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THE SUN
APRIL 8, 2015 www.osceolasun.com
Comfort by Design, Inc. takes on new acquisition No April Fools joke, as of April 1, 2015, Comfort By Design, Inc., an area leader in heating, cooling and renewable energy products will take ownership of Osceola Plumbing and Heating. The longtime heating and cooling business was an opportunity that Comfort by Design owners, Gabe and Jill Reid, could not pass up. Gabe Reid is a Master GeoPro title holder for geothermal custom heating and cooling designs and installations in Minnesota and Wisconsin. He has been designing duel fuel systems for decades. He and his wife, Jill. have five children. Nearly four years ago, with Gabe’s extensive knowledge of the industry, the couple purchased Freier’s Electric and Heating in Ellsworth, Wisconsin. Offering high efficiency furnaces, boilers and air conditioning units, Comfort By Design, Inc. continues to be a full service mechanical contracting company concentrating on green technology and renewable energy installations. Jill also works at the company. With a current staff of thirty-four, Comfort By Design, Inc. looks forward to adding the Osceola staff to its employee count. “It was such a good fit for us,” states Gabe Reid. “We feel with the great work Osceola Plumbing and Heating has done for years combined with our expertise will make for a great fu-
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Osceola Plumbing and Heating becomes Comfort by Design. New owners Jill and Gabe Reid are working with Carl and Dawn Rossi for a smooth transition.
ture for our company and our families, and also their customers.” Osceola Plumbing and Heating will be renamed Comfort By Design, Inc. and will continue to serve Osceola, Dresser, St.Croix Falls, Amery, New Richmond and Somerset in Wisconsin and Shafer, Center City, Lindstrom, Scandia and Chisago City in Minnesota. “We have such a vast amount of expertise, products and services that we are able to offer residents in areas where we see a need for affordability,” states Reid, “It will be a major focus for us to make sure the Osceola and surrounding resi-
dents are getting the best advice, the best service and the best products, at the best price.” Chuck Freier, a 25 year veteran with the company, will be managing the operations in Osceola. Chuck comes with vast expertise and experience and always with a friendly smile. He and his wife, Melanie, enjoy the outdoors, are avid snowmobilers and enjoy Packer games. Chuck enjoys working on older snowmobiles when he’s not working on a geothermal or an HVAC system. “I enjoy working in the field and solving issues. Comfort By Design is very diversified in products and
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services which makes our work challenging and interesting,” states Freier. Relocating to Osceola is Jason Wallraff, a master plumber from Comfort By Design, Inc. Wallraff will head up the plumbing department in Osceola and Ellsworth. Jason is a hockey player and also a referee at the Youth Hockey rinks in Amery and New Richmond. He and his wife, Monica and their children reside in New Richmond. “What I like about working at Comfort By Design is the atmosphere, the people and the team structure. I hope to incorporate that into the Osceola location.” Comfort By Design, Inc. employees are eager to meet everyone in the area and look forward to the new endeavor. For more information on the company, visit www. ComfortByDesign.Net.
The Big Read comes to St. Croix Falls On April 17 at 7:30 p.m., St. Croix Festival Theatre will present the premier of “Jack’s Back Door Café.” Conceived and produced as a part of The Big Read through the collaboration of The National Endowment for the Arts, ArtReach St. Croix and Festival Theatre, the play expands upon themes presented in Louse Erdrich’s novel “Love Medicine.” Stories for the play were collected orally and in writing from residents of St. Croix Valley communities and woven together for the fabric of the play by playwright Ed Moersfelder. Said Moersfelder: “The premise for the play envisions friends bursting through the back door, sitting at the kitchen table, and recounting experiences with nature. Rather than a kitchen, where bounding through the back door may be just a bit pushy, the setting for the play was inspired by my wife’s and my 2014 New Year’s Eve dinner at an intimate and homey diner in Ozark, Alabama. I gathered the stories through the written responses to The Big Read’s call for stories, stories told to me by friends, personal experience and, frankly, tuning in to conversations at the
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about the day? Yet many choose to look down or away as they pass another human being made in God's image! That person we pass may be at the end of their ability to cope and may really need a friendly connection to get through the
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next table. Although the play is sparked by Ms. Erdrich’s novel, there is no direct connection between the two other than the development of themes relating to friendship, community and our relationship with the natural world.” The play is set in a local café, and features five characters played by Festival Theatre guest artists including Festival regulars Kimberly Braun and Darrell Johnston, as well as past guest artists Jerry Kurek and Bill Perron. Through them, the stories collected from area residents come alive as fictionalized accounts of the story tellers’ experiences. Directed by Festival veteran Seth Kaltwasser, the characters tell of returning to the St. Croix valley to find community, relationships with the natural world from a hunter’s and non-hunter’s point of view, and a magical encounter that raises the question of spirit and the tenuous line between our inner lives and the inner lives of animals. “I love hearing the stories coming from these characters’ mouths,” said Kaltwasser. “Through them, I can hear the tensions, the conflicts, the respect,
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day. The Bible is clear that love has one great enemy- fear. When we are afraid of each other we don't choose love. Why embrace someone who makes us afraid? It is best to stay far from them! So the great divide between human being gets larger and the world a less loving place. The Bible has an answer to overcome our fears of each other perfect love through the indwelling of the Holy Spirit. Any one of us can ask for the Holy Spirit to so fill us that we can be a vehicle for the love of God. Once we pray that prayer we need to take a step of faith that makes us look a lot like Jesus. We reach out in friendliness and compassion to someone we don't know just because it is the right thing to do. Become the first to say, "Hello" or to inquire about someone's day. You have instantly become the bigger person by overcoming your fears. Start a revolution in your home by speaking words of love to every member of your household even when they don't respond properly. There is nothing better than feeling loved. Go love on someone today and make the world a better place.