Hi, everybody. Wanted to bring you up to date again about the New Bethel School project.
We were delayed signing the contract on the property, as we decided to have a survey done since the acre with the school had never been separated from the larger acreage on which the old Croddy place sits. Also, we had Bob Evenson, a local attorney, draw up the closing documents (pro bona). In short, the closing was last Monday. We paid $500 down. Fred Hall is financing the balance at $200/mo. at 4% interest for 4 years. We hope to pay it off much sooner, though, with donations and fundraisers.
We've planned a benefit dinner for this Saturday at 6:30 p.m at Banner Church of the Nazarene in Splitlog (2 1/2 mis. west of Hwy. 59 on Splitlog Rd. just north of Anderson). We're planning for 150-200 people. Music will be provided by Crawford & Co. (Canaan Bound), and there will be a pie auction afterward. A massage chair is being provided by one of our members ($1.00./minute for a massage), and there will be a photographer set up to do portraits which will be printed out for people to take home that evening. Charlene Bergen is putting together a slide show of old pictures of alumni of the the school. (If you have pictures, get them to us as soon as possible).
We have many jobs to be done for the benefit. We will be setting up tables and decorating the church (the Life Center) Friday eve. and scrubbing potatoes for baked potatoes for the dinner. We need pies! Randy Cornell will be making the chili for the frito pie. We'll need about four people in the kitchen to set out toppings for the baked potatoes, make tea & coffee and to serve. We'll need a few people to stay and clean up the kitchen and put away tables and chairs.
Also, we may yet need someone to auction the pies.
If you can help in any way, let us know.
Hope to see you there!
-Karen
845-6855
845-7543 (Randy)
