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Parkway Auctions Complete - Proceeds Announced - Thank-you's Published The Parkway District auctions of surplus equipment have been completed. The auctions netted the district almost $109,000. Much of this money has been designated for the use of updating the technology for the new building. The OSFC does not consider computers to be equipment so project funds cannot be used. The auctions and proceeds have therefore served the district well. Demolition work will continue at Rockford, then move to Mendon and finally Willshire. The buildings have been turned over to the demolition company and no longer belong to the Parkway District. All of the professional staff that conducted the auctions donated their services so the proceeds of the auction all went to the school. The District is indebted to the following individuals who volunteered for these big sales: D.D. Strickler (who organized the auctions), Ken Jay, Gene Michaud, Larry Geise, Ron Medaugh, Stan Sill, Gary Richey, Rhonda Edgell, Vicki Smith, Dana Smith, David Smith, Trevelin Conn and Trenna Browning. The Parkway Local School Board would like to thank these individuals for the service they provided and the professional manner in which they handled the sales. Along the same lines of these volunteers, several companies provided services and materials to assist in the move from three buildings to one. Rob Kraner with Celina Moving and Storage supplied and drove a moving van. Lee Dicke and the Crown Equipment Co. donated the use of a tow motor and palette jack. Deb Gibson at the Fremont Company and Allan Bills at Reynolds and Reynolds each provided hundreds of boxes for the move. Rob Belna of Belna Petroleum also provided a tow motor the district was able to use. Because of the generosity of these individuals and companies, the complicated move became a little easier for the maintenance staff. The School Board would also like to thank these individuals and companies.
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Demolition of Parkway
High School Bus Garage and Ag/Business/Shop Photos Submitted by Nikki Fox, Pat Agler, Tina Heitkamp, and Jeff Pontsler - Thank you for Sharing! |
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Tracy Protsman Rutledge Photographs New Gym Demolition | |||||||||||||
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Rockford's Parkway High School Demolition Begins The bus garage and the Ag/Business/Shop areas are down. Thank you to Nikki Fox, Pat Agler, Tina Heitkamp, and Jeff Pontsler for sharing your photos of the demolition. |
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Demolition Pictures Continue to Come In ~ The
Readers of the Parkway Independent, Especially Those Who are Far From
Home, Appreciate Them ~ These are By Pat Agler |
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Gone But Not Forgotten Images of basketball games, high school dances and pep rallies all seem so vivid. The visions of converting the high school gym into “The Loveboat” for prom seem so surreal. Seems like only yesterday, we were making banners to decorate the halls in preparation for the “big game”. Now those halls are nothing but rubble. If you strain, you may here the familiar sound of children playing on the playground. The bouncing ball of a kickball game. The screeching sound of the swings and the whirl of the merry-go-round ~ these fill our memories. Remember the trophies, banners, awards and class photos… gone, boxed up. But the memories; they are ours to keep. Their shelf life is what you make of them. Put your hand to your ear, listen… you may hear the echoes of the choir warming up… la, la, la, la, la If you try, you can envision the Mighty Marching Panther Band practicing “Hang on Sloopy” with the cheer squad grooving along. All three Parkway buildings hold many memories for everyone that was ever part of the Mendon, Willshire and Rockford communities. These schools were a meeting place of students, teachers and friends. The buildings may be gone, but the memories ~ they hold live on in each of us. We are now merging in one location. We are growing strong and growing together. We are a new generation with a new beginning. Our time is now. Photos above are by Nikki Fox. Thank you, both; Monica for your thoughts and Nikki
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Doug and Crystal Severt Share Aerial Photos of the
Parkway Demolition and the New School |
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Demolition at Rockford Continues on the Old School Building | |||||||||||||
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Parkway High School in final Stages of Demolition - Get
a Souvenir Brick on the South Side of the Building where the Old Bus
Garage Stood
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Willshire School Under Demolition in November and December 2006 |
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