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TWO ABOUT THAT. >> THAT'S RIGHT, PAM, I'M HERE
>> THAT'S RIGHT, PAM, I'M HERE WITH STEVE, A MEMBER OF THE BUY
WITH STEVE, A MEMBER OF THE BUY CENTENNIAL SPECIAL.
CENTENNIAL SPECIAL. COMMISSION.
COMMISSION. >> THANK YOU.
>> THANK YOU. >> I ASSUME THAT RINGS A LITTLE
>> I ASSUME THAT RINGS A LITTLE EMOTION IN YOUR HEART BECAUSE
EMOTION IN YOUR HEART BECAUSE YOU ARE ONE OF THE LARGEST
YOU ARE ONE OF THE LARGEST PIECES OF LAND ODONAT YOU DONATO
PIECES OF LAND ODONAT YOU DONATO THE INDIANA LAND TRUST ABOUT A
THE INDIANA LAND TRUST ABOUT A YEAR AGO.
YEAR AGO. >> IT WAS A FEW MONTHS AGO WE
>> IT WAS A FEW MONTHS AGO WE ANNOUNCED TO THE BICENTENNIAL
ANNOUNCED TO THE BICENTENNIAL TRUST.
TRUST. IF YOU REMEMBER 100 YEARS AGO,
IF YOU REMEMBER 100 YEARS AGO, THE MAIN THRUST OF THE HUNDRED
THE MAIN THRUST OF THE HUNDRED YEAR COMMISSION WAS TO ESTABLISH
YEAR COMMISSION WAS TO ESTABLISH THE STATE PARK SYSTEM.
THE STATE PARK SYSTEM. AND THE STATE PARK SYSTEM SERVED
AND THE STATE PARK SYSTEM SERVED INDIANA WELL OVER THE LAST 100
INDIANA WELL OVER THE LAST 100 YEARS.
YEARS. GOVERNOR DANIELS HAD DETERMINED
GOVERNOR DANIELS HAD DETERMINED THAT THIS TIME WE WOULD MAKE AN
THAT THIS TIME WE WOULD MAKE AN EFFORT TO PRESERVE GROUND AND SO
EFFORT TO PRESERVE GROUND AND SO THAT WAS THE BICENTENNIAL TRUST.
THAT WAS THE BICENTENNIAL TRUST. SO THAT'S SORT OF FOLLOWING ON
SO THAT'S SORT OF FOLLOWING ON THE 100 YEARS LATER, THIS
THE 100 YEARS LATER, THIS PRESERVE GROUND FOR FUTURE
PRESERVE GROUND FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS AND KEEP IT IN ITS
GENERATIONS AND KEEP IT IN ITS NATURAL STATE, WHETHER IT BE A
NATURAL STATE, WHETHER IT BE A FARM OR IN FORESTTRY, ETC.
FARM OR IN FORESTTRY, ETC. IT'S UNUSUAL BECAUSE WE HAVE A
IT'S UNUSUAL BECAUSE WE HAVE A LARGE TRACT THERE, BUT THERE ARE
LARGE TRACT THERE, BUT THERE ARE TWO OTHER LARGE TRACTS THAT HAD
TWO OTHER LARGE TRACTS THAT HAD EASEMENT RESTRICTIONS PLACED IN
EASEMENT RESTRICTIONS PLACED IN THE IMMEDIATE AREA, THERE'S
THE IMMEDIATE AREA, THERE'S ABOUT 5,000 ACRES RIGHT THERE
ABOUT 5,000 ACRES RIGHT THERE THAT HAVE THE TYPES OF
THAT HAVE THE TYPES OF RESTRICTIONS.
RESTRICTIONS. >> WHY WAS IT SO IMPORTANT FOR
>> WHY WAS IT SO IMPORTANT FOR YOU TO MAKE THAT DONATION?
YOU TO MAKE THAT DONATION? >> I THINK AS WE HEARD IN THE
>> I THINK AS WE HEARD IN THE OTHER STORY, THERE'S SOME SENSE
OTHER STORY, THERE'S SOME SENSE OF WANTING TO CONTROL THE FUTURE
OF WANTING TO CONTROL THE FUTURE OF IT.
OF IT. YOU KNOW ONCE YOU'RE GONE YOU
YOU KNOW ONCE YOU'RE GONE YOU CAN'T DO THAT BUT TO BE ABLE TO
CAN'T DO THAT BUT TO BE ABLE TO SET IT ASIDE AS IT IS ASSURES
SET IT ASIDE AS IT IS ASSURES THAT IN THE FUTURE AT LEAST
THAT IN THE FUTURE AT LEAST PEOPLE WILL SEE IT AS A FARM AND
PEOPLE WILL SEE IT AS A FARM AND IT WILL REMAIN AGRICULTURE.
IT WILL REMAIN AGRICULTURE. AS IN THAT STORY.
AS IN THAT STORY. IT WAS HOMESTEADED, AT LEAST
IT WAS HOMESTEADED, AT LEAST PART OF THE FARM WAS HOMESTEADED
PART OF THE FARM WAS HOMESTEADED IN 1816, WHICH WOULD BE 200
IN 1816, WHICH WOULD BE 200 YEARS AGO.
YEARS AGO. THE ANCESTORS HAVE TAKEN GOOD
THE ANCESTORS HAVE TAKEN GOOD CARE OF THE LAND AND PASSED IT
CARE OF THE LAND AND PASSED IT THROUGH THE GENERATIONS SO I
THROUGH THE GENERATIONS SO I FEEL AN OBLIGATION TO DO THE
FEEL AN OBLIGATION TO DO THE SAME THING.
SAME THING. IF WE LEAVE IT TO OTHER PEOPLE'S
IF WE LEAVE IT TO OTHER PEOPLE'S DISCRETION, THEN I'M NOT HAVING
DISCRETION, THEN I'M NOT HAVING A SAY ON IT.
A SAY ON IT. SO I JUST DETERMINED THAT I
SO I JUST DETERMINED THAT I WOULD HAVE A SAY ON WHAT WAS
WOULD HAVE A SAY ON WHAT WAS GOING TO HAPPEN TO THE FARM OVER
GOING TO HAPPEN TO THE FARM OVER THE NEXT LIFETIME.
THE NEXT LIFETIME. >> YOU'RE A MEMBER OF THE
>> YOU'RE A MEMBER OF THE BICENTENNIAL COMMISSION WHICH IS
BICENTENNIAL COMMISSION WHICH IS COMING UP IN A FEW YEARS.
COMING UP IN A FEW YEARS. >> YES.
>> YES. >> CAN YOU TELL US A LITTLE
>> CAN YOU TELL US A LITTLE ABOUT THE EVENTS THAT ARE MAYBE
ABOUT THE EVENTS THAT ARE MAYBE IN THE WORKINGS OR BEING
IN THE WORKINGS OR BEING PLANNED?
PLANNED? >> WELL, IT WE'RE JUST IN THE
>> WELL, IT WE'RE JUST IN THE FORMATIVE STAGE, WE'RE JUST
FORMATIVE STAGE, WE'RE JUST GETTING ORGANIZED.
GETTING ORGANIZED. I THINK THE FIRST THING YOU LOOK
I THINK THE FIRST THING YOU LOOK AT IS THE SESQUI CENTENNIAL, BUT
AT IS THE SESQUI CENTENNIAL, BUT I WOULD SEE IT FOCUSED AROUND
I WOULD SEE IT FOCUSED AROUND THEACH COMMUNITY SO EVERYBODY
THEACH COMMUNITY SO EVERYBODY BECOMES AWARE OF THEIR HISTORY.
BECOMES AWARE OF THEIR HISTORY. M MONROE'S COUNTY TIME, YOU HAD
M MONROE'S COUNTY TIME, YOU HAD INTERESTING PEOPLE, BILL WELLS,
INTERESTING PEOPLE, BILL WELLS, AND OTHERS, THE HISTORY HAS BEEN
AND OTHERS, THE HISTORY HAS BEEN THE LEADERSHIP FROM THE
THE LEADERSHIP FROM THE CORPORATE SIDE, THE COMPANIES
CORPORATE SIDE, THE COMPANIES THAT PROFIT AND GIVE BACK TO THE
THAT PROFIT AND GIVE BACK TO THE COMMUNITY.
COMMUNITY. >> THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE TO
>> THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE TO SHARE YOUR STORY.
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