A Refreshingly Wet "Chess" Story...

Story found at the Charleston Daily Mail.com: Tuesday March 24, 2009 Historic fountain in W.Va. restored by The Associated Press MARTINSBURG, W.Va. -- An antique granite drinking fountain shaped like a chess bishop in Martinsburg is as good as new again. The fountain that Emily Alburtis Bishop donated to the city in 1902 was damaged when a car struck it in November. Hammaker Memorials reattached a hand-polished granite ball atop the fountain and cleaned and repaired the rest of it for about $2,000. Owner Steve Ashton estimates the fountain is worth as much $100,000 because the type of granite it's made of isn't quarried any more. City Manager Mark Baldwin says lighting might make the fountain more visible to motorists.