Some really good news

First posted December 5, 2008: Tonight’s Willi Chronicle reports that Gov. Rell announced an $85,000 grant to the Soup Kitchen for replacing the Parish Hall roof and upgrading the heating system.  Approval by the State Bond Commission is expected.  The flat roof is so far past its design life that it’s become impossible to even find the leaks – never mind patch them.  Anyone who’s been in the Parish Hall in recent months knows what kind of disaster area it is!  There are buckets to catch leaks everywhere, about half the ceiling tiles are gone with the soggy insulation behind them pulled out.  It’s been cold in there too – probably because of the missing tiles.  Good thing the basic structure is solid!

It’ll be a while before it’s fixed and meanwhile we’ll make do in our usual cheerful style – just hoping it won’t be raining too hard inside for first Sunday breakfasts (Just hope, don’t bother God with such relatively insignificant problems.)