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2014 - HIGH PLAINS ADVENTURES
‘Save the Granary’ Hettinger Park Board looking to restore old granary
By Breanna Kaitfors | Record The Hettinger Park Board and Southwest Grain did a land exchange in the summer of 2013. Southwest Grain used their new piece of land to build their new agronomy center. When the Park Board inherited their land, they also took control over the huge granary that sits just north of Mirror Lake Park. “It was probably more Southwest Grain who wanted the exchange; they needed the land for their new agronomy center,” said Loren Luckow, “Save the Granary” treasurer. The wooden granary stands at 40 feet wide by 120 feet long. The Park
Board originally planned to have the old building torn down or moved away and to have the concrete floor removed. Three men had bigger ideas. John Muth, Mike Marion and Kent Brackel proposed the idea of keeping the building and renovating it to become a multi-use facility. They convinced the Park
PHOTO BY BREANNA KAITFORS
The ‘Save the Granary’ comittee hopes to have the project completed in time for Hettinger’s Annual 4th of July Celebration.
Board to approve the project and a “Save the Granary” committee was formed. The committee is made up of John Muth, Mike Marion, Kent Brackel, Katlynn Weinert, Terry Spratta, Loren Luckow and Seth Skogen. “It will definite-
ly benefit the community in more ways than one. It’s good for youth activities and adult activities. It’s great especially for family activities to keep them out of the elements,” Luckow explained. Just a few of the future uses of the facility include: indoor picnic shelter, 4th of July noon meal, family picnics/reunions, weddings/receptions, rummage and auction sales, concerts/dances, farmers market and a variety of youth activities. Many things will be happening to this structure in the near future in
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