{"id":87897,"date":"2017-05-16T07:09:26","date_gmt":"2017-05-16T12:09:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=87897"},"modified":"2017-05-16T07:09:26","modified_gmt":"2017-05-16T12:09:26","slug":"opera-house-project","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2017\/05\/16\/opera-house-project\/","title":{"rendered":"Opera House project"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-87898\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Opera-House-photo-5-2017.jpg\" alt=\"Opera House photo 5-2017\" width=\"545\" height=\"497\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Don Vonderau, president of the Convoy Conservation Club\/Fox Hunters, presented a check for $500 to Vicki Saylor, board member of the Village of Convoy Historical Society, for the Convoy Opera House restoration project. The society has been awarded $60,000 from the State Capital Improvements Fund to begin the project, and has raised $30,000 to complete Phase I of the project. Fundraising for Phase II of the restoration project has begun for an additional $30,000 to make<\/strong><strong> the <\/strong><strong>opera house handicap accessible. <\/strong><strong>A memorial\/honoree plaque will be displayed for monetary gifts of $1,000 or more. Membership is open to anyone interested in the promotion and preservation of Convoy\u2019s history and culture. General memberships cost $20, Patrons $50, and Sponsors $100. All memberships are tax deductible.<\/strong><strong> Interested area residents may drop off or mail membership fees or a donation to US Bank, P.O. Box 8, Convoy, OH 45832. Checks should be made payable to The Village of Convoy Historical Society.<\/strong> <em>(photo submitted)<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Don Vonderau, president of the Convoy Conservation Club\/Fox Hunters, presented a check for $500 to Vicki Saylor, board member of the Village of Convoy Historical Society, for the Convoy Opera House restoration project. The society has been awarded $60,000 from the State Capital Improvements Fund to begin the project, and has raised $30,000 to complete [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-87897","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-08-02 13:41:04","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87897","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=87897"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87897\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=87897"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=87897"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=87897"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}