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Anonymous donor gives $30,000 to Logan museum

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May 12th, 2014 by Ric Hanson

LOGAN, Iowa (AP) — An anonymous donor has offered to help with renovation costs for a museum in western Iowa. The Daily Nonpareil reports an anonymous donor offered $30,000 to offset renovation costs at the Museum of Religious Arts in Logan. Facilities needing attention include a wooden deck and fish pond in the museum’s Biblical Garden. Museum director Rhonda McHugh says the fish pond needs repair before it can be filled, and the deck must be treated to better withstand severe weather.

McHugh says renovations will also include installing a gate at the museum’s entrance and providing lighting for a stone arrangement that spells out “believe.” The museum underwent a $28,000 renovation in 2013, which included cleaning figurines and fixing rails damaged by animals.