Students at Kankakee High School wanted to demolish two gazebos given to the community by David Letterman and rebuild something out of the remains, but their plan has hit a minor snag.
Letterman sent gazebos to Kankakee in 1999 as a gag gift after Places Rated Almanac called the region the worst place to live in the U.S. and Canada.
Students wanted to dismantle both of them and make a rocking chair out of the pieces to give to Letterman as a retirement gift.
They've demolished one owned by Kankakee. However, the region's park district voted against giving up the other one this week. District officials tell The (Kankakee) Daily Journal it's a popular photo-op destination and many marriages have taken place there.
Teacher Bill Curtin says the first gazebo offered enough wood for the chair and a memorial bench for school grounds.
