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If your name is drawn you’ll get $50 cash, a new Rampage on loan to drive to the Flex-Rampage Rally in your area and a year’s supply of Flex Shampoo and Conditioner. 50 CSj^Schnelder ■#Stereo Component Systems so A Mitsubishi AM-FM Car Stereos and Philips Car Speakers 50 Konica EF-3 Cameras REVLON 100 REVLON Implement Sets for Men and Women See your participating Flex Retail outlets for official rules and details. No purchase necessary. Void where prohibited. Licensed drivers only. Sweepstakes expires September 18, 1982. Builder keeps profits while cutting volume out a mt'oni’ United Press International ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Texas-born Rusty Rutledge has endured a withering home building slump by going against his upbringing. He is thinking small instead of big. Friday, Rutledge celebrated 20 years of home building by kicking off the latest phase in what is a $ 13 million housing de velopment below the towering Sandia Mountains — a project unique in a cjty marked by the same building malaise that char acterizes the industry nationally. It’s been 10 years since the Weatherford native decided to reduce the number of houses he builds each year. Now, at 46, Rutledge can see the wisdom of cutting back from 300 to 25 houses a year. “The big thing was the tremendous liability that it took to run a 300-house-a-year oper ation,” he said. “You had to have 400 to 500 acres bought out ahead, and at least 600 lots under different stages of de velopment to get them ready for the next year.” Today, he builds bigger houses and pays more attention to detail. Those homes also cost more. His units command mountain and mesa views. They range from 2,400 square feet to 2,865 square feet and carry price tags ranging from $134,500 to $165,500. Rutledge concedes his pro ducts are not for everyone, even if they are popular. “Mercedes sales were up last year. That really sums it up,” he said. Two of his three sons are partners, his business flourishes and hunting trophies line the walls of his spacious, paneled office. An impala taken during a Ke nyan safari presides over the office. A regal peacock — its tail feathers fanned open — stands as a sentry in the corner. Behind a hand-carved desk sits the buil der, a genial, robust man in a blue-checked shirt, blue jeans and boots. “I guess my thinking really started changing in ’68. We had a little mini-recession in ’68 in the home building business,” he recalls. He said through his mi iwn.’ \hl with long-time builden,hel gan to see “people that wen hell of a lot smarter thanlw and good operators—« caught in that trap. “Just trying to bigger and owing more A little slack off, and, godda they’d go under. "We went from 300 house year to 25. We won’t build bull uiting c houses now, whether it be ju miters times or bad times. Last veil eet thei the first time that proof oil nsegoa le work One-fi miters the If urii th pudding really came out, cause we did 24 houses ini' That was right on target,' said. “What it sums up to is overhead. We can makeapnircento on 25 houses a.year-an ilorssin profit. You can't makethelTwore bucks like you can with houses, but you can’t gob# irds the either. Rutledge also a $ r Valerie Martin’s Gallery of Dance Arts Now offering BEIXT-DANCING ADULT DAYTIME CLASSES • Ballet • Tap Jazz Twirling • Dancercise 5-8 p.m. Register for all classes September 1st and 2nd Call for more information 107 Dowling Road 603-0352 al logit in designing hishoit 1 le readily admits “stealing’! modifying successfulfloo™ he had seen in OklahomaG Dallas, Houston, El Pasoi Orange County, Calif. About a decade ago, Rails noticed the success in* "his and hers” bathroomta separated by a Jacuzzi »l pool. Once Dallas buyers! made it one of the city's I popular plans, Ruli adopted it. Now, along with a cedad tool, refrigerated tooling other extras, it is his tradei Larry Carter, presideni First National Bankin.fi querque, has been Ru banker for seven years, effusive praise for the soul peripatetic Texas footballco) ^ “He’s a business person has worked hard and been! est with people, and that's he’s still building today,"Cn said. "He’s developed a re|» tion for building a house.” he imp orf “It’s t id to cl teran c took ih, let's fin; Unite DALL/ the N; OF fo ) 1982 Revlon Inc. ■KrcnciTI A JN BjJSdJ M. TYPEWRITER? talk to us about our typewriter rental program. We rent Smith-Corona elec tric portables ... the finest on the market. They allow you to select your own type or color of ribbon and allow you to even correct errors without eras ing. Ih 4 J l IIj 1C Post sti s tl, II ai