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SFNA Quarterly Meeting Agenda February 25, 2016

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SFNA QUARTERLY MEETING AGENDA February 25, 2016

  • Social Hour: 6-6:45 – a fundraiser for Bacon scholarship
  • Recognition of guests and officials, Scott Tippett, SFNA chair
  • Housekeeping – nomination of candidates for board officers
  • Comment from JF / NW on City Commission’s proposal to narrow historic district
  • Ben Smith, President of Frankfort Independent Schools Foundation Board – presentation about proposed project to enhance athletic facilities for FIS and discussion of the neighborhood’s role in school improvement
  • Suzanne Gray, President of Tanglewood Neighborhood Association – discussion of the reservoir situation and the general impact of the Head-End construction on our community

 

 

 

 

Pine Mountain KY / Window Restoration & Weatherization Boot Camp

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Window Restoration & Weatherization Boot Camp

May 2, 3, 4, 5 & 6th, 2016

The unique setting for this workshop is located in the heart of the Appalachian Mountains in eastern Kentucky. The location is the Pine Mountain Settlement School, The Pine Mountain School for Practical Preservation in Pine Mountain, Kentucky.

The Pine Mountain Settlement School is a National Historic Landmark. This is a picturesque location for preservation workshops that offers comfortable accommodations, farm-fresh meals, and evening entertainment, including authentic bluegrass music.

Window Restoration & Weatherization Boot Camp is a fun and intense, five-day, hands-on learning experience. Students will learn cost-effective restoration of original, wooden casement windows. You will also learn the basics of all the different types of window restoration including double hung windows.

Students will be part of a team restoring & weatherizing the original casement windows in the Chapel at the Pine  Mountain Settlement School.

This is a tuition-based class with a limit of 14 students. Students will be working side-by-side all five days with instructor Bob Yapp and his associate Patrick Kennedy. Bob is nationally recognized as one of the top experts in window restoration and has restored over 7,000 windows in his 42-year career.

This will be an intense, learn-by-doing opportunity. Students will learn sash removal, lead safe paint & glass removal, epoxy wood repair, glazing putty application, weather stripping & sash re-installation.

At the end of the five days participants will know from beginning to end, how to completely restore a wooden casement window & receive a “Certificate of Completion” from The Belvedere School for Hands-On Preservation & The Pine Mountain School for Practical Preservation. You will also receive a CD with backup information and a copy of the national Windows Preservation Standards.

Homeowners, small contractors, youth, preservation staff, preservation commission members, architects and historic building owners will all benefit from this hands-on, traditional training event. All skill levels are encouraged to sign up.

Cost of the workshop is $950, which includes tuition, 3 meals a day, lodging, evening entertainment, and materials. The workshop begins with a 6 p.m. dinner on Sunday, May 1 and concludes with lunch on Friday, May 6. Register online at www.pinemountainsettlementschool.com/events.php. You can also call 606-558-3571 or email for more information office@pinemountainsettlementschool.com.

For questions about the actual workshop content, contact:

Bob Yapp
President
Preservation Resources, Inc.
The Belvedere School for Hands-On Preservation
The Belvedere Inn B & B
521 Bird Street
Hannibal, Missouri 63401
217-474-6052
yapperman@msn.com
www.bobyapp.com
www.belvedereinnhannibal.com

25 Feb 2016 SFNA Quarterly Meeting Agenda

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SFNA QUARTERLY MEETING AGENDA
February 25, 2016

• Social Hour: 6-7 pm
• Recognition of guests and officials, Scott Tippett, SFNA chair
• Mr. Ben Smith, President of Frankfort Independent Schools Foundation Board – presentation about proposed $7 project to enhance athletic facilities for FIS and discussion of the neighborhood’s role in school improvement
• Ms. Suzanne Gray, President of Tanglewood Neighborhood Association – discussion of the reservoir situation and the general impact of the Head-End construction on our community

Sen Carroll introduces school funding bill

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Sen. Julian Carroll introduces school funding bill
If passed, FIS could receive more in SEEK funding
Senator/former governor pitches bill to change SEEK, address Frankfort Ind. revenue losses due to 80% of local property being state owned, exempt from taxation

http://www.ksba.org/protected/ArticleView.aspx?iid=6G3BPAB&dasi=3G32

Great Backyard Bird Count February 12-15 2016

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news from the Frankfort Audubon chapter:

Please see our attached newsletter with info about the Great Backyard Bird Count and how you can participate:
* On Thursday February 11, 6:30pm at Paul Sawyier library Hannah Helm will present info about our declining songbird populations and participating in the GBBC.
* On Saturday, February 13, 9am at the Picnic Shelter just outside Salato a Frankfort Audubon member will conduct a bird walk.
* On Sunday, February 14, 9am at the wetland parking lot at Cove Spring Park , aFrankfort Audubon member will conduct a bird walk

newsletter PDF
Thanks and good birding, Frankfort Audubon Society
https://sites.google.com/site/frankfortaudubon/

 

25 Feb 2016: next SFNA Quarterly Meeting

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The next quarterly South Frankfort Neighborhood Association meeting will take place on Thursday February 25th 2016 at SF Presbyterian Church. We will follow our regular schedule of a social hour / shared meal and then the meeting…..

The guest speakers at this meeting will be Ben Smith, President of the Frankfort Independent Schools Educational Foundation and Suzanne Gray, President of the Tanglewood Neighborhood Association.