Museum decision means good news for Heritage Center

The Heritage Center may receive a desperately needed cash infusion soon from the H. Earl Clack Museum Board.

During a meeting Monday night, the museum board gave its preliminary approval to a document transferring $50,000 to the Clack Foundation's endowment fund, county museum board chair Ron VandenBoom said.

The money would help ease the financial woes that have plagued the Heritage Center in recent years. The Clack Foundation is responsible for maintaining the center, which is owned by the city. The group has said that it does not have the resources to continue to manage the center, which is...