Stickerville Bathhouse Project

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THANK YOU to everyone who has contributed time, skills, money and donations to the project and fundraising so far.

Photo gallery showing progress made during our September building party. More information below - scroll down past the photo gallery.

Work party volunteers who installed water and power to the build site: Keith Walklet, Dave Jensen, Jeff Fereday, Mike Conner, Zondra Skertich, Bill Siems, Steve Jakubowics, Marsha Schoeffler, Kay Hummel & Kate Little

Work party volunteers who installed water and power to the build site: Keith Walklet, Dave Jensen, Jeff Fereday, Mike Conner, Zondra Skertich, Bill Siems, Steve Jakubowics, Marsha Schoeffler, Kay Hummel & Kate Little

Final location of the Stickerville Bathhouse shown here in red. The location of the event tent is to the left of the bathhouse, shown in white. The office is grey and on the bottom center of the photo. This is closer to the office and ally than the a

Final location of the Stickerville Bathhouse shown here in red. The location of the event tent is to the left of the bathhouse, shown in white. The office is grey and on the bottom center of the photo. This is closer to the office and ally than the area we had marked off in June when everyone was there.

Thank you to Mark Snyder (Bass Player), our volunteer architect. The final design will be very similar to this drawing, the big difference being that we are adding a small urinal room.

Thank you to Mark Snyder (Bass Player), our volunteer architect. The final design will be very similar to this drawing, the big difference being that we are adding a small urinal room.

Our amazing leaders Jeff Fereday & Becky Smith. Thank you to the National Oldtime Fiddle Contest for letting us use the kitchen, showers, beds & jam space in Slocum Hall during our work parties.

Our amazing leaders Jeff Fereday & Becky Smith. Thank you to the National Oldtime Fiddle Contest for letting us use the kitchen, showers, beds & jam space in Slocum Hall during our work parties.

Marsha Schoeffler: expert excavator operator & darn good fiddler.

Marsha Schoeffler: expert excavator operator & darn good fiddler.

So convenient having a piano next to the kitchen so a few tunes could be played while waiting for dinner. Who thinks we should get a piano in Stickerville? What about a workshop next year "Piano Backup for Fiddletunes" ??? Pre-dinner jam with Becky S

So convenient having a piano next to the kitchen so a few tunes could be played while waiting for dinner. Who thinks we should get a piano in Stickerville? What about a workshop next year "Piano Backup for Fiddletunes" ??? Pre-dinner jam with Becky Smith (President), Zondra Skertich (Vice President) & Connie Allen (Grounds Maintenance & Local Helper)

Marsha Schoeffler (Fiddle) and Bill Siems (Banjo) digging up some buried treasure while digging the trench for the power supply. Use of mini excavator donated by Rick Fereday.

Marsha Schoeffler (Fiddle) and Bill Siems (Banjo) digging up some buried treasure while digging the trench for the power supply. Use of mini excavator donated by Rick Fereday.

Jeff Fereday (Guitar) & Marsha Schoeffler (Fiddle) digging out an old car door and other burried treasures from underneath Stickerville.

Jeff Fereday (Guitar) & Marsha Schoeffler (Fiddle) digging out an old car door and other burried treasures from underneath Stickerville.

Dave Jensen (Fiddle) manually digging the trench for the water supply line. The mini-excavator could only dig so deep, but the waterline had to be buried below the frostline, so some manual digging was required.

Dave Jensen (Fiddle) manually digging the trench for the water supply line. The mini-excavator could only dig so deep, but the waterline had to be buried below the frostline, so some manual digging was required.

A few of the interesting items we dug up while installing water and power.

A few of the interesting items we dug up while installing water and power.

Stickerville leadership team, Becky Smith & Kate Little relaxing in Slocum Hall after a big work day.

Stickerville leadership team, Becky Smith & Kate Little relaxing in Slocum Hall after a big work day.

Volunteers Kate Little (Fiddle), Zondra Skertich (Bass), Jeff Fereday (Guitar) and Plumber Mike Conner (Guitar) connect the water supply line to city water.

Volunteers Kate Little (Fiddle), Zondra Skertich (Bass), Jeff Fereday (Guitar) and Plumber Mike Conner (Guitar) connect the water supply line to city water.

Jeff Fereday (Guitar), Kate Little (Fiddle), Keith Walklet (Banjo) & Bill Siems (Mandolin) work to install the water supply line.

Jeff Fereday (Guitar), Kate Little (Fiddle), Keith Walklet (Banjo) & Bill Siems (Mandolin) work to install the water supply line.

Volunteers Bill Siems (Mandolin), Marsha Schoeffler (Fiddle), Kate Little (Guitar) and Keith Walklet (Banjo) install the electrical line to the bathhouse build site.

Volunteers Bill Siems (Mandolin), Marsha Schoeffler (Fiddle), Kate Little (Guitar) and Keith Walklet (Banjo) install the electrical line to the bathhouse build site.

Steve Jakubowiks (Recorder) & Dave Jensen (Fiddle) thread the electrical wires through conduit.

Steve Jakubowiks (Recorder) & Dave Jensen (Fiddle) thread the electrical wires through conduit.

Marsha Schoeffler (Fiddle), Bill Siems (Mandolin) & Kate Little (Guitar) hooking up electrical and gluing conduit.

Marsha Schoeffler (Fiddle), Bill Siems (Mandolin) & Kate Little (Guitar) hooking up electrical and gluing conduit.

Volunteers in the water supply ditch: Keith Walklet, Marsha Schoeffler, Steve Jakubowics, Dave Jensen, Kay Hummel, Bill Siems, Kate Little, Zondra Skertich, Jeff Fereday & Mike Conner

Volunteers in the water supply ditch: Keith Walklet, Marsha Schoeffler, Steve Jakubowics, Dave Jensen, Kay Hummel, Bill Siems, Kate Little, Zondra Skertich, Jeff Fereday & Mike Conner

Volunteers jamming in the shade after working hard: Kate Little (Treasurer), Zondra Skertich (Vice President), Keith Walklet (Project Photographer), Dave Daley (Manual Laborer & Cook), Becky Smith (President), Kay Hummel (Manual Laborer & Cook), Bill

Volunteers jamming in the shade after working hard: Kate Little (Treasurer), Zondra Skertich (Vice President), Keith Walklet (Project Photographer), Dave Daley (Manual Laborer & Cook), Becky Smith (President), Kay Hummel (Manual Laborer & Cook), Bill Siems (Manual Laborer), Jeff Fereday (Head of the Bathhouse Committee), Dave Jensen (Grounds Maintenance)

Marsha Schoeffler & Bill Siems trenching for the electrical line. Thank you to Chad's Rentals for giving us a great non-profit rental rate for using this trencher.

Marsha Schoeffler & Bill Siems trenching for the electrical line. Thank you to Chad's Rentals for giving us a great non-profit rental rate for using this trencher.

Jamming after a long day working: Keith Walklet (Trench Digger, Photographer), Mike Conner (Plumber), Dave Jensen (Trench Digger) & Steve Jakubowics (Electrical Assistant)

Jamming after a long day working: Keith Walklet (Trench Digger, Photographer), Mike Conner (Plumber), Dave Jensen (Trench Digger) & Steve Jakubowics (Electrical Assistant)

Fiddling - the reason behind everything we're doing. Thank you to the National Oldtime Fiddle Contest for letting us use this jam space in Slocum, which was recently renovated by Connie Allen. We exchanged a lot of fun fiddle tunes during our work we

Fiddling - the reason behind everything we're doing. Thank you to the National Oldtime Fiddle Contest for letting us use this jam space in Slocum, which was recently renovated by Connie Allen. We exchanged a lot of fun fiddle tunes during our work weekend. Kate Little, Dave Jensen, Marsha Schoeffler, Connie Allen & Zondra Skertich.

Even though we are saving on labor costs with volunteer labor, it's still expensive to build, especially with the current cost of materials. Every dollar helps!

Even though we are saving on labor costs with volunteer labor, it's still expensive to build, especially with the current cost of materials. Every dollar helps!

HOW DID THIS COME ABOUT?

In the past few years, many changes have led us to consider developing more long term self-sufficiency for Stickerville; the exorbitant and increasing costs of renting portable toilets, the uncertainties of the fiddle contest attendance, the exclusion of campers from the high school fields, and the increase of both families and elders in our community. Building our own toilet and shower rooms creates a long term, cost effective solution to ever increasing rental costs and reduces our vulnerability to changing circumstances in the surrounding community and businesses. And, it makes it more likely that our elders will be able to keep coming to Weiser, while new folks can come and fall in love with this remarkable and singular cultural event for generations. 

A bathhouse committee from our membership formed, we developed a program, researched all sorts of ideas, evaluated options and recommended to the board and membership at large that we build a simple building to code that is designed to meet our needs. (We thank Mark Snyder, architect, musician and Weiser devotee, for donating his time and expertise to help us clarify our program needs and design this for us.) 

WHAT STAGE ARE WE IN? 

Jeff Fereday is our new chair of the bathhouse project committee. He and board president Becky Smith, are our 'local' folks who are working with volunteer tradespeople and others to organize the project construction. Thanks to cash donations and the silent auction, we have raised over $100,000 toward our fundraising goal of $120,000, which is enough to proceed with the project as we work toward raising the remainder of our goal.

Our community has really come together, and we really appreciate all the donations. Whether you have donated money, instruments and other items to our fundraising auction, building materials, or skills, we really appreciate all of it.

A team of Stickerville Volunteers broke ground in September. We connected to city water with a 2” water supply line (this is in addition to the 1” supply line we already have in place for the sink stations and tree irrigation), and we brought power from the shed to the new bathhouse location, which gives us job-site power while we work on construction.

TIMELINE

Secure permits, round up materials, do site prep as needed - ONGOING
Secure funding - ONGOING
Break ground - September 2026
Layout plumbing & foundation - Fall 2026
Build structure - Spring 2027
Secure funding - ONGOING
Finished bathhouse - June 2027

HOW YOU CAN HELP

Join the bathhouse project committee!
Make a donation!
Come to a work party!
Help secure materials for free or reduced costs if you have connections!

QUESTIONS and SUGGESTIONS

Reach out in person, or email Stickerville at StickervilleFiddle@gmail.com, Jeff Fereday jcfereday@gmail.com or any of the Stickerville board members.

Do you love and value the depth and warmth of the cultural and personal experiences at Stickerville? Believe in the educational value of the formal and informal learning taking place at all hours? Please consider joining our fundraising efforts and invest in this bathhouse and the future of Stickerville.

How to donate

Use the form below, or mail a check made out to “Weiser Friends of the Fiddle” to:

Weiser Friends of the Fiddle
22139 Eel Lane
Middleton, ID 83644

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