Showing posts with label Sheridan Community Center. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Sheridan Community Center. Show all posts
Tuesday, December 27, 2016
Sheridan Community Building Flooded
Last Tuesday, the Sheridan Community Building was flooded. Sheridan CBC President Mary Jo Riley said that the place was OK during the lunch hour, but that by later that afternoon, it was flooded. About a dozen CBC members and volunteers came and worked to clean out the water. Riley said that she didn’t know what had caused it, that they had checked with a plumber, and that he couldn’t find anything wrong with the pipes.
Sunday, June 9, 2013
Sheridan Receives $50,000 Donation for Community Building
Frances (Dowis) Showers has made a $50,000 unsolicited donation to the Sheridan Community Building Fund for the purchase of building supplies for the new community building. The new specs for the community building are on display at Sheridan City Hall and the city is inviting public comments. The city is still seeking donations for the project; any interested individuals can contact Mayor Leland Wake or any Sheridan City Council member.
Showers, 93, said in an interview Saturday that she wanted to give back to the community in her last years; she does not have any children. She said she had the idea for donating money back to the community for years; she said that a new community building would help bring in people to Sheridan. "If you bring people in, they will move here," she said. She said that she wanted Sheridan to become the place to be for community events in the area. "Once you get the community building built, it will help a lot," said Showers. She said that she would do whatever she could to help the town grow again and that she wanted to see the school building and the sewer lines as future projects for the city.
Showers now lives in Oregon. She was a graduate from Sheridan High School and is one of their oldest alumni. Despite her 93 years, she continues to remain active; her interests include collecting antiques and putting together a book with her family history. She recalled working $1.10 an hour to make a living growing up and she wanted to see opportunities and activities for young people in the area.
Showers, 93, said in an interview Saturday that she wanted to give back to the community in her last years; she does not have any children. She said she had the idea for donating money back to the community for years; she said that a new community building would help bring in people to Sheridan. "If you bring people in, they will move here," she said. She said that she wanted Sheridan to become the place to be for community events in the area. "Once you get the community building built, it will help a lot," said Showers. She said that she would do whatever she could to help the town grow again and that she wanted to see the school building and the sewer lines as future projects for the city.
Showers now lives in Oregon. She was a graduate from Sheridan High School and is one of their oldest alumni. Despite her 93 years, she continues to remain active; her interests include collecting antiques and putting together a book with her family history. She recalled working $1.10 an hour to make a living growing up and she wanted to see opportunities and activities for young people in the area.
Monday, June 27, 2011
Community Building Fund Nets Over $2,000
The Sheridan Community Building Fund has attracted over $2,000 in pledges and donations so far and is still seeking more. The City of Sheridan is seeking to replace their City Hall while the Sheridan CBC is seeking a building to replace the schoolhouse, both of which are falling apart. The Community Building will be located south of where the present schoolhouse is and will function as both a community center and a city hall. To donate, send checks to either the Sheridan CBC, PO Box 55, Sheridan, MO 64486 or the City of Sheridan, PO Box 235, Sheridan, MO 64486. Make checks payable to the Community Center Building Fund.
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