Vegas
05-18-2010, 06:53 PM
http://www.navytimes.com/news/2010/05/gns_indiana_ernie_pyle_house_051810/
State officials Tuesday are expected to take the final step in permanently closing the Ernie Pyle State Historic Site.
Pyle’s boyhood home, located in the small town of Dana, Ind., about 25 miles north of Terre Haute, has been a state historic site since 1976 and since 1995 has included a visitor center full of historic exhibits from his life as a famed World War II correspondent.
Department of Natural Resources officials decided Jan. 1 to close the site, citing a savings of $50,000 in maintenance costs a year. The cut was part of the department’s efforts to meet spending reductions as the state faces slumping revenue.
Friends of Ernie Pyle, a group that has supported the site, has fought since January to appeal the decision.
Phil Hess, president of that group, said earlier this month he and others had met with the governor’s top aides, trying to persuade the administration to reconsider its decision.
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State officials Tuesday are expected to take the final step in permanently closing the Ernie Pyle State Historic Site.
Pyle’s boyhood home, located in the small town of Dana, Ind., about 25 miles north of Terre Haute, has been a state historic site since 1976 and since 1995 has included a visitor center full of historic exhibits from his life as a famed World War II correspondent.
Department of Natural Resources officials decided Jan. 1 to close the site, citing a savings of $50,000 in maintenance costs a year. The cut was part of the department’s efforts to meet spending reductions as the state faces slumping revenue.
Friends of Ernie Pyle, a group that has supported the site, has fought since January to appeal the decision.
Phil Hess, president of that group, said earlier this month he and others had met with the governor’s top aides, trying to persuade the administration to reconsider its decision.
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