Week of July 23 to 28

We painted the side facing the street this week as far as we could reach on ladders. We will need scaffolding for the rest of that side. Still pushing forward.

Week 2-July 9th - 13th

Ken Jackson is a miracle worker and he created a banister for the upstairs balcony out of treated boards.  It looks great.

He also pushed out the boards so we can recreate the wrap around porch on both levels.

Work Done on the 4th

Before

After

We actually did get some work done on the front part of the hotel.  We scraped the bottom front and painted it. Around the corner is the front we did.....

A few shots from photographer--John Underwood from The Independent.

Our Fourth of July Kickoff Activity

Only a few people came to our 4th of July activity for the hotel but we were great in spirit. About 20 people were there to help start the work on The Old Loxley Hotel. Thanks to Phyllis Freels we have it in pictures as well.




We started off with a flag ceremony and four boy scouts helped us with that. Ben Beckner, Riley Young, Henry Steimle and Moses Steimle as caller started us off with the flag raising and pledge of allegiance. We all sang "My Country Tis of Thee"  and then Valerie Foy (that's me) said the prayer on the food.

We then ate pancakes made by Henry Steimle and myself which were a hit. We also had sausages, orange juice and watermelon. The temperatures weren't too bad.











Then Jim gave everyone a tour of the hotel going up stairs and down and a few pictures were taken.







There are 8 fireplaces in the hotel connected to two chimneys. The bottom floor has 2 fireplaces on each side of the building in two different rooms and the upper floor has two fireplaces on each side of the building. Very ingenious.




Fox 10 did a story for us which ran on the 4th of July and the morning of the 5th of July.  It got a great response.  The Independent had a write up about it as well on Tuesday and then again on Friday. All in all it was a great success and with more exposure--we are hoping for more sponsors and helpers.


Click here for the Fox 10 news report about the Hotel

Click here to read the article in the paper about the Hotel.

Have a great week and we will keep you posted about our progress.

The News Media Reports on the Hotel

Taken by John Underwood for The Independent

It has been a whorl-wind of activity this week and we have much to share.  First on Tuesday, The Independent gave us a front page spread on our plans on the hotel and our kick-off event of Flag Ceremony,  Pancake breakfast and Painting activity.....
The Newspaper report on The Old Loxley Hotel

Then Hal from Fox 10 came with a camera and reported our activity on TV on Wednesday the Fourth of July and ran the story again the next morning.

Fox 10 News Report on The Old Loxley Hotel

Taken by John Underwood for The Independent

We had a great start by scraping and painting the bottom front portion of the hotel and hope for many more painting parties.....

More pictures to come from Phyllis Freels who had a ball taking pictures of the whole inside and outside of the building.  If all goes well--we will start moving in next summer!!!!