It turned out to be an expensive year for our museum this year. Earlier in the year a water leak was detected in our boiler system that required draining the hot water radiator system, repairing the problem and refilling the system at a cost of nearly $2,000. The work was done by Fowler Heating and Air back in August while the system would normally be down anyway and the system is hopefully now ready for another string of winter heating seasons.

After having a series of water leaks in the roofing over the last few years it was decided this year to have all of our roofing replaced. Three estimates were obtained in the summer and in late October and into November the shingled roof was torn off and replaced and then the three flat roofed areas of the building were replaced. The bid was won by Back to Normal Construction (B2N) and cost $32,400.

Needless to say the work has dipped seriously into our savings, so hopefully we are done with large expenses for a while. If anyone can help with donations, it would certainly be appreciated so that we can continue our work and maintaining a fine old building that dates to 1913.