By Dewey Terrill
JC Post
Water service has been restored at the C. L. Hoover Opera House and recovery continues from a weekend leak. While officials at first thought the problem was caused by a sprinkler in the attic that does not appear to be the case, explained Opera House Co-Director Joe Markley. He attributes the problem to a two-inch pipe that failed and caused the water damage.
Markley said potable water service has been restored to the Opera House. The City crew along with contractor clean up personel have done amazing work over the Christmas holiday to minimize the damage and restore the Opera House. Most of the water damage was in the front half of the building. The theater suffered only minimal water damage to the carpet in the back.
Opera House employees Sheila and Joe Markley, Britany Lamb, Tim Avery and Danny O'Brien along with Randy Heldstab showed up on Christmas Eve day to help move things to a drier location and begin recovery. Tim Avery, the Tech Director, has been checking the computers and has discovered only minimal damage. O'Brien has continued business office work turning in payroll. They await the copy machine company to determine if there was any damage to the copy machine. It certainly was wet.
Joe Markley said while assessing the full extent of the damage will take some time, they will be operational and ready to open on Tuesday, January 3. There is a dance rental on Jan 13 and a comedy show on January 14.