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To save a schoolhouse

Beulah residents consider their options for the future of community building

It may have been deemed unsafe as a voting location, but that doesn't mean the people of Beulah are ready to say goodbye to the old schoolhouse that serves as a community building. Several interested residents spoke with the county commissioners on Wednesday to start the process of deciding what to do with it.

The commission became involved in the building's circumstances last month, when County Clerk Linda Fritz announced her decision to move the Beulah polling station elsewhere due to safety concerns. Acknowledging there are many local residents who do not want to see the building demolis...