When a community comes together, projects get completed.
\nThis form should once again hold true as one local company pitched in to help brighten up Tyrone this holiday season.
\nSam Anders, owner of Anders Garage and B&S Machine in Grazierville, and his staff of three part-time and three full-time employees are busily making enough lighted aluminum stars that will decorate 10th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue in time for Santa\u2019s visit.
\n\u201cI\u2019m just glad to be helping the community this Christmas season,\u201d said Anders. \u201cWe decided that we were going to make as many as we could in a short period of time, but the way it looks, we should get them all done by the time they are ready to put them on the posts.\u201d
\nAccording to Bonnie Patton, director of the Tyrone Chamber of Commerce, 64 of the decorations will be made.
\n\u201cWe\u2019re really excited to know that a local company is interested in helping with this project,\u201d she said. \u201cIt\u2019s not only going to lower the cost of the project, but it will also keep local funds circulating in this area rather than in another state.\u201d
\nAccording to Patton, the Chamber and its board of directors had ben looking at different commercial companies to purchase downtown decorations from, but the results were very costly.
\n\u201cWe had a few things in mind, but then learned everything we had picked out was too small,\u201d said Patton. \u201cThe larger the decorations got, the larger the bill would have been. We\u2019re just so happy things worked out this way.\u201d
\nAccording to Patton, the decorations the Chamber board looked at were the cheapest available, but still not cheap enough. She said the ornaments we looked at carried a price tag of $400 ach and multiplying that by 64 lamp posts would result in a bill of more than $35,000.
\n\u201cHe\u2019s (Anders) saved us thousands of dollars,\u201d said Patton. \u201cWe\u2019re extremely pleased that he has decided to take on such a heavy task.\u201d
\nAccording to Anders, each star measures 9-foot by 9-foot with two smaller cascading stars attached. Each unit will contain 100 small sized C5 light bulbs.
\nThe stars are made from 3\/4-inch square aluminuo tubing which is welded together, then coated with a clear lacquer, which Anders said will be essential in keeping the aluminum shiny.
\n\u201cThe advantage of using aluminum is two-fold,\u201d said Anders. \u201cFirst it\u2019s much lighter than steel so it\u2019ll be much easier to put them up. Also is the longevity. We don\u2019t have to worry about these things rusting.\u201d
\nAccording to Anders, the hardest thing of making the stars was in the beginning.
\n\u201cIt took two days to make the first one,\u201d he said. \u201cBut once we got a jig made, things went a lot quicker.\u201d
\nPatton said the older residents of Tyrone will be taken a little bit back into history when they see stars adorning the posts downtown this Christmas season. Years ago, lighted wooden stars highlighted the downtown during the holiday season.
\n\u201cThe fact that these stars will be reminiscent of the past makes this project all that more appealing,\u201d said Patton. \u201cWe can\u2019t wait to hear the reactions of the people who saw those original stars. That really makes this project special to everyone that\u2019s put so much work into it.\u201d
\nPatton said despite the continued efforts, the Chamber\u2019s budget still falls short of where it needs to be. She said since the Lighting Fund Drive started in mid-October, approximately 44 responses from local businesses and individuals have netted a little more than $600.
\n\u201cThat\u2019s well short of what we need,\u201d said Patton. \u201cWe need an additional $3,000 to $5,000 to fund this project.\u201d
\nAnyone wishing to make a donation should contact the Chamber of Commerce in Tyrone at 684-0736, or make checks payable to Christmas Lighting Fund, 1004 Logan Avenue, Tyrone, Pa. 16686.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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