Last Chance For Rotary Fishpond Tiles

The Whitehall Rotary Club is offering one last chance to order engraved tiles at the historic fishpond in the center of town. There are up to 26 full tiles available for engraving; 4 at the bottom of the wall and the others on the two benches.

Orders will be accepted between now and August 1, 2022, or until all tiles are purchased, whichever occurs first. A full tile engraving can be purchased for $125.00 or one-half of a tile for $75.00. Artwork requests will incur an additional fee. Order forms can be picked up at Mountain View Real Estate from Rotarian Karen Burtch or downloaded from the Club's website at http://www.rotaryclubofwhitehall.org.

Engraving of the tiles will take place sometime in late September to early October of this year.

The club started the fishpond improvement back in 2003 as part of their Rotary Centennial project for the 100th anniversary of Rotary International in 2005. The project expanded way beyond the original plan of a new sidewalk around the pond to adding extra space to the city park, a wall of tiles with an engraved mural, two metal park benches, and two tiled benches on the east and west sides of the pond. The Club has been the caretaker of the pond for more than 60 of the 100 years since the pond was built in 1922 in honor of WWI veterans.