Youtube video of the rally to save Campus Martius Museum. Check it out. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5JDMOLI7-yU Debbie Noland Nitsche [email protected] Historical Marietta, Ohio on MySpace http://www.myspace.com/historicalmariettaohio ----- Original Message ----- From: "Debbie Noland Nitsche" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]>; <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, June 02, 2009 10:03 AM Subject: Re: [OHWashin] Campus Martius and Ohio River Museums > Carolyn... Below is an email that I recieved from Jean Yost, president of > Marietta Chapter of SAR. You can email him and ask him the status of what > is going on. But from what I understand, local historians are trying to > form a partership with the OHS so Campus Martius won't close. > > Also the Ohio Historical Sociey put out a Blog yesterday (June 1, 2009) > about the funding cuts. I don't know if the blogs are public or not, but > you can try to access it. The url is http://blogs.myspace.com/ohiohistory > In the blog, it also gives other historical cuts that will defently affect > Washington County. If you can't access the BLOG, please let me know and I > will send you a summary of what passed through the Ohio Senate on May > 29th. > > On a personal note... I can't believe that Gov. Ted Stickland is doing > this. > I think that the museums can be saved if only the Ohio Historical Society > gives up the right as owners of the museums. That way....people will > start > donating more if it was owned by the Washington County Historical Society > and items won't be stored is some unknown warehouse that is unindexed and > don't know where things are. But this is my own personal opionion. My > question to OHS is... "Why haven't they proposed any options to allow the > museum's to remain open by sending the ownerships to local Historical > Societies throughout Ohio?" Don't make too much sense to me. I think > these > politicans are more POWER hungry then anything. And that's sad. > > > > FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE > > MARIETTA MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENT TO TESTIFY AT CAPITOL TODAY > > Cheyenne Lemasters, 8th grade, Marietta Middle School student will attend > the Senate Finance Committee Hearings on Thursday, June 21, 2009. Miss > Lemasters plans to testify on behalf of concerned residents of Washington > County in the matter of FY2010 Ohio Historical Society; Museums and sites > line item, with a request to the Ohio Senate to restore the $2 million in > cuts proposed by Governor Strickland. > > ISSUE: FY2010 OHIO BUDGET; OHIO HISTORICAL SOCIETY, MUSEUMS > > "The Campus Martius and Ohio River Museums, along with 16 other Ohio > Historical Society (OHS) sites, may close on June 30, 2009 without > legislative action to restore cuts proposed by the Governor. From > 2006-2008, > the museum budget was $8.3 million. In 2009 the budget was cut to $7.1 > million. In March 2009, Governor Strickland's 2010 Budget Proposal cut > support for OHS sites and museum operations to $5.4 million. This 35% cut > from 2008 ($2.9 million) is totally unreasonable. > > In 2001, OHS had 401 staff members. Today, the staff is down to 249. With > the Governor's proposed budget cuts, the staff will be cut again to 210 > and > many museums statewide may be closed. We understand and share in the > budget > problems of our great state, but our state's history and our local > heritage > must be properly preserved. OHS has requested that a local community group > partner with them to operate the Campus Martius and Ohio River Museums, > providing $100,000 annually in support. In response, community members > have > established a Task Force to pursue this partnership idea. > > In April, the Ohio House of Representatives voted to add $750,000 to the > OHS > museum and site account. This is very significant, and we thank the Ohio > House members for their support. However, we request the House reconsider > adding the additional $1.25 million back into the budget for OHS. With the > full $2 million reinstated, most museums across the state could continue > to > operate with longer hours and give the communities breathing room to > pursue > the partnership idea. We urge the Ohio Senate to vote for a budget with an > extra $2 million added to the Governor's proposed budget to operate these > museums and sites. We support the local Campus Martius and Ohio River > Museum > Task Force's recommendation and ask for your support in these efforts to > save this integral part of our community." > > BACKGROUND > > Due to a funeral service on Thursday, I could not attend the hearing and > requested Cheyenne to testify. Cheyenne is a very exceptional student and > loves history. In April, after OHS announced potential closings of the > museums, Cheyenne organized a rally at Campus Martius Museum in > conjunction > with This Place Matters. Check out a short two minute movie of the rally > at > <http://www.saveohiomuseums.org> The movie was prepared by the producer > of > the movie "Opening the Door West", a PBS documentary about Marietta, Ohio > and the Northwest Territory. > > Here is Cheyenne's background; > > "I am an eighth grader at Marietta Middle School. I came across the > program > This Place Matters for the National Trust for Historic Preservation. After > hearing the news that Campus Martius may be closed on July 1st. I > immediately started contacting people at local schools, radio and news > stations, trying to organize a large rally. I ended up with 150 people at > the rally and I am now preparing to send letters and petitions to Governor > Ted Strickland". 5/15/09 > > Bio: > I am 14 years old and participate in dance, track and tennis. I am > currently > in Student Council and S.A.D.D. (Students Against Destructive Decisions) > and > I am on the honor roll and Principal's List. > > On May 14 the Marietta Chapter Sons of the American Revolution awarded > Cheyenne with the Student of the Year Award for her role in history > related > efforts. > > Cheyenne's phone: 740-373-8939 or cell 740-236-8495 > > If any questions, please call me, 678-8060 or my cell 336-8060 > > Thanks > Jean Yost > Member of Task Force > > > > > Debbie Noland Nitsche > [email protected] > > Historical Marietta, Ohio on MySpace > http://www.myspace.com/historicalmariettaohio > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <[email protected]> > To: "Washington County List" <[email protected]> > Sent: Tuesday, June 02, 2009 9:37 AM > Subject: [OHWashin] Campus Martius and Ohio River Museums > > > > Hello All, > > Anyone know the status of the Campus Martius and Ohio River Museums? Will > they stay open? > > My husband and I are planning on visiting Washington County this coming > Sept > for a few days of genealogy research and to attend the Sternwheel > Festival. > Anyone else going to be in the area? > > Carolyn In Sacramento > > Researching Wash Co Families: Mason, Brown, Davis, Story, LaGrange, > Shockley > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > To contact the OHWASHIN list administrator, send an email to > [email protected] > > To post a message to the OHWASHIN mailing list, send an email to > [email protected] > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes > in the subject and the body of the message > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > To contact the OHWASHIN list administrator, send an email to > [email protected] > > To post a message to the OHWASHIN mailing list, send an email to > [email protected] > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message