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Continued from Page 1Ais our calling card, our invitation to outlying communities. It’s a venue to listen and learn about our history. The closing of this organization would certainly have an economic impact on our community.“Having said that, l believe the First Frontier Board has taken the proper approach to resolving their ongoing financial dilemma. I understand there is a new dynamic strategic plan under development of great things to come,” she said.Greene CountyCommissioner Kick Perales said, “I’m pleased to see the First Frontier board taking the necessary steps to ensure the viability of this community treasure. This family-oriented entertainment is part of what makes our community a great place to live.”Over the past decade there has been a decline in audience attendance to historical outdoor dramas in the United States. That decline seems to have leveled off. First Frontier has experienced financial hardship these past years as a result of that decline and in 2007 resorted to extreme fund-raising measures to stage the production.Without the support from corporate donors, fraternal organizations, elected officials, the Friends of Blue Jacket and the community, the 2007 season would not have been possible. Other nationally acclaimed outdoor dramas have experienced difficult times as well and have come back to be thriving organizations attracting audiences from a wide geographic area. People who are wilting to support the historical outdoor drama financially and through volunteerism are important to the future of Blue Jacket, according to the board and local officials.To help determine its direction, First Frontier is soliciting community input by asking for a response to the following question: “Do you believe it is important to have a historical outdoor drama in Greene County?”You may respond to this e-mail address:First Front ierXenia@ yahoo.c om or write to P.O. Box C, Xenia. OH 45385.Perales indicated he would be pleased to be involved personally in such a review process.Meanwhile, talks with interested parties already are underway about the possibility of co-producing other stage shows at the amphitheater as early as this summer. An abstract entitled “Was the Shawnee War Chief Blue Jacket a Caucasian?” in The Ohio Journal of Science reads: Two distinctively different origins have been ascribed to the great Shawnee war chief Blue Jacket who played a pivotal role in the early history of southwestern Ohio.By one very popular account, he was a captured Caucasian who embraced the ways of the Shawnee and came to lead their warriors in a 'campaign that Unified all the Indian tribes of the Ohio River valley against the United States of America.In contrast, modern day Shawnee Indians who still bear the Blue Jacket surname suggest that the legendary War Chief was unequivocally a Native American. Y-STR haplotyping of six living, direct mail descendants of Chief Blue Jacket and of four direct male descendants/relatives of the Caucasian family that has become intertwined with the history of the Shawnee tribe is described in this study.Barring any questions of the paternity of the chief’s single son who lived to produce male heirs, the ‘Blue Jacket with Caucasian roots’ is not based on reality, say some sources. The groups conducting the study referred to in this abstract included Forensic Biomedics, Inc., Dayton, the Department of Computer Science and Engineering and Department of Biological Sciences at Wright State University.
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Xenia Gazette News Current
Xenia, Ohio, US
Fri, Apr 04, 2008
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