Donations to O.P.E.R.A., Inc.’s “Next Step” fund drive now total more than a third of the $50,000 goal. Approximately $8,500 in donations have been received as of June 30.

O.P.E.R.A., Inc. today (April 21) kicked off a new matching fund-drive – Next Step – to help pay for improvements aimed at increasing business and community use of the historic Ellendale Opera House.

Time is running out to join O.P.E.R.A.'s "Back Wall Bunch" with a

While supplies last, all those donating $150 or more will receive a copy of Kevin Kendall's photo retrospective: Visions from My Childhood.