NEWS RELEASE and CALENDAR ENTRY For further information contact: Donna Herring, dmherring@earthlink.net, 740-924-0516 Secretary, Alexandria Community Council Karen Holt, kholt@alexandriaoh.org Council Pro Tempore, Alexandria Village Council FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE (December 1, 2006): SAVING ALEXANDRIA’S HISTORIC “CAPTAIN SCOTT” HOUSE The second meeting of the Friends of Captain Scott Committee will be held Monday, December 11, 7:00 p.m. at the Alexandria United Methodist Church (at the intersection of Church and Maple streets, behind the Library). Everyone interested in saving the “Captain Scott House” (on the corner of state routes 37 and 161) from demolition should attend. This Victorian home is in the path of the 161 widening, and ODOT has given the house to the Village of Alexandria (subject to certain conditions) if the structure can be moved by March 16th. However, the Village has no funds to allocate to the relocation, restoration, or future operation of the Captain Scott House as a community asset, and the Alexandria Community Council, a non- profit local group that supports various community events and services, has stepped up to coordinate the effort via a “Friends of Captain Scott Committee.” The Friends of Captain Scott Committee needs expressions of interest, volunteers, and donations. More help is needed for tasks like research, planning the move and restoration, fundraising, and other work. If fundraising is successful, the house is expected to be saved in a location in or near the Village of Alexandria and to be restored and placed in service to the Village and wider community. If funding to keep the house as a public asset cannot be found, then the house will be sold to some other public or private entity for removal, so persons or organizations that might wish to acquire the house themselves are also welcome at this meeting. Captain Scott was a Civil War veteran, outspoken abolitionist, and local historian. He was born in Utica in 1830 and lived and farmed in St. Albans township near Alexandria for many years. The house was built for the Captain circa 1875, is beautifully proportioned, generally original, and in excellent structural condition. However, after the most recent tenant vacated the house, much of the hardware and many fixtures have been looted, including even the copper plumbing which was ripped out from the bathroom walls. For further information, contact Donna Herring, Secretary of the Alexandria Community Council (740-924-0516), or email captainscott@alexandriaoh.org. CALENDAR ENTRY 11 December, 7:00pm, Friends of Captain Scott Committee, at Alexandria United Methodist Church (intersection of Church and Maple streets, behind Library). Everyone interested in saving the “Captain Scott House” (on the corner of state routes 37 and 161) from demolition should attend.