This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------7D447DF362738C4E31719713 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit In case you were wondering about the status of the Old Slave House, here is a note that I received from the Illinois Historic Preservation Agency. Wanda Avila --------------7D447DF362738C4E31719713 Content-Type: message/rfc822 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Return-Path: <blanchette23@yahoo.com> Received: from virtual.mrf.mail.rcn.net ([207.172.4.103] [207.172.4.103]) by mta05.mrf.mail.rcn.net with ESMTP id <20020115184433.CKTE354.mta05.mrf.mail.rcn.net@virtual.mrf.mail.rcn.net>; Tue, 15 Jan 2002 13:44:33 -0500 Received: from web10804.mail.yahoo.com ([216.136.130.246]) by virtual.mrf.mail.rcn.net with smtp (Exim 3.16 #6) id 16QYZU-0004MH-00 for wavila@synpub.com; Tue, 15 Jan 2002 13:44:32 -0500 Message-ID: <20020115184431.58001.qmail@web10804.mail.yahoo.com> Received: from [163.191.47.252] by web10804.mail.yahoo.com via HTTP; Tue, 15 Jan 2002 10:44:31 PST Date: Tue, 15 Jan 2002 10:44:31 -0800 (PST) From: David Blanchette <blanchette23@yahoo.com> Subject: Old Slave House To: wavila@synpub.com MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mozilla-Status2: 00000000 Thank you for your e-mail to the Illinois Historic Preservation Agency regarding the Old Slave House. The State of Illinois acquired the property about a year and a half ago, but there has not been any appropriation to date from the Illinois General Assembly to staff and operate the site. Since the State of Illinois is experiencing a round of severe budget cuts right now, it seems unlikely that a new, unstaffed site such as this will receive operational funds when sites that are currently staffed are undergoing budget cuts. Meanwhile, the Old Slave House is being maintained to the best of our ability, and the former owner has been retained as a tenant to provide security. We hope to seek staff and operational funding in future years to open the site to the public. David Blanchette, Public Information Officer Illinois Historic Preservation Agency __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Send FREE video emails in Yahoo! Mail! http://promo.yahoo.com/videomail/ --------------7D447DF362738C4E31719713--