Game On

We have been looking forward to the completion of a new meetinghouse in our stake since the groundbreaking nearly two years ago. Here in CA there are all kinds of hoops to jump through before you can even move a shovel of dirt. We had to wait for environmental impact reports and endangered birds to fly away. The latest drama came last week when the finished building didn't pass fire inspection. The inspector noted that the chapel and cultural hall should be treated as one big room instead of two because the partition that separates them does not close automatically in the event of fire. Therefore, the ceiling sprinklers had to be rewired and some conduit installed in the attic (AKA: Mezzanine!). Why do I care? I am the media specialist on the stake public affairs counsel, so I was concerned that my stories to the local papers last month would be in error if the open house was postponed. Also, I made the invitation cards that have been passed out like handbills by members all over the stake. I'd rather not redo them and there is no way to contact all the people who have been invited. So today, there is great rejoicing in the land as we have received the green light from the inspectors and can proceed with the open house next weekend. The bad news? I need to put together a slideshow, contact the Chinese Branch for translation notes, nag at one of the papers that didn't print my article, look into the tri-fold brochure that should have gone to the printer last week, and begin writing more media releases for post-production. The good news is we will have a new meetinghouse with a bit more elbow room, and we have not displaced a single Least Tern.