SALINE--From the moment one steps through the white board fence surrounding the Weber Blaess One-Room School, you can enjoy homemade ice cream with a variety of toppings as ladies with white gloves and parasols leisurely stroll the grounds from 1 to 4 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 17.

Grilled hot dogs will also be served. Musical entertainment a will join the festivities as this fundraising event will be hosted by the Saline Area Schools Historic Preservation Foundation or SASHPF, and also provides an opportunity for young and old to experience turn of the century life.

Classroom re-enactments of a typical day in a one-room school will give insight into the teachings and discipline of a young maiden teacher to her students using the McGuffey Readers and slateboards. Children will enjoy playing the games that a 1900s recess would have included such as hopscotch, graces, stilts and many more. A craft area will also be available. The Saline Area Fire Department will conduct a bucket brigade to demonstrate an 1800s firefighting way of transporting water to put out a blaze. All of these activities have no admission charge.

A new addition to the 2014 ice cream social will be balloon artist, Matt Luedtke providing entertainment.

Old-time activities like croquet, watermelon seed spitting, walking on stilts and Bag-O will also be competitively challenged between the Saline Area School Board of Education, Saline Area Schools and the Saline City Council and staff. The middle school principal challenges anyone to beat his 2012 record for walking on stilts as does Dave Rhoades, City Council member, who will take on all challengers in croquet. The public is welcome to participate in these activities also.

Proceeds from this event will provide for maintenance of the building inside and out. The front entrance addition was recently repainted and a railing added for easier entrance. The doors have also been refinished on the front. Trees and shrubs are needed to add shade on the property. Curriculum needs are not extensive but with more than 1800 children visiting the school on an annual basis, materials are needed for their projects and activities.

The Saline Area Schools Historic Preservation Foundation, founded in 2001, has a mission to support the history of Saline schools with emphasis on the one-room school era. More than 1100 students visit the school annually supporting the second, third and fourth-grade social studies standards. During their day at the school, students experience a typical day of the 1870-1920s in these schools by learning the lessons, eating the lunches and playing the games that rural children experienced. This interactive museum is a highly effective learning tool for all types of students.

Its a summertime treat for the whole family as we celebrate a traditional activity on a Sunday in August. Admission is free to the public. Come join the fun.

Grilled hot dogs will also be served. Musical entertainment a will join the festivities as this fundraising event will be hosted by the Saline Area Schools Historic Preservation Foundation or SASHPF, and also provides an opportunity for young and old to experience turn of the century life.

Classroom re-enactments of a typical day in a one-room school will give insight into the teachings and discipline of a young maiden teacher to her students using the McGuffey Readers and slateboards. Children will enjoy playing the games that a 1900s recess would have included such as hopscotch, graces, stilts and many more. A craft area will also be available. The Saline Area Fire Department will conduct a bucket brigade to demonstrate an 1800s firefighting way of transporting water to put out a blaze. All of these activities have no admission charge.

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LAKE COUNTY, Calif. The cat room at Lake County Animal Care and Control is filled with felines in need of new and loving homes.

The cats range in age from 11 weeks to 3 years, with many of the cats already spayed or neutered in preparation of going to new homes.

In addition to spaying or neutering, cats that are adopted from Lake County Animal Care and Control are microchipped before being released to their new owner. License fees do not apply to residents of the cities of Lakeport or Clearlake.

If you're looking for a new companion, visit the shelter. There are many great pets there, hoping you'll choose them.

In addition to the animals featured here, all adoptable animals in Lake County can be seen here: http://bit.ly/Z6xHMb .

The following cats at the Lake County Animal Care and Control shelter have been cleared for adoption (other cats pictured on the animal control Web site that are not listed here are still on hold).

Male domestic short hair mix kitten

This male domestic short hair mix is 4 months old.

He has gold eyes, a white and gray coat, weighs 4.2 pounds and has been neutered.

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PHILADELPHIA (AP) A dilapidated 110-room, 70,000-square-foot estate is back on the market, but an architect says the $20 million price tag doesn't include the tens of millions more it needs in repairs.

The 34-acre Lynnewood Hall estate in the Elkins Park neighborhood has been in decline since the original heirs sold it in 1944, The Philadelphia Inquirer (http://bit.ly/1ondcxa) reported Sunday. The home, completed around 1900, once held one of the nation's largest private art collections. In its heyday, the house was dripping with silk, velvet and gilded moldings, the rooms furnished with chairs from King Louis XV's palace, Persian rugs and Chinese pottery and the halls crammed with art by Raphael, Rembrandt and Donatello.

But members of the Widener family who owned the property died or moved away. The estate was first sold to an association that wanted to build a Protestant university. Then it was sold to a housing developer followed by a seminary and another church. The property went through decades of bankruptcy proceedings and was repossessed, auctioned and sold for pennies to creditors all while descending further into disrepair.

But those who have seen the interior in recent years said most of the house's fine, historic fixtures are still there, even though some of the rooms are destroyed by water damage and broken windows.

Mary DeNadai, an architect who specializes in historic restoration, said it would take about $50 million to restore the home to its former glory, but time is running out.

"If it continues to be neglected as it is, it will be beyond salvage" within five to 10 years, she said.

David Rowland, president of the Old York Road Historical Society, said he has seen possible buyers come and go over the years.

"It was always loved more by the people who'd never been inside it than by the people who actually lived there," Rowland said.

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Typically, those who acquire ancestral homes modernize them. Keith and Janet Childs did the reverse, aging his grandparents' mid-20th-century split-level back about 200 years.

Except for an attached garage, the Blue Bell house now resembles the historic mansions of Germantown, such as Cliveden, site of a Revolutionary War battle. Gen. Washington lost that fight, but he won the war and the hearts of his countrymen - including Keith Childs.

"George Washington is in every room in this house," Janet Childs says.

Images of Washington include a copy of Charles Willson Peale's portrait, a depiction of him presiding over the Constitutional Convention, a painting in the family room of Washington on horseback, and, behind the canopied bed in the master bedroom, one of him kneeling in prayer.

To enhance the Revolutionary War-era decor, the couple chose Williamsburg paints: white for walls, with soft gray or sage green trim in living areas, and rustic red for the kitchen. (A built-in spice rack was crafted by one of Keith's friends.)

Janet applied blue milk paint to a TV cabinet Keith made to resemble a Colonial cupboard. He also built a Colonial-style liquor cage, a storage cupboard for spirits with a pull-down grate that can be locked, and he carved the small stone sink next to it.

Keith, 52, a stone mason with his own business, bought the three-bedroom house from his mother, Charlotte, in 1991. She had inherited it from her parents, Max and Hilda Mordhorst, who had the stone home built in a new subdivision in 1955.

"I spent a lot of time here as a kid," he says.

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Oxford will expand its fire station, adding living quarters to the existing structure at 217 S. Elm St., according to Fire Chief John Detherage.

The total project cost is expected to be not more than $425,700, according to city documents. The city had budgeted a total of $625,000 out of its capital improvement fund, but the expansion may come in even less than the projected amount, according to Service Director Mike Dreisbach.

The project will create a two-story addition, with each floor adding 1,200 usable square feet to the existing structure, Dreisbach said. The first floor will be a training room, while the upper floor will contain living quarters.

When that firehouse was built in 1963, it was designed as a volunteer station. Now that weve got guys in it around the clock, we need more space, said Detherage. Right now, the training and living quarters are all in one room, so the addition creates separate facilities, he explained. Between 65 and 70 people work for the fire department; Detherage is the only full-time employee, he said.

The work will be done by JK Custom Homes LLC, which has done work for Talawanda Local Schools, Dreisbach said. The project includes an alternate option for a full basement, and that is expected to cost $37,000, with the base bid being $350,000. That brings the total cost to $387,000.

The project had included a second alternate for a sprinkler system in the building, but Dreisbach said there was confusion in the bids over whether this was only for the new addition or for the entire structure. Its meant to be for the entire structure, but there was considerable disparity in the bids. JK Custom Homes bid $12,000, while Empire Building Co. bid $13,000. A third company, DAG Construction Company, bid $90,500 just for the sprinklers.

Dreisbach said he intended to return to council with a new bid for the sprinklers. He expects it will be more than $12,000, but lower than $90,500. Councilman Richard Keebler said it was important to have a sprinkler system for the firehouse, noting that a blaze destroyed a volunteer firehouse in Mount Eden, Ky. this week.

Detherage said he expects the work to begin this fall and be complete in April.

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By THADDEUS MAST / thaddeusm@laramieboomerang.com Sunday, August 10, 2014

The Laramie Community Recreation Centers expansion project is scheduled to break ground Monday.

The $1.8 million expansion includes an addition to the fitness areas and a new steam room and sauna, said Parks and Recreation Director Paul Harrison.

The fitness addition on the north side of the gym is set to begin first.

Theyll be adding two floors of fitness areas north of the gymnasium, Harrison said. The bottom floor will have circuit weights, while the upstairs will have two rooms.

One will be a group session room and the other, a dedicated cycling room, he added.

The fitness area addition will affect use of the north side of the gymnasium in the fall, Harrison said.

The south side might be able to be used at different times throughout construction.

He said he hopes the addition will be enclosed by October so construction can continue throughout the winter.

Construction of a steam room and sauna should begin shortly after the enclosure. The work could impede use of the indoor aquatic facilities.

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Musicians and music lovers of all ages now have a scene just for them. The Music Room, newly opened and located at 609 Oakwood Ave. in the Oakwood Square Plaza, is a live performance venue and recording studio.

We want to foster the music scene for younger people, said Dave Hallett, who said he and his wife were inspired by an all ages music caf in Oregon more than 20 years ago. If youre under 21, theres not much you can do because you cant go to a bar.

The entire Hallett family has some connection to music, and all are owners of the venue.

Dads been in a band since he was an early teen, said daughter, Kara, who plays the piano.

Siblings Tori and Sam, both recent East Aurora High School graduates, participated in the Limelite University program at Limelight Music on Main Street and each play several instruments, including the violin, mandolin, bass and acoustic guitars and even the ukulele.

Another daughter, Tina, also plays the piano, and mom, Donna, enjoys going and watching.

There was always an instrument in the house, Sam said of growing up in a musical family. We used to have shows in the backyard, Dave added.

The Music Room opened July 11 and features scheduled shows three nights a week. Thursdays are Open Mic nights, Fridays are Acoustic Nights and Saturdays are Electric Nights. The venue opens at 7 p.m., and sets are 45 minutes long.

Everyone can come and feel comfortable, Kara said.

During a recent Open Mic Night, East Aurora residents Jim and Kim Klinesmith stopped by to check it out after receiving an informational mailer.

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In an effort to serve the needs of its growing clientele, the Emerald Isle Community Center has added a 1,200-square foot aerobics room.

Complete with wooden floors, mirrored walls and workout equipment, the latest addition to the complex hosted its first aerobics class on June 30.

The new room gives us an opportunity to expand the programs that we can offer, said Emerald Isle Parks and Recreation Director, Alesia Sanderson. Its nearly double the size of our previous aerobics room. Its referred to as a multi-purpose room, but with the floors and mirrors its really catered to aerobics.

Sanderson added that there will also be Zumba, karate, youth fitness and various dance classes held in the room.

The addition also enables expansion of the centers weight room, which will annex the old aerobics room.

The 14,000-square foot community center also has a collegiate-sized gymnasium, weight room, office areas, classroom, kitchen and locker rooms.

The center has 800 fulltime members and serves thousands of visitors throughout the year.

Cost of the addition was approximately $100,000 and was part of the Community Improvement Package, adopted in 2013. Also addressed in the package were completion of the bike path; stormwater improvements on Coast Guard Road; and new playground equipment at Blue Heron Park.

Weve needed the extra space for a while to meet the needs of our members, said Sanderson. Were excited to have it so we can better serve the needs of the public.

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