[By Michele Steinbacher via Pantagraph.com] PHILO — Around-the-clock work is paying off at the Philo site of “Extreme Makeover: Home Edition.” About 2,500 Central Illinoisans have signed up to help in the week-long endeavor as Bloomington-based Brady Homes and the ABC reality program create a new house for the Nathan Montgomery family. “It’s a barn-raising of the 21st century,” said Ed Brady, co-owner of Bloomington’s Brady Homes. “I think its’ all the organization that makes it so exciting,” said volunteer Jack Glascock, of Normal. “Everything that’s done in phases (in construction); Here it’s done all at once,” said Glascock, an Illinois State University communication professor who helped carry sheets of drywall Saturday. The whirlwind production kicked off Tuesday, when the show’s star Ty Pennington told the Montgomerys they’d been selected. On Thursday, the family was sent on a Disney World vacation. Crews then demolished their dilapidated, century-old home. Next Tuesday, they’ll return to a new $350,000 home. Read the rest of the article HERE.