Senior Center Gets Grant
By Mike Siroky
Pilot News
PLYMOUTH � Balanced, perhaps, by the election results, Plymouth Mayor Jim Yeazel received ecstatic news Wednesday morning.
�The grant was received,� he said. That would be the anticipated state funding for the renovations and start up of the Marshall County Senior Center, 1301 W. Har-rison St.
The state awarded $200,000 to match the $200,000 already raised.
�Everybody worked hard. Hughes and associates wrote a great grant.�
As the center is already in the building � and that alone is an improvement � the mayor said the improvements would be incredible.
�Wait �til we get it done,� he said. �We�ll all be proud of it.�
Jackie Wright, director of the center, said, �The entire office has just not quit smiling since we heard the news. I am so excited I don�t know where to begin.
She said the grant means the center has now gotten �everything we need.�
As for the money, �I am sure it sounds like an enormous amount, but we will spend it carefully. We still have to meet with architects and get the drawings under way.
�Basically, we now have a place for daily activities, for a nutrition site, to expand our services to what Marshall County seniors have been looking for and deserve.�
She stressed again that this is a center for all of the county, not just a Plymouth-area site.
�We had so much cooperation, from county to city to state,� she said.
�The planets aligned only once, My biggest fear was, if we didn�t get it, we�d have to try an align the planets again.�
She deflected the praise for the accomplishment, even though she was the point person for undertaking.
�Yes, I worked hard,� she said. �But it was not any one thing I did. This was a group effort; a Marshall County Count Community-wide effort.�
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