Traditional Oak Garages

Valley Calendar

ALAMOSA � Rocky Mountain Artists Summer Arts and Crafts Show will be on display Saturday June 18th 9-4 p.m. at the Inn of the Rio Grande, Alamosa. Valley Artists will be exhibiting oil and acrylic paintings, photography, glass sculptures, bronze sculptures, scroll saw art, jewelry, Native American Art, quilts, weavings and various crafts. Painting demonstrations and Northern Traditional Native American Dancing will highlight the show. Dancing by Russell Box will be on Saturday at 1 p.m. and 3 p.m. Admission is free and door prizes will be given. SAGUACHE � Join in a community flea market on June 18, July 16, and Aug. 20 at Otto Mears Park off Hwy 285 between Christy and Pitkin Avenues in Saguache from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. No reservation is required. Space donation is $5 to Saguache Recreation Board. Bring chairs, tables, cash box, and treasures. Call 719-530-1356 or email irwin2007@centurytel.net. SOUTH FORK � Mrs. San Luis Valley 2011, Heather Meyer and the South Fork Chamber of Commerce will be holding the 1st Annual Break the Cycle Race against Domestic Violence (5K Walk/Run) on June 18 in South Fork at 9 a.m. Participation fee for the race is $20/participant and will fund the annual San Luis Valley Break the Cycle Scholarship. Visit www.heathermeyer.net, email mrsslv2010@hotmail.com or call 719-480-1525. SOUTH FORK � The annual Fishing Derby for children 4- 15 will be held at Tucker Ponds on June 18. This event will include prizes for the most fish, and the biggest fish caught in a variety of age groups. Late registration will take place at 8 a.m. on site, on the 18th, with fishing scheduled to begin at 8:30 a.m. and finish at 12:30 p.m., with lunch and prizes to follow. Call 873-5512 to register. LA VETA � The Spanish Peaks Arts Council announces the opening of Colorado Expressions, Saturday, June 18 from 5 - 7 p.m. Enjoy 40 widely varied, creative original works of art by regional artists, including many artists from Alamosa. There is no admission fee. The show is on display until July 16. The SPACe Gallery is located in the La Veta Town Park, 132 W. Ryus, La Veta. Gallery hours are 10 am - 3 p.m. Tuesdays through Saturdays; 12-3 p.m. Sundays. Call 719 742-3074 or visit SpanishPeaksArts.org. online. ALAMOSA �The 2011 Alamosa Round-Up is June 21-26 at the Alamosa Rodeo Grounds. Save $4 by buying tickets in advance at The Colorado Welcome Center and The Alamosa Big R. Go to alamosaroundup.com for all the details. Little Britches Rodeo is 6:30 p.m.

The History Of The Garage

In the early 20th Century garages were large structures used to house many cars all at once. They were generally owned by the wealthy and rich who would use their own privately owned garages to store other people's cars for a fee. As the industrial economy expanded so did the ownership of early cars and people began to build into their houses adjuncts or annexes where they could store their cars and use garages to store goods.

To begin with garages were built like stables, with traditional iron hinges and large oak panels. But as garage doors were required to be more compact these became the automated, sliding garage doors that we see today. Developed by C. D Johnson after years of trial and error, this electronic mechanism revolutionised the garage door and as people came around to the idea of the door away within the roof of the garage, consequently this idea spread around the world became the modern garage that we see today.

These garage doors became popular during the Second World War, with the dawn of the electric keyboard pad. These worked by way of a simple transmitter that would submit a signal to the receiver. However these first originators of the garage door worked on the same frequency so if you would try to open your own door, you would also open your neighbour's garage door! To halt this problem microcodes were introduced by way of the keyboard pad, however this was open to code grabbers which could extract the frequency codes and use these for nefarious purposes. This was eventually solved with cryptography which utilised rolling code technology.

Garage doors are one of the largest moving, rotating objects in the home. They can create strong forces with their counterbalancing springs which should be handled safely and with care. Installation and careful maintenance are important if you wish to prolong the life of a garage door. Header brackets, which attach the door to the wall of the garage, must be securely fixed or they can pull away with the motion of the door, potentially causing injuries.

Should you choose a garage one of the first things to consider is the purposes of the concrete garage? There are over 150 types of concrete garages each suited to a different purpose. There are prefabricated garages, reinforced garages, concrete sealed garages to name but a few.

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