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March 26, 2000
Plenty to see at NU Home ShowBy GUY PRIEL Journal Staff Writer NEW ULM -- A steady flow of residents from throughout the area descended on Vogel Arena throughout the day Saturday, for the second day of the 2000 Home and Self Improvement Show, which continues 11 a.m.-4 p.m. today. A variety of products and services are available, with most booths offering drawings for free items. Whether the goal is to remodel an existing home, seek a unique decorating item, or even buy a new home, there is something for everyone at the show. If home improvement is not necessarily in the plans, there are also booths offering makeup tips, providing safety tips, or offering service upgrades for television or telephone services, as well as informational booths providing residents information on public utilities or District 88. Eleven-year-old Justin Domeier of New Ulm was standing in line to try his hand at one of the most popular displays, a slot machine at the Ecowater booth, who provide information on wear filtration systems, and provide feather headdresses for children at the show. "I won a pencil earlier and am hoping to win something else this time," he said. "They have lots of neat stuff here (at the show) that's all free." Although he had been swimming for most of the morning, he decided to take a break and see what was going on in the arena. In one room, residents were getting travel tips from Windinger's Travel and making stamped boxes out of construction paper with employees from Weeds and Reeds. "There are so many different ideas on display here," Thomas Miller of rural Hanska said. "I am wanting to redo my kitchen and there are several booths here with excellent ideas. Plus, the kids like all the goodies that are available." Today's shows offer opportunities to learn uses for baskets, how to make a double pinwheel quilt, travel tips, and home-buying tips. In one booth, Virginia Thorne with Alpine Industries is giving a demonstration of an air purifying system that can be used in any size home. At another booth, Health Systems, visitors can learn about the types of impurities that are in drinking water. the impurities have been filtered out with a system on display at the booth. Janine Enter of Nicollet is selling and demonstrating BK books, which offer everything from toddler books to a medical encyclopedia complete with a CD-Rom, at one booth. At another booth, Lori Dummer of New Ulm is demonstrating the diversity available with the Pampered Chef line of products. For those interested in a different type of building material guaranteed to be stronger and longer-lasting than typical cement, there is a booth demonstrating Lite-Form, a pink material that is laid in place prior to cement being poured. The product has been available since 1985. "It is very popular for use in the basements of modular homes, but we are finding more uses for it in all types of construction," Salesman Matt Bosacker of Jackson said. "We have about 600 under our belt already. A house built with this material will be solid." Whether it is a singing fish from The Christmas Haus of New Ulm, or a new painting from P & J's Framing of Gibbon, there is something for every room of the house available at the show.
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