Kiwanis Club of the Helderbergs School House Restoration
Come to see and help with schoolhouse
To the Editor:
Would you like to help restore the Knox School District #5 one-room schoolhouse?
The school is located on Ketcham Road in front of the Thacher Nature Center. The Helderberg Kiwanis and the Berne-Knox community have been working on the schoolhouse for three summers.
We have cleaned up the grounds, looked for (and found) artifacts, replaced the cedar shake roof on the woodshed, removed the old flooring from the school, and replaced the rotted sill plates.
Our next step, for this summer, will be to install new floor joists and replace the yellow pine flooring. We will also continue improving the appearance of the grounds, indentifying desirable plants and removing weeds, and we will keep looking for artifacts.
Work days this year are on Sundays from 1 to 5 p.m.: June 24; July 23; Aug. 20; Sept. 24; Oct. 22; and maybe Nov 19.
Please come to the schoolhouse and join us. And bring your friends.
Even if you just want to look around and see the inside of the schoolhouse, please come.
Even if you only have an hour to help, please come.
This is a community project, and it’s fun
Dan Driscoll
Project Chairman
Helderberg Kiwanis
Picture Caption: Under Renovation: This one-room schoolhouse on Ketcham Road is being restored. Volunteers are needed to help with the project.
Altamont Enterprise, June 29, 2006
