Senior Center to get sunroom

Douglas seniors will now have a place to sit and bask in the sun and do a little quilting.

The Marshall County Commission approved the addition of a sunroom for the new senior center that is currently under construction.

According to District 3 Commissioner Richard Kilgore, the addition is estimated to cost $62,000, which falls well within the remaining funds the county had left for the senior center.

Kilgore said if they didnt use the funds for the center, then they would have to return them to the state.

We dont want to send any more back than we have to, Kilgore said.

According to the commissioner, the original cost of the senior center came in at around $260,000, which left about $100,000 left on the grant used to fund the project.

In other business, on a split vote, the commission approved a payment for cost relating to returning a child to Guatemala.

According to Clint Maze, the countys attorney, the commission was ordered to pay for the cost of returning the small child home with his mother because of a state statute.

Maze said the statute requires any expense incurred by foster parents, which is not compensated by the Department of Human Resources, falls to the county treasury.

We understand from the juvenile court that this is a rather isolated incident. The Guardian Ad Litem and court felt this was in the childs best interest, Maze said.

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Senior Center to get sunroom