Showing posts with label George Johnson. Show all posts
Showing posts with label George Johnson. Show all posts

Thursday, August 31, 2023

New Sign for the Senior Center of Rainier

 Several people requested a new sign for the Senior Center.  We looked into having one made by a local company, but simply couldn't afford it, so I designed one on Canva. This is the program I use to make our lunch menus.

I researched companies that print signs for a couple of weeks.  I found a great place to work with called SquareSigns: https://www.squaresigns.com/  They make aluminum signs with UV protection and would put a reflective coating on the sign.  It cost more that a corrugated plastic sign, yet it will last us for decades.  Once I got approval from our Board of Directors I ordered the signs.  

The signs arrived on Monday.  We unpacked them and sent the picture below to Kevin Pettit.


Kevin called us Tuesday.  He was ready to replace our signs.  We met him and his wife, Diane at the Senior Center.  Then we went across the street and helped install the new signs.





George and I went to Jerry's Color store in Yelm and he picked out the paint for the signs. 
First we prepped, taped and primed the sign on both sides. 



Then we went back to the Senior Center while the primer dried for a couple of hours.
Once we were done with our meeting at the Senior Center, we painted the frame dark green.
This is the color that George picked out.  I think it looks great!  



After the paint dried we pulled the painter's tape off of the sign.



This sign should last the Senior Center many years.  We still need to dig around one of the posts and secure it with the foam stuff for posts, and install the solar lights on top.

Thank you to everyone who helped us with the new signs!


(For a referral about SquareSigns.com you can look up their on TrustPilot: https://www.trustpilot.com/review/squaresigns.com). 



Tuesday, May 29, 2018

Senior Center gets a facelift.

George Johnson, Wil Speight and I went the to the Senior Center yesterday and today.  Wil did weeding, edging and mowed the lawn.  George put out 2 yards of beauty bark and put up two new signs that he made.  I painted the sign out in front of the Senior Center of Rainier.

Check out the pictures!

Just after scraping & sanding...I started the first coat of paint.
Back of the Senior Center sign.

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How the front yard looks after the weeding, pruning, mowing, edging & beauty bark.


The new paint job on our Senior Center Sign.


New Signs.


More beauty bark...


Two new signs on the front porch.  One holds the menu,
the other tells visitors to go to the side door.


New signs on the front porch.


George spreading beauty bark.


George putting out beauty bark in the front of the Senior Center.


The garden behind the parking bumpers.

To the right of the side entrance door.

To the left of the side entrance door.

The whole left side before the entrance door.

The finished paint job.



After the first coat of paint.
We Love Rainier Washington!



Wednesday, August 9, 2017

Tacoma Rainier's Ballgame August 8, 2017

George Johnson




Betty Howels (left)  Rosemary Sanders (right)

Gaye, Thela & Betty

Cindy & her husband



Autumn Kenney (left), Dawn Kenney (right)