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February, 2008 We sent an update on our projects to everyone in Hurleyville.

April, 2008 Students from the Sullivan County BOCES Votech Culinary Program prepared the food for the second annual Pasta Dinner at the Hurleyville firehouse. The Sullivan County Historical Society and Hurleyville-Sullivan First hosted an indoor garage sale at the Sullivan County Museum.

May, 2008 The 3rd Annual "Bowling for Flowers" Bowl-a-Thon We planted the barrels on Main Street and worked in the Hurleyville Firemen's Park.

July, 2008 We placed our Sullivan Renaissance bench in the memorial garden behind the Hurleyville firehouse. We unveiled the sign honoring Congressional Medal of Honor recipient, Francis S. Currey, at a ceremony on Columbia Hill. Material was delivered and the folks from Evergreen Landscape Design began work on the completion of the Community Gateway Project. The period street clock for the project arrived. More material was delivered and the first wall at the Community Gateway began to take shape. We held the third annual "Books in the Park" fair at the Hurleyville Firemen's Park. Hurleyville-Sullivan First collaborated with the Sullivan County Historical Society on its 2008 Sullivan Renaissance Category A Project. The project included 2 new murals hung on the boarded-up windows on the ground floor of the museum. The panels, depicting Sullivan County history and seasons, were designed and painted by local artists, Laurie Kilgore and Tobi Magnetico.

August, 2008 The first wall at the Community Gateway was completed and work began on the second wall. The folks from Evergreen Landscape Design continued working on the second wall at the Community Gateway. Members of the Sullivan County Historical Society and Hurleyville-Sullivan First met with the Sullivan Renaissance judges at the CVI building in Liberty. The judges from Sullivan Renaissance visited the project at the Sullivan County Museum. The Sullivan County Historical Society, in collaboration with Hurleyville-Sullivan First, received the 2008 Historic Preservation Award at the Sullivan Renaissance Awards Ceremony at Bethel Woods. The second wall at the Community Gateway was completed and the period street clock was installed. Work began on replacing the stairs and repairing the foundation at the entrance to St. Mary's.

September, 2008 The foundation at the entrance to St. Mary's was repaired and work continued on replacing the stairs. Hurleyville-Sullivan First and the Sullivan County Historical Society held an indoor yard sale at the Sullivan County Museum.

October, 2008 Sandra Gerry and Glenn Pontier from Sullivan Renaissance visited our projects.

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