THE LACONIA DAILY SUN, Friday, August 31, 2012— Page 17
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“Plastforum” editor Jon Hermansen, right, of Norway makes some notes as he visits with Sally McGarry of Boulia-Gorrell Lumber Company in Laconia for an article for the Scandinavian plastics industry trade magazine. (Alan MacRae/for The Laconia Daily Sun)
Boulia-Gorrell’s Sally McGarry featured in magazine article she can’t read; it’s in Norwegian LACONIA — With the climate which New Englanders and many Norwegians experience being so much alike, one might think there would be a corresponding similarity in home building materials. But that is not the case, which is why a Norwegian magazine which reports on the plastics industry recently carried an illustrated article on the use of vinyl siding which featured Laconia’s Boulia-Gorrell Lumber Co. The article was written by Jon Hermansen, editor of Plastforum magazine, and a lifelong friend of Alan MacRae of Belmont. While visiting MacRae earlier this year Hermansen said he was interested in doing a story on how it was that vinyl siding had become so popular in the U.S. but had yet to catch on in Norway. MacRae, who had grown up with Sally McGarry, the treasurer and general manager of Boulia-Gorrell arranged for Hermansen to interview her for the article. Although Norway sits much further north than New England, the effects of the Gulf Stream mean that its weather — both summer and winter — is quite similar. But while vinyl siding now accounts for one-third of exterior cladding on new and existing homes, according to ThisOldHouse.com, very few Norwegian homes have it.
McGarry told Hermansen that homeowners who choose vinyl do so because it costs less than traditional wood siding materials. For example, while cedar costs around $1.20 per linear foot, the cost for vinyl siding is closer to 72 cents per square foot. Besides the difference in cost for the siding itself, vinyl siding costs much less to install and it requires minimal maintenance. Painting is basically unnecessary and vinyl can be cleaned easily with a pressure-wash in the spring, McGarry noted. While noting the cost and maintenance advantages that vinyl siding offers, McGarry said after the Plastforum article appeared that a large percentage of Boulia-Gorrell customers still prefer wood shingles or wood clapboards because they believe its natural look gives a house a better appearance. This is especially true for older homes which lose their historic appeal when their original siding is covered. Norwegians are loath to go the vinyl siding route because, like vinyl siding detractors in this country, they do not want to wrap their homes in plastic. Vebjorn Ljosa, a computer scientist who comes from Norway and now works and lives in the Boston area, posted a note on the home improvement website stakechange.com stating, “... in Scandinavia vinyl siding is considered cheap and tacky ... my dad told me that my house (in the Boston suburb of Maynard, Mass.) looks like a yogurt cup.”
INFANT from page one gators withheld further details on the cause of death. Brooklyn’s mother, Nicole “Nicki” Greenaway, of Clinton, said the 10-year-old was the sitter’s daughter. Authorities told her the baby had ingested medication to treat attention-deficit disorder and been suffocated, she said, adding that she also saw bruises on her daughter’s body. “I feel a little bit of relief that they’re charging her daughter at this point, but the mom really needs to be responsible. She’s the one I left my daughter with,” Greenaway said. The 10-year-old girl was already in the custody of the Maine Department of Health and Human Services when a summons was delivered to her attorney on Thursday, McCausland said. Police declined to identify the girl, who is due in juvenile court in October. Her attorney didn’t immediately return a call from The Associated Press. Greenaway said that the 10-year-old had changed her baby’s diaper in the past, but that she had told the sitter an
adult needed to be present at all times. Instead, the infant, who was reportedly fussy that night, was sleeping in a portable crib in the same room as the 10-year-old, Greenaway said. When Greenaway finally saw her daughter at a funeral home, the infant had a black eye, bruises on the bridge of her nose and marks that looked like fingerprints on her cheeks, she said. McCausland said he couldn’t comment on whether charges could be brought against the sitter. A person who answered the phone at a listing for her said Thursday evening that she was not available. The AP is not naming the sitter because it could make the juvenile suspect’s identity known. The charge against the 10-year-old was filed after detectives consulted with the attorney general’s office, which determined manslaughter was most appropriate, said Brenda Kielty, a spokeswoman. Unlike murder, which generally involves an intentional act, manslaughter charges are brought when a homicide is caused by reckless actions or criminal negligence.
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