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City turns historic house over to PPH |
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Saturday, November 17 2007 |
By TJ HEMLINGER
Staff writer
People Preserving History, a local historical preservation group, now owns the Hooper House, also known as the Linvill property, at 209 N. Chauncey St., and is preparing to begin to make repairs on the brick house.
The organization presented its plan before the Columbia City Board of Works Friday morning. Vice President Joann Williams said PPH had received a $75,000 grant from the state government’s revolving loan fund to begin the project, which will be completed by whoever buys the property.
There will be a covenant placed on the house by People Preserving History, which will limit the type of any remodeling and repairs and prohibit the house from being torn down.
The house has been in disrepair since at least the 1980s. The exterior is showing cracks and disrepair, and the basement needs a lot of work, according to Williams.
“Whoever buys the house will have to show he has the finances and the ability to repair it,” she told the board. The new owner also must have experience rehabilitating historic buildings and agree to abide by the covenant.
PPH will begin taking bids for work on the house in about two weeks.
“We have a commitment to make sure it is well-cared-for,” councilwoman Grace Lotter said.
Councilman Walt Crowder added, “It’s the start of a new venture.”
There will be a reception at the house from 5-7 p.m. Dec. 15 with Mr. and Mrs. Hooper attending.
The Board of Works, which had taken bids to demolish the building, extended the date of construction completion to May 1, 2008.
In other business Friday morning, the board discussed spending $70,000 to replace two sewage force main lift stations, one at county Road 700E and the other at county Road 600E, with the understanding that the county or the industries served would reimburse the city when the work is completed.
The project is to convey additional flow and provide capacity for growth within the eastern portion of the county’s tax increment financing district.
“From Day One we have indicated we have no money to bring this project to fruition,” Mayor Jim Fleck said. “We would be reimbursed once the project is over. Because of the (sewage) plant and the interceptor sewer project, we had no money. We were assured” the city would not pay for it, with the county or the industries served picking up the cost.
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Last Updated ( Monday, November 19 2007 )
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Salad, to die for. The year she passed away I had tried my mother-in-laws and others
but never the same as my Mom's. A year had went by and I had Looked and Looked for
her recipe in her old fashion Tin recipe box. Could not find it. I thought, wow was
this like her Famous Potato Salad, In her head and never wrote down. Silly I know
But as I searched thru her tin recipe box again, I made sure I put each hand wrote
card back where she had kept it. I wanted to make sure it was Just like my mom had
always had it and left it. I kept look one at a time, And low and behold stuck
between two cards was the recipe, I sat and held it as the tears ran down my face. I
had found it and was finally going to have Mom's Cranberry Salad. I called My Dad,
Cecil and said over 20 times, " Dad I found it Dad I found it!" I then prayed and
ask Mom, OK come on help me make this just like you did. And I guess Mom heard
me cause the 2nd and 3rd Thanksgiving without my Mom I had "Mom's Cranberry
Salad" and I will again this year and years to come. Thanks Mom I love you- Sheryl
xoxo P.S. You ask? Well share this recipe.... Umm, I
think NOT, Took me to long to find it. - Sheryl Hackett (Churubusco, IN) My late grandmother, Margarette Ruthsatz always made
scalloped oysters for the holidays. The recipe would be similar to scalloped corn
but instead of corn,oysters.We always hoped for left-overs and often would sneak it
cold from the fridge! Someone brings this dish every year. - Pam Sorg (Columbia City, IN) I love Thanksgiving. All my family get together at my mom and
dad's. My daughters and I usually go early to help Mom get the dinner ready, but she
does most of it. We eat about one and are all stuffed. After clean up we wait for
the paper so my sister and I can scope out all the sales for the next day which we
call Jackie and Laura's Big Adventure. It is the one day that we just spend time
together and are amused with all the shoppers going crazy for that perfect Christmas
gift. - Jackie White (Columbia City, IN) My mother-in-law, the late Mildred Weeks, gave me this recipe
and it is the only salad I fix for Thanksgiving and I am willing to share.
CRANBERRY SALAD1 lb package cranberry's (I freeze them and
then grind them)2 medium size oranges1 cup sugar1 package red
jello2 red apples diced small1 cup chopped nuts1 cup celery diced
smallGrind cranberry's and oranges;add sugar (let set overnight) okay if not.
Add apples, celery, jello and nuts.
- Rowena Weeks (Ridgecrest, California)
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