According to Andrea Arbuckle, "If it wasn't for EK, there wouldn't be an event happening. WE are the ones doing it." Longton has had a Free Fair for years. Moline has had Crazy Days for years. Grenola has had Oktoberfest for years. Howard's had the Elk River Festival for years. Does EK get to take credit for EVERYTHING? Credit was even tried to be taken for the Community Cleanup Days that EK "sponsored"...one of which is an annual event for the school kids in Longton. I am glad they are not taking credit for that now and have given credit to "taking from what Longton does."
Obviously this is my first time posting so I have no idea how you quote a previous post. I just copied and pasted it so you'd know what I was referring to - this was posted by kshillbillys. It is easy for all of you to take part of what we say and twist it to fit your needs. If you are going to quote me, please feel free to provide all info instead of just a small bit of my answer to the question. For those of you who weren't at the meeting and would like to hear the rest of that interaction between myself and Robin Rivers. She wondered why EK was listed as a sponsor of events that were funded otherwise, ie Parks and Rec funds. I explained that EK was a sponsor for putting the planning and man hours into set up and securing funding for the event. In those specific instances the event likely wouldn't have happened if EK hadn't brought it about. For instance did we have Outdoor movies before EK, did we have rock walls at crazy days, water slides at either fair, mechanical bull at Grenola Octoberfest? No we didn't. Were other groups capable of doing the same thing we did - absolutely!! In which case, I'm sure they would have "sponsored" it. This is much like Howard Chamber sponsoring Ek River fest, Moline Chamber sponsoring Crazy Days, Grenola Community club sponsoring Octoberfest, etc. Those groups all seek outside funding to put the event on, similar to EK process. I didn't cover clean up days, but Julie said we modeled the West Elk service learning day after the Elk Valley Service learning day because it was successful. We like to build on what is already working in our communities!
Obviously this is my first time posting so I have no idea how you quote a previous post. I just copied and pasted it so you'd know what I was referring to - this was posted by kshillbillys. It is easy for all of you to take part of what we say and twist it to fit your needs. If you are going to quote me, please feel free to provide all info instead of just a small bit of my answer to the question. For those of you who weren't at the meeting and would like to hear the rest of that interaction between myself and Robin Rivers. She wondered why EK was listed as a sponsor of events that were funded otherwise, ie Parks and Rec funds. I explained that EK was a sponsor for putting the planning and man hours into set up and securing funding for the event. In those specific instances the event likely wouldn't have happened if EK hadn't brought it about. For instance did we have Outdoor movies before EK, did we have rock walls at crazy days, water slides at either fair, mechanical bull at Grenola Octoberfest? No we didn't. Were other groups capable of doing the same thing we did - absolutely!! In which case, I'm sure they would have "sponsored" it. This is much like Howard Chamber sponsoring Ek River fest, Moline Chamber sponsoring Crazy Days, Grenola Community club sponsoring Octoberfest, etc. Those groups all seek outside funding to put the event on, similar to EK process. I didn't cover clean up days, but Julie said we modeled the West Elk service learning day after the Elk Valley Service learning day because it was successful. We like to build on what is already working in our communities!