FrontierVillage1Jamestown (CSi) Jamestown’s Frontier Village will become a host site for items belonging to former NASA astronaut, and Jamestown native Richard Hieb.

Hieb flew aboard three NASA space shuttle flights in the 1990s.

FVA secretary-treasurer, Tina Busche said at yesterday’s Frontier Village Board meeting she received confirmation prior to the meeting,adding Hieb will be in Jamestown in July to discuss the matter with the board.

The FVA Board unanimously approved the plan. Board member Jay Diemert was not present.

The board approved a revised tack shed near the pony rides. Karen George, who runs the stagecoach and pony rides, said she would purchase the existing tack shack for $500 to help the village build a new one, Busche said.

The new tack shack will need to be around 10-by-16 feet, which is smaller than originally planned because of available space, Busche said. The Wild West Players donated $912 for the project, and the board agreed to fund the remainder of the structure.

Tom Mueller, owner of Dakota Belt & Moccasin, informed the FVA Board that the repairs he directed to the Village Trader building that he leases in the summer is complete. Mueller paid $10,000 to the FVA to replace deck boards and build a replacement wood foundation in exchange for a two-year lease.

In other business the board approved Dan Everson as a new board member. The addiction counselor from the North Dakota State Hospital said he has enjoyed taking his grandson to Frontier Village for years, and he decided he wanted to do more for the organization after he helped with a haunted house event.