Anyway, from what I recall, the town got a $100,000 grant from MDA (MS Development Authority) to restore the building, which was an old church, as I recall. Then when they got into it, they decided it was too termite-ridden to proceed, so they tore it down with the intention of using the money for a new building.

Not sure how I feel about that–I’ve heard lots of stories about how bad the old building is and then when I go in and there’s like one or two spots that need repair. Architects and builders usually don’t want to deal with an old building either and can often turn an owner against a perfectly repairable old building by saying “termites.” But on the other hand, maybe it really was that bad.

I can’t judge from here, only raise unanswerable questions. :-)

As for myself, I was a very serious teenager, always studying and thinking about philosophy and the Great Works of Literature, so I can’t imagine what kinds of silly things y’all might have been doing.