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Big Bone Lick makes Dollars and Sense
By Nancy Jordan Blackmore
The time has come for us as an organization to raise
funds, and not just a penny or two. We must raise
enough money to prove that the community has a vested
interest in preserving the heritage and history of
our county, state, country.
Nay Sayers will dispute this and most of us loathe
raising funds. The point is the old saying that "Money
talks and Bull-____Walks" is true. Without funds
we are a bunch of tree-hugging liberals. Our organization
must commit to making a significant difference in
our region for generations to come.
I for one am committed to the cause and I am willing
to work and plan for an annual event to raise the
capitol to make those at the capital in Frankfort
to sit up and listen. We must help BBL State Park
help themselves and work “with them” to
improve and finally reach our goal of building a museum.
BBL recently got $1 million from State funds. The
"First Phase" of the museum is in the works.
That means the money was spent to build the staff
an office. The rest of the money was used to purchase
land.
Money will allow us to educate the community and create
a plan to implement; an organization cannot be successful
without funds. You can’t even have respect without
them. So let's move forward and set a fire amongst
us and those in the know that The Friends of BBL is
a force that is serious. Raising funds proves that
the community backs our efforts. We must not stop
until we have a museum.
I propose that our organization explore the possibility
of asking the Federal Government to take control of
this International Gem. If Big Bone Lick were taken
over by the National Park system then it would be
a National Historic Landmark. Wouldn’t that
put Boone County on the map?
Ask yourself questions like how State Parks in remote
areas get Lodges, Golf Course and the like? Pretty
hard to understand but, that my Friends of Big Bone
Lick is politics.
Government has the most difficult time when it comes
to making sense, mostly dollars and cents. Big Bone
Lick is centrally located in the middle of the majority
of the United States population within a short drive
from major cities. Doesn’t a tourist attraction
with international fame, rich with archeological and
paleontological information, national history, and
prehistoric information we have yet to discover sound
like a good idea?
Learning, discovery, preservation, with tourism
revenue as the bonus is a great idea.
Show me the money, let's get together and search
for the best way to make our voices heard.
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