The Museum Board is highly appreciative of your coverage of our Annual Report to City Council. The paper has been highly supportive of the museum over the past number of years through professional reportage of events and other aspects of the operation of the museum.

The past article is open to misinterpretation, so I would like to clarify a few points.

We do not mean to intimate the museum is in any danger of closing.

Should the Board dissolve and the museum assets become property of the city, I am sure the city would find ways of keeping this valuable community asset in operation.

It is quite apparent that of the various tourist attractions to the area the museum is in the forefront and allowing it’s demise would require a critical lapse of judgement.

Further, the article is not clear that the pending resignation is scheduled a year hence, following the next tourist season. This allows for prudent planning regarding the succession of the position and the future of the museum.

The point "we are victims of our own success", (not of our demise) is meant to illustrate that future operation of the museum will require a significant increase in number of paid staff.

Thank you for accepting this clarification.

Bob Ewashen,
President, KDHS