News and Projects 2018/2020

	September 23 2018 ~ Student Recital. September 22 ~ Golden Era of Postcards Presentation by Dan Smith. August 26th ~ Book Signing! JAugust 12, 2018 ~ Button Talk by Becky Benner Coker. July 28, 2018 ~ Soap and Candle Making Demonstrations by Janet Schenk. July 21, 2018 Talk on Texas Train History. July 16th - Week two of the Arco Chamber Music Camp! Three more days of music in both museums! July 9th - Week one of the Arco Chamber Music Camp! Three days of music in both museums! July 7th - Train talk at the Keller Public Library! Rollin Phipps gave a talk on Texas Rail History! July 6 - Carl Hopkins Retirement Reception at City Hall. Thanks to Carl for all his years of service to the community and to Old Town Keller Foundation. Fourth of July!! Third Annual 4th of July Picnic in the Park. June 2 - 3, 2018 ~ Still more train progress! Paul's job is making the trains run. June 1, 2018 ~ Antique Brick Sidewalk Started! Personalized bricks with your information can be ordered at Wild Rose Heritage Center. May 27, 2018 ~ Patriotic Decorations for Memorial Day and Fourth of July May 19, 2018 ~ Raffle Winner!! Sharon Sanden won the crazy quilt raffle. Congratulations, Sharon!! May 4 - 6, 2018 ~ More Train Progress Light at the end of the tunnel!! April 28, 2018 ~ World Tai Qi Day at Wild Rose April 27-28 2018 ~ OTKF Booth at KellerFest Aprill 19, 2018 ~ Train Layout Progress! Janet Schenk is hard at work restoring the train layout given to us by Mayor Pat McGrail. April 11, 2018 ~ Crazy Quilt Wall Hanging Ceci Sutter donated a crazy quilt wall hanging she made for us to raffle to raise funds for the museum. April 6, 2018 ~ First train layout pictures! March 30, 2018 ~ Handmade Soap Janet Schenk made over 400 sample soaps for us to give away as promotional items for the museums. We also sell larger soaps that she made in the Gift Shop. March 18, 2018 ~ History of Baseball Exhibit Our current exhibit is the history of baseball from Abner Doubleday through Keller in the 1950's. March 9, 2018 ~ Fairy Village Janet Schenk built a fairy village in our cedar trees outside Old Town Station House Museum. March 6, 2018 ~ Alpha Delta Kappa Sigma Sorority Meeting March 2018 ~ Sharon Sanden Donates Chairs Sharon Sanden donated a rocker, two chairs and two footstools. All of them were covered in needlepoint done by Sharon’s grandmother. We have the complete story about them at Wild Rose. January 2018 ~ Keller School Exhibit Our current exhibit is of early Keller Schools. It includes photos of classes, sports and school buildings from the 1920's through the 1940's.

	January 2018 ~ Excellence Award Finalist Old Town Keller Foundation was nominated for the Excellence Award for Non-profits for 2018 by the Keller Chamber of Commerce. We were honored at the Bowden Event Center. Our President, Joyce Gibson Roach, was given the 2018 Linda Bowden Community Spirit Award. For news from 2017, click here