Petersburg Pilot -

"It started with a free slide we got from our day care," said Alesha Jabusch.

The Jabusch family - Jake and Alesha and their two young daughters Devyn and Dawson - had this slide, a bright yellow spiral tube slide in good shape, and they had some room on their property along South Mitkof Highway and a dream of someday making a special playground or a least building a platform to support the slide.

What brought the dream to life was a visit to Petersburg earlier this year from Alesha's uncle Ron Taylor. Taylor is a retired framer, originally from Washington. Jake, Alesha and the kids had a...