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needs of the church in order to preserve the church of another 100 years."
• Members of the society admitted that there had been a lack of communication with the City of Groton.
• "We had talked to members of the (City) Council singularly in the past," Sherri Rawstern, President of the Brown County Historical Society said. "It was also reported to us verbally that there was no interest in Groton."
• When asked why they had never brought the concern before the whole City Council to inform the public of the situation, Rawstern stated that a mistake had been made.
• "We all make mistakes," Rawstern said. "This was a lack on our part."
• After being informed that the Groton City Council was meeting on Monday evening and that the church had been placed on the agenda, Rawstern stated that she would be happy to attend the meeting.
• Among the 15 or so people attending the meeting was Groton City Mayor Roy Olson. Olson agreed that the church was on the agenda of Monday's meeting.
• "The Church was on the agenda to discuss the outcome of this meeting," Olson said. "While it would be wonderful to keep the church here, we already have enough on our plate to take care of."
• Several ideas were presented during the meeting to help keep the church in Groton. The main idea is to form a group of Groton residents that would be a subcommittee of the Society. They would host events at the church and see to the maintenance. There is no set timetable in place by the Society to transfer the ownership of the church; the Society will not be having a business meeting until January. They only have one meeting a year, the rest of the meetings are program meetings.

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