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(Top, L to R) Weston Burkholder and Bob Zuck hold the heavy stairway in place, while Jim Wyeth nails it in place, and Roger Burkholder makes sure they're straight. "Now that the stairs are in place, Platinum Performance can finish the work needed on the first floor," said Lanark Cornerstone Project Construction Consultant Jim Wyeth. "The second floor area will be the next phase of work for the Project."

At right, Leo Pauley (center) visits with Zuck (left) and Wyeth during the construction work on Saturday, March 14. (PA photos/Tom Kocal)

Weston Burkholder (right) insulates the old windows in the Shumway Building in downtown Lanark, future home of "Platinum Performance." The sports training facility will be ready to open in a couple of weeks.

"Things are going a little slower than anticipated, but I am looking for a March 28 Open House," Weston said. "A lot has happen in our lives the past two months." He and his wife welcomed their first child to Lanark! "But we have lights up and over the insulation on the ceiling. The batting cage will most likely be installed this week, and we're waiting for the rubber flooring to arrive to install that next week. Just in time for spring."

Platinum Performance will offer 1600 sg. ft. for youth baseball and softball clinics, a pitching machine for use in the retractable batting cage, agility classes, one-on-one sports training, and small group training. "In the future, we plan to offer the facility for kids' birthday parties, too."

Weston is pleased to have this opportunity in his hometown. "I've lived here for 25 years, except while I was in college, and there is no facility like this within a 60-mile radius. I've always loved sports and coaching, and I'm happy to build a business like this in my hometown." (PA photo/Tom Kocal)