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On March 21st one hundrcdresidentsand other nterestedndividuals eamed hattheUSArny CorpsofEngintn wouldbeginan eighteenmonth study of how to addressth ssues f the Zoar -ve.As we sawduring he thremajor loodcondiiionssince2005, he leve s not per-formingasdesigned alowingwatr o seepunderand hrought and herebyhreateningboth he eveetself and he owerand most\historicportionsof ZoarVillage.As a result of legislation assedy Con-gressafur Hunicane Katrina, the Corpsmust now consider ll options o addresshighp ority projct ike the Zoar -eve. nZoar'scase, he basicoptionsare repair thIeve, elocate he lowerpo ion of the townto higherground,and acquire he propertyin ihe owerportionand raze he structues.Dscussionswith a number of qdiblesourc$have ed us o believehat the threatio Zoar s very real and, { we cannotmakethe caseof why Zoar s imporlant o Amer-icah history the cheapest ption- likely theacquireprcpertyand razestructures couldb he winningone.Tiepicturcson thisNgeshot+!he IWe os we knotr t and ss t miShtIookl h'eorc not successfuln moking w uselor rcNiing the evee nll$ese.ing Znr! l

To meet histhrat,a steering ommi!he - comprised f villagegovernment,oarCommunityAssociation,hio HistoricalSocieiy,TuscarawasCounty govemment,

kwrence Townshipgovernment nd otherorganizations has been formed to com-municate his hsueand make the case brpreseningZoar The committehas alsolaunched neffort ogaina NatiooalHistoricIandmark siatusas hiswill also mprove hecaseor presrving oar.You will soon ecive leitfr from yourAssociationwith more information aboutthis issue. Additionally, a Dew wbsite,lr'1r.savehistoriczoar.org,s now availableoget up"to-rlatenformation about he studyandoureffort opresrveoar This nforma-tionwill giveyou nformationabouthowyoucan help, ncludingsodinga letter of sup-port to our conmitleeand heCorps,getiingyourrelatives, eighbors, nd tietds to sendsinilar letters, nd contributingifincially toour elfort of communicationsndseeking a-tionalHistoricandmark status.Weestimatethecostofour workcould angeiom $50,000to$70,000ver he nexteightenmonths.It is essentialhat we take tbis threatseriously nd act accordinglyo saveZoar -an mportanthistoricaland cultural asstorourregionand oul nation.Thankyou n advanceor yourengage-mentandsupport.)on Hsa$eh ZCA tuesl./nt

2OI I SIARTS STRONGIN HISTORICZOAR VILLAGEHistffic Zoar ltlage is ofr lo a slronSstadin 2011.Toial visilation s up 12%over he sameperiod astyearwhilepaidatieldance s over ourtimes he evelot thisperiodn 2010.NewproBranslike our nonrbly speaker rries.bus rours.blacl-snith, weaving nd ug-hmkingclasses,nd school

Fogramsacmunf or the mproYemenlA new oofhas been mtalled on tfie Numtff OneHouse, e\r,disciple reeshavebeenplantedn the Sarden, ndour work on thegardetr. istoricbuildings nd suFrourding glol|ndsall contributo makingZoar atruly uniqueand beautifulvillage or residents ndvisitorsalik,Jon Elsasset resident

MEETING HOUSEMAKES ITS MARKOn Sundat June 26th, flrc ZnarChuch or "MeetingHouse"as it wascalled n the daysof the Separatists,e-c.iveda HistoricMa*e! thants to theefrorts f ChuckKnaack. fhr beingwel-comdby Jon Elsasser,ftegathering f38pople ereed n prayer y Rev.KenHutchinsoneforeistningo FredMiller,presidentof Tuscarawas isloricalSociety,ell the slory oI this, the fourh land_mark imide Zoar o receivehe honotScott Gordon ead he text on the sign,describing ow the meetinghouswasdesigned y the Sparatists'eader, osephBimeler,and was hesecond ruehouse f wo$hip for the Socierymemt!rs.The marker r locatednear St Rt 212at th ront of the church.