About 5 a.m. Thursday, October 9, Temple firemen rushed to the Sleepy Sands Motel to put out a fire. They were too late to save the cement block structure. The state fire inspector said the fire was started by an electrical short in the attic above the restaurant. It traveled quickly through the entire attic which then fell into the rooms.
It is a sad loss to owners Tim and Tish Covalis and to the town, which has no other overnight accommodation and which realized some tax from the business.
Other changes in town include the demolition of the lodge building (recently known as the electric building).
Pat McIntyre razed the buildings that once were Crow’s Café, Dan Allen’s Barber Shop, Majestic Theatre, Howell’s Bakery and Dolman’s grocery. Pat has filled the space with an attractive office building for his insurance business. Lots to the south that once housed Rodolph Chevrolet and Worsham Brothers’ Station also have been razed, but remain vacant of buildings.
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