Yaak residents ramp up Community Hall rehab efforts
Members of the Yaak quilting team include, front, from left, Cheri Javorsky, grandson August and Bonnie Surrell. Back row, from left, are Lynn Edwards, Judy Cyr and Diana Wilson. (Scott Shindledecker/The Western News)
Members of the Yaak quilting team include, from left, are Larry Miller, Sandy Beder-Miller, Bonnie Surrell, Sarah Rusnak and Dianne Downey. (Scott Shindledecker/The Western News)
The ladies leading the Yaak Community Hall restoration effort are working hard to see it through - one careful stitch at a time.
The hall, which will see its 100th birthday this summer on July 4, is in dire need of rehabilitation to keep it going another 100 years.
The large, sturdy logs from the mighty larch trees that grow in the area provided a foundation for most of the last century. But the lowest level of have deteriorated to the point where the interior floor is sagging and unsafe to use.
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