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6102021 HP Meeting Laydown
- Cheryl Seese
June 10, 2021 Chair Report
It has been an exciting month since our last meeting!
Our CLG Signage Project has become super exciting as we
A new Commissioner, Liberty Miller is coming on board-unless she
has to move outside for work during the winter.
Patrick Lewis ~ Jesse Lee Home ground. Mr. Lewis shared in an
email, that he is quite concerned about the Jesse Lee land for its
archeologic importance and value. He brought up the Native Home
for children in Canada where they buried the children in unmarked
graves; wanting to be certain that this did not occur on the Jesse Lee
land. Along with this, he wants to make sure that more bits and
pieces of this home that tell the story of the Jesse Lee Home are not
lost to time. As far as I know, the only consideration of the land had
this inquiry.
Rolf Bardarson is granting us a reduced fee for the use of his
equipment. In discussing this with him, he shared an enthusiastic
love of historic pieces of equipment all around Seward. He also
shared that he knows of historic information that he gleaned as a
teenager from old timers! He is always busy but it would be
wonderful to get him on our commission ~ he has incredible passion
for our history. He believes that a museum where this equipment can
be shared and appreciated by the public will be another jewel in