beach, and to express gratitude for their hard work, the homeowner hired a photographer and treated them to lunch delivered by Colt's Pig Stand.

Glenn Canfield, owner of GC Contractor Services, put together a team of carpenters, masons, tilers, painters and plumbers skilled enough to bring the 1910 home on 639 John Anderson Drive. Homeowner Jeannii Berg said she purchased the home with the intension of preserving it as she watched other older homes in the area be torn down in favor of rebuilding a new one on the same lot. 

It was an effort that started back in April 2020, and is now in its finishing stage. The team of tradesmen removed floors, walls and ceilings to remove the old pipes and replace with new ones. They also replaced all the electrical wires in the house. Berg said she wanted to acknowledge the men both for the great work that they did, and for the fact that these trades are vanishing. 

"Just a remarkable, almost a choreography of players," Berg said. "It was just mind-bending that all these people exist in our town."

Grant to benefit incarcerated students

Thanks to a $359,000 two-year grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, the Stetson University's Community Education Project, a multidisciplinary college-in-prison program, is expanding its humanities course offerings at the Tomoka Correctional Institution in Daytona Beach.

Sarah Cramer is teaching two of the grant-funded food studies courses. Photo courtesy of Sarah Cramer
Sarah Cramer is teaching two of the grant-funded food studies courses. Photo courtesy of Sarah Cramer

The Seeding Justice: Collaborative Learning Landscapes in Carceral Spaces grant was made possible by an initiative from the foundation, according to a press release. Since its inception in 2015, the project has been committed to offering liberal arts education to incarcerated students. The press release states that, for the past three years, the program has been providing the students with credit-bearing courses, additional learning, research and teaching opportunities.

The grant will allow the program to offer five new courses, including two food studies classes on sustainable food production that explore race, class and gender in the food system. The gran also provides the opportunity to create a garden, outdoor classroom and employ a garden manager and post-doctoral fellow for the program.

“A food studies education is wonderful because it allows the Community Education Project students at the Tomoka Correctional Institution to develop the skills and access the resources to analyze and critique something as fundamental in our lives as food,” said Sarah Cramer, visiting assistant professor in sustainable food systems at Stetson. She is teaching two of the grant-funded food studies courses.

Sandcastle kingdom

Karen Reynolds, a reader of the Observer, recently submitted this photo of her family's sandcastle in Ormond-by-the-Sea. She said she thought it was pretty great, and we agree!

Karen Reynold's family builds a sandcastle in Ormond-by-the-Sea. Courtesy photo
Karen Reynold's family builds a sandcastle in Ormond-by-the-Sea. Courtesy photo

 

 

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