Empire door plan on meeting agenda

A question about whether to install a doorway connecting Tekoa's Empire Theatre and the adjoining Community Center will be the subject of a meeting Feb. 21 at the theater at 7 p.m. Members of the city council will present a plan for a wheelchair-accessible doorway between the two buildings.

Main purpose of the door would be to provide access to restrooms without having to walk to the downstairs restrooms in the theater or go to the Tekoa public restrooms across the street.

Some Tekoa residents have questioned whether a doorway would affect the Empire Theater's status as a historic building.

The project, which could ultimately include a second doorway from the Empire's backstage area, is to be paid for by a grant of $34,000 in Whitman County .09 funds.