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July 22, 2012

Open doors, open wallets

Home Tour for stadium fund wows community

Mark Maynard The Independent

ASHLAND — Donna Suttle was overwhelmed with the community response to Sunday’s Home Tour for the Putnam Stadium Restoration Fund.

With an army of volunteers at the ready, more than 400 tickets were sold as visitors passed through six spectacular area homes on a picture-perfect afternoon.

The bottom line: A gain of more than $14,000 for the stadium fund.

Suttle, a member of the restoration fund committee, has been working for more than six months on the Home Tour. It more than exceeded expectations based on the practically nonstop traffic in the six homes from 1 to 6 p.m. Sunday.

Parking was at a premium in front of each home. Donna’s husband, Jeff, shuttled visitors in a van up a large hill to the home of Bernie and Marilyn Mason.

Visitors oohed and ahhed at every stop along the tour. Homes on the tour included those of Rita Kauffman, Polly Judd, the Masons, Tom and Jenny Carver, Proctor Castle and Cheryl Spriggs.

Suttle acknowledged without the gracious hosts opening the doors, the project would have never stood a chance. But once she had the homes secured, the work of selling tickets for $20 apiece became the next job.

“This was successful because of the publicity we received and because of the work of a lot of people,” Suttle said.

The six homes on the tour all had their highlights as visitors walked through and looked around the rooms in awe.

Polly Judd greeted visitors into her home on Bath Avenue. The house reflects her character, which is why she has gone through a lot to keep it.

Judd bought the house, which was on 22nd Street, in 1950. Eventually, King’s Daughters Medical Center bought the space for expansion, so Judd hired it moved to a location on Bath Avenue.

In 2001, the hospital bought that space, too, so she moved it to the current spot.

Spriggs’ back yard was especially appealing to visitors as was the basement in the Masons’ home, which included dozens of autographed baseballs and other items. The outside patios were also eye-catching to visitors.

The oversized bathroom at the Carvers’ home, the pool behind Castle’s home and Kauffman’s log cabin on Blackburn Avenue created a buzz.

“This has gone beyond my expectations,” Suttle said. “When I started out my goal was to raise $10,000 and we are over $14,000.”

She enlisted between 30 and 40 volunteers to show off the houses.

“I’m not sure people throught it was going to be this successful,” she said.

MARK MAYNARD can be reached at mmaynard@dailyindependent.com or (606) 326-2648.

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