Keller Convention Center closed

January 27, 2002

January 26, 2002

The Keller Convention Center has been closed for the next couple of

weeks to repair damage sustained during the Jan. 4 fire that ripped through

the front entrance to the Keller Inn.

Although the blaze did not reach the Convention Center, the facility

did get severe water damage from the firefighting efforts. Apparently, mold

has been discovered in the walls, and new drywall and wallpaper as well as

new carpeting will have to be installed in the Convention Center before it

reopens.

Patty Green, Convention Center director, said the insurance company

advised them to close the facility.

The closure has canceled the Effingham Area Home Builders

Association's Home Builders Show set for next weekend. ine Mette,

secretary of the Effingham Area Home Builders Association, said the group is

looking at other options and has not decided exactly what it will do

regarding the builders show. However, it will not be held next weekend at

the Keller Convention Center, she said.

Green said she had no comment on the status of the bridal show that

was scheduled to take place in mid-February.

She did say one convention booked for this weekend, the Gold Wing Road

Riders, decided to hold its get-together in the pool building at the Keller

Inn rather than cancel the convention.

Convention Center staff have temporarily moved to the Keller Oil

building. The phone numbers, however, remain the same.

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