As I left the meeting in January, I noticed how bad the floor in the hall looked. I went and bought polish which donated to redo the floor. Talked to Deloris, she gathered up her tools and came to help me. Wally Badgett and Sharon Moore came 2 times and helped us move tables and chairs. We found more floor polish and used it to do the cement in the hall, the bathrooms, hallway and the kitchen. We noticed many of the chairs were losing the leg covers, not wanting the floor to be scratched we ordered new covers and will be asking members of the board to come help with that project.
We are so thankful for the new roof on the main log building, which was done the first week in December. How ever it was so old and crumbly that there was way more dirt than any other roof, so we will need to do a top to bottom cleaning when it warms up. Also because of all the dirt the entire Kitchen will have to be cleaned. At this time all of the upper cabinets have been stripped, cleaned out, all dishes were washed and put back. This will be an ongoing job.
We also found some dusters with real long handles that have a duster on each side. With these A taller person can reach all the way to the top of the plaques in the Hall. These will all be dusted before we open and all the wood furniture will be polished also.
I spent some time with Katie Allison making plans on how we will use the designs she made for us. The next day I went and spent time with Jessica Mills at Vintage and Rustic. She had many ideas however we decided to wait until her new catalogue can then revisit the project.
Katie said she would love to come help merchandise the gift shop in the spring. That is one of her gifts and I said we’d be happy for the help, she added it would be donated time.
When it was time to get a new printer, I remembered we had one donated to us. We hooked it up and it worked well except the toner cost $85. apiece and there are 4. Over the last 6 months they increased until the las time I ordered they were $115. Apiece. I decided that was to much. I unhooked it, brought it down and put it in the storage room, covered it with plastic sheet. I had a printer of my own that I hooked up to the computer in the house office, The toner costs $80. For all 4 colors.
I talked to Quad K about the chemical used in the dishwasher as Hobart no longer carries them. This will work wonderful as they keep them stocked, we can order 1 at a time not all 3 at once and we don’t have to order the 5-gallon buckets.
Ken Stein came to visit about the 10 Commandments. Apparently, there is some interest in replacing some historical pieces back in the Court House. They are researching to see if it would be possible and they started with the Museum.
Some people have asked if they rent our grounds can they bring a bouncy house, and another group wanted to know if they could have food trucks in the parking lot. I brought it to the board as I’m sure insurance would be a problem.
RSVP is running out of room for their Christmas Bazaar, the day after the Christmas Stroll. Could we offer the Hall to them for $100?
I have answered phone calls and e-mails concerning: Memorial Plaques (we only have one this year), There were 2 Lever car engines the Kissle and the El car made by the George Carr family. Apparently, they flew out of Miles City to try it out. It could go 94 mpr and 327,000 miles. He’s looking for information on the flight.
There was a man looking for pictures of the Black Hills apparently after L. A. Huffman. I sent him to the Art Museum. They were not able to help him either. As I started to work on the 2025 planner, I was concerned because there were so few bookings. Then the phone started ringing, we now have Cowboy Church for 10 days, A funeral luncheon, 1 Fundraiser, 1 Graduation, 2 weddings, 1 Anniversary Party, 1Dinner for the Targee sheep Org. 2 Class reunions, 1 Travelers Tour, and a homeschool group from Colstrip. Thats a total of 19 bookings for the gall and 2 tours.
Respectfully Submitted,
Bunny Miller, Curator