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Riley County museum director cleared to apply for national emergency‑response training; in‑kind landscaping donation approved
Summary
County commissioners authorized museum director Catherine Henseler to apply for Smithsonian‑led HEART training and approved an in‑kind landscaping plan and donation to improve the museum's frontage, with plant costs covered by the historical society grant.
Catherine Henseler, director of the Riley County Museum, received commission approval Aug. 18 to apply for Heritage Emergency and Response Training (HEART) offered by the Smithsonian Institution in collaboration with FEMA, and commissioners accepted an in‑kind landscaping donation to redesign the museum's front planting area.
Henseler asked for permission to apply for the HEART program, a weeklong professional training for cultural‑resource professionals; if accepted, the program covers registration, lodging and daytime meals. Henseler told the commission the museum would be responsible only for transportation and incidental travel costs, which she estimated at about $1,275 and said are budgeted…
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