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BC TOURISM: Jobe gets $1,975 for Cave Country ad : GR Museum receives $3,000

View of the Green River From The Green River Museum

The Butler County Tourism Commission held its monthly meeting on April 12, at the Farm Boy Restaurant.  Members present were Judge-Executive David Fields, Mayor Linda Keown, Roger Southerland, Diane Dyer, Brenda Longhofer, Doug Odle, Terrell House, Darrell Deweese, and Becky Hankins. (Fields and Keown are non-voting members)

The first item on the agenda was a written request from the Green River Museum and Butler County Park.  The commision voted 6-0  in favor of giving the Green River Museum $3000.  The museum is opening for their sixth summer.  Hours are Saturdays from noon until 4:00 pm June through September. 

"We appreciate the generous annual contributions from the Tourism Commission," said Tommy Hines, Chairman of the Green River Museum.

The second item on the agenda was a presentation by Melissa Embry of Jobe Publishing.  She asked the commission to purchase a full page ad in the Cave Country Tourist Guide at the cost of $1,975.00.  After a lengthy discussion, Terrell House agreed to pay $500 of the cost if a picture of his Green River Lodge was included in the ad.  The motion to purchase the ad was made by Doug Odle and seconded by Darrell Deweese.  Odle, Deweese and House voted to purchase the ad.  Longhofer and Dyer voted againist the purchase while Hankins absentained.  Chairman Southerland voted in favor and the motion passed.

With no further business the commission adjourned.

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Sounds like a $4,975.00 waste of money. What would you show tourists in Butler County? Over here we have a shanty and here, look, an empty factory!
Butler County can definitely do better in creating things to attract tourists, but I do know that the Catfish Festival draws large crowds every year and that the county is of major interest to hunters. As for things to see, the Green River Museum has been up and running for about 6 years now and will be open on Saturdays June through September. Our group of volunteers has restored one of the large buildings there and has mounted several exhibits relating to Butler County history. Just last year we finished the interior restoration of the other large building and are now interpreting it as a house museum from the 1920s period. Lots of things to see and to learn and more to come in the near future. We have a facebook page and are working on a website.


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