Mendham Hills Community Church trip to Waveland, Mississippi
for Hurricane Katrina Clean-up and Rebuilding.
Day 2 — Monday, Dec. 3, 2007 — Repairing, Spackling, Sanding.


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Mayor Tommy Longo house

We were honored to be able to work on the house of Tommy Longo, mayor of Waveland, Mississippi. The family has nine foster children.
Entrance

Major exterior repairs have been completed and sheetrock installed.
Living room to left of entrance

This is the living room to the left of the front entrance. Remember what it looks like now as you'll be seeing it painted later on.
MHCC crew

The crew is smiling and anxious to get going.
MHCC crew

George Davie

George Davie starts spackling.
Ken Rex

That's Ken Rex behind the mask with a sanding block in his hand.
Bruce Johnson

Bruce Johnson cuts through the nails holding a French door that was put in backwards and too low by a previous volunteer team.
Door problem

Ron Hadley

Team leader Ron Hadley with a container full of spackle.
Mike Petrin

Mike Petrin gets a breath of fresh air after hours of sanding.
Dave Ahl lugs in the shop vac

Dave Ahl lugs in the shop vac.
Teri Kleiza

Teri Kleiza contemplates vacuuming up a mountain of sanding dust.
Bill Janssen

Bill Janssen preparing to make more dust.
Bill Janssen

George Davie

In an upstairs bedroom.
Dave Ahl

Dave remounted all of the electric outlets and switches to compensate for the boxes being set in the wall too deep.
Gary Borcherding

Gary Borcherding neatens up the pile of spackling, sanding, and painting supplies in the middle of the family room.
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