In spite of all the heat, the progress on our museum has been phenomenal! We chose tradesmen from our town to do most of the work so far.  Our electrician's grandmother used to play piano at the Old Church in the days when regular services were held there.  By the way, he did an outstanding job making the building safe, and removing all kinds of wires that were hanging around -- and leaving just the ones we need.
  If you were able to come to our "before" party, you saw the rug that had been glued onto the floor.  Well, that is all scraped off along with three coats of paint that had been applied over the years.  The fir flooring underneath has been refinished to a golden glow; it's amazing how it can be brought back to such a beautiful state!  There is a section in the kitchen that also had plywood over the original floor, and that had to be removed and that section along with the bathroom is still a job in progress.
  There were a few delays here and there as we all have when getting work done, especially when many workers have to be coordinated.
  Next will be the fun stuff, the painting and the carpentry.  Our painter removed all the strips that made the walls look partitioned off, floated the cracks, and made the walls smooth so now they're ready to paint.  He has been very gracious for we are always finding little things here and there that need attention.  And, he is willing to go along with us with all our changes.  When the electrician was in the attic, he saw a bit of brick that he thought might have been chimney for an old stove.  Ah, that got Elizabeth thinking that there may be brick all the way down the wall.  With her persistence and our painter's elbow grease, we now have the exposed brick in three rooms; it had been covered by an inch of concrete.  This will add so much to the "old look" of the museum!
  The carpenter has been no slouch either.  He has cut wood for new moldings around the doors and windows.  These will be the width that was true to that period of about 1911.  As with the walls, many things come up as the work progresses.  Such as rotted window eaves, holes in siding, and broken kitchen drawers -- this fellow just rolls with the punches and has the talent to fix it all.  We are so fortunate to find a person who loves restoration work.
  If you want to take a gander at all this, come to our next LHS General meeting on Sept 22, and see for yourself what has been accomplished this summer!

  What an event this turned out to be!  We asked for your treasures and we got them.  There was a little of everything.  We were picking up items from all parts of Lakeside, and we met and talked to many members who do not come out for meetings but read the newsletter and respond with generosity.  On Friday the 15^th as we were

setting up, we had customers coming up and buy before we even had things out of boxes.  It was decided that there had to be someone to watch over the goods at night so we split the night up into three-hour watch shifts.  Oh, the dedication of our Museum Committee!  We can tell you stories of what goes on at all hours of the night!
  The sale was a success, we made almost $2,000.00 -- probably enough to cover the cost of restoring the bathroom!  When it was all over, we had some clothing left to give to the Battered Women Cause, books to the Santee Library, and Levis to the Lindo Park School Project.
  We thank all of our workers who put in hours and hours in the hot sun, and most of the time it was a lot of fun.  We also thank everyone who donated their treasures for this sale.  We feel a lot of good will in our community was developed at our sale, and many people heard about the Lakeside Historical Society and our museum!

  The children of Patricia Kuhner Ingalls wanted to have their mother remembered in a special way by donating a porch swing for the front area of the Museum.  They felt that it will give a homely, welcoming feeling to the front porch area.  It has been under discussion that we have our talented carpenter build a free standing frame for the swing so it will be very stable.  We thank Kenneth, Deirdre, and Kevin for realizing how important Lakeside was to their mother.  This family's history can be read in the Society's Legends of Lakeside.

  Our garden is doing well, and the old fashioned roses are growing nicely. The bricks are installed in a nice pattern and soon many more plants will adorn this area. The Garden Club has volunteered to landscape the front gardens and are looking for just the right plants to give this garden an early 1900's flavor.  There is discussion on putting bark and some decorative stepping stones along the street planter, for live plants take a beating when people get out of their cars.