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June Status Report

This month we were able to hire another summer student to help with our operations. We welcome back Victoria Holla, an experienced tour guide who has worked at Walker House the past two summers. Victoria graduates from KDSS this year and will continue her studies at the University of Guelph in September.

Our Construction volunteers have been very busy this month with their eyes on the calendar and goal to have everything completed for our July 30, 2008 Grand Opening Ceremony. The Dining Room has been completed and June Daniel, Eleanor Smith and Linda MacDonald have been quite bust assisting our curator Bert DeGraaf with the installation of our Scottish Immigration (The Kist Exhibit) in this area of Walker House. The men with the hammers moved into our kitchen and work is underway with drywall, painting, trim and cupboards.

Walker House will also have a Victorian Garden for visitors to enjoy! This month we finished the installation of the cement pad that will be the foundation for our eventual storage shed and laid the concrete for our garden patio. Gardens and sod followed as well as the installation of an in ground sprinkler system. Walker House also received a generous grant from the TD Friends of the Environment programme that enabled our Garden Committee to purchase all the beautiful plants. With this accomplishment, we are pleased to host the Kincardine Horticultural Society's Garden Tour that will be held next month, July 13, 2008.

May Status Report

We opened this month for our normal summer hours:

Monday to Friday, 10:00 am until 5:00 pm

Saturday and Sunday, 1:00 pm until 5:00 pm

We also have been able to hire two university students who will be assisting Bert DeGraaf, our Curator, in the operations of Walker House this summer. Imran Khamis, returning this September for his third year of studies at the University of Waterloo, Honours Science. Kara Robertson, a biochemistry student at Dakota Wesleyan University, has prior experience working with children in various capacities including a recreational counsellor for the Kincardine Summer Music Festival. Both Summer Employees will have a range of responsibilities at Walker House including conducting tours, preparing and maintaining exhibits, research and data collection, children's programming and artifact maintenance. We welcome both to our Heritage Centre and the contributions that they will be making. Later in June we expect to bring a local high school student on staff to assist with tours.

For details regarding our building restoration see the Restoration link below and for news on our Irish and Scottish exhibits, please go to our Exhibits page.