Ben Justman, executive director of the Sarpy County Museum, along with Brenda Carlisle, chairman of the museum board of directors, unveil Robert Gilder’s restored Wake Robin sign Thursday. Pictured at rear are Bellevue State Sen. Sue Crawford and Bellevue City Councilman Jim Moudry.
Photo by Eugene Curtin
Ben Justman, executive director of the Sarpy County Museum, poses Thursday evening with the freshly unveiled and newly restored Wake Robin sign that once directed visitors to Robert Gilder’s Fontenelle Forest art studio. Pictured at right is Rebecca Cashman, of the Gerald R. Ford Conservation Center, who restored the artifact, and, at rear, Bellevue resident Lorraine Jeffus who serves as international president of The Questers, which financed the restoration.
A full house at the Sarpy County Museum Thursday evening munched hors d’oeuvres, drank fruit punch and celebrated the restoration of a historic artifact.
Ben Justman, executive director of the Sarpy County Museum, along with Brenda Carlisle, chairman of the museum board of directors, unveil Robert Gilder’s restored Wake Robin sign Thursday. Pictured at rear are Bellevue State Sen. Sue Crawford and Bellevue City Councilman Jim Moudry.
Ben Justman, executive director of the Sarpy County Museum, poses Thursday evening with the freshly unveiled and newly restored Wake Robin sign that once directed visitors to Robert Gilder’s Fontenelle Forest art studio. Pictured at right is Rebecca Cashman, of the Gerald R. Ford Conservation Center, who restored the artifact, and, at rear, Bellevue resident Lorraine Jeffus who serves as international president of The Questers, which financed the restoration.
