If you ever attended a one-room school, you will feel right at home in the Camp Nine School, built in 1902. With the Pledge of Allegiance written on the blackboard and the American Flag in front, Jeannette O'Connell is ready to call the class to order. Until her retirement, Jeannette taught elementary students in New Richmond, so she knows what she is doing.

Thomas Jefferson called them necessaries, the zoning agent calls them privies, and years ago farmers built outhouses. However, if Camp Nine School was like the school I attended, there were two of these important structures: if you needed to be excused from class, you asked to go to the Boys or Girls. Irv Sather, president of the New Richmond Preservation Society, has been a driving force in the development of the Heritage Center.

The newest building opened to the public is the Ubet Store. In 1933, when this store was new, Ubet was a thriving village north of New Richmond. Today, you can enjoy seeing many of the products sold years ago in the general store and even purchase homemade fudge and hand dipped ice cream during Heritage Days. Dot Lund of Pinery Road took a break from playing music to rest a broken arm that was not back to normal.