Page 124 - Clearwater Christian College 1979

I. The beginning — the wood is carried in. 2.

Getting ready to lay it. 3. Sanding 4. The finished

floor — the school crest 5. The reason for our

efforts — a basketball game!

For two years our gym has stood incompleted

because of lack of funds. The floor not being yet

laid and hoops not being put up, gyms in the city

had to be rented for our games. However, because

of the pledge system developed by Mr. Olson the

needed finances, approximately $40,000, were

raised through individual gifts and donations

taken at the Founder’s Banquets; thus, the floor

was begun in August of 1978. The best materials

were used to lay the 100X 120 foot floor to finish

one of the biggest gyms in the area. Courts for

basketball, volleyball, and tennis were marked on

the floor, and the school crest was placed in the

center, finally completing a beautiful gymnasium

that has earned a city-wide reputation.