We have written letters to the principal, Dr Claude Packer, followed by petitions, meetings and silent protests, and they promised to discuss it in board meetings, two years now, but no response.

We probably have more meetings than anybody I know.

It's all business. We get down there, we eat, get your meetings, go to bed, get up and play ball.

We have been going to the administration over two years, asking for better security and repairs to the perimeter wall, but got nothing but promises.

There's been a lot of ups and downs and a lot of meetings. When you consider this has been an all-volunteer effort, it's a good feeling to know we've met this milestone. Owning the building is a big feather in our cap. But it's still an uphill battle.

After it closed in 1940, the Boy Scouts and the 4H used it for meetings, and then all of the sudden, there was no 4H.