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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT size=3><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Garamond','serif'; COLOR: black; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Segoe UI'">1. </SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Garamond','serif'">Exchange explores a change in <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" /><st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Oregon</st1:place></st1:State>’s history<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Garamond','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Segoe UI'">4. Technical Preservation Services offers historic building green roof guidance <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=Style268435460><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Garamond','serif'; COLOR: black; mso-bidi-font-family: Times"><FONT size=3>6. <st1:City w:st="on">Newport</st1:City>’s Pacific Maritime and <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Heritage</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Center</st1:PlaceType></st1:place> set to open June 28<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Garamond','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">EXCHANGE EXPLORES</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Garamond','serif'"> A</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Garamond','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'"> </SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Garamond','serif'">CHANGE IN </SPAN><st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Garamond','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">OREGON</SPAN></st1:place></st1:State><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Garamond','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">’S HISTORY<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Garamond','serif'"><FONT size=3>Are you doing research on a new topic or looking for a fresh approach to a previously examined event that took place prior to 1923? Learn what is changing <st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Oregon</st1:place></st1:State>’s history on </FONT><A href="http://oregonheritage.wordpress.com/2013/06/18/whats-changing-oregon-history/"><FONT color=#0000ff size=3>Exchange</FONT></A><FONT size=3>. <o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Garamond','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">HISTORIC WINDOW PRESERVATION WORKSHOP SET FOR JUNE 28 – 29 <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Garamond','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Segoe UI'">Join window professionals to learn the tricks of the trade while they repair the windows of the <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">First</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Methodist</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Church</st1:PlaceType>, a National Register historic resource in downtown <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Salem</st1:place></st1:City> starting at 6 p.m., <SPAN style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold">June 28<B> </B></SPAN>and continuing at 8 a.m., <SPAN style="mso-bidi-font-weight: bold">June 29. </SPAN>Bring your tools (putty knives, utility knives, painting tools) and your lunch and learn how to remove a window sash, restring pulleys, glaze windows, and other simple repairs. Presented by the Historic Landmarks Commission through a Certified Local Government grant from the Oregon State Historic Preservation Office, Chris Gustafson will lead the workshop. If you are interested in attending all or part of the workshop, contact Nancy Brik by phone (503) 364-6709 or <A href="mailto:nancyb@wvi.com"><FONT color=#0000ff>email</FONT></A>.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Garamond','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Segoe UI'">CEMETERY DISASTER PLANNING RESOURCE AVAILABLE<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Garamond','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Segoe UI'">The Chicora Foundation recently released “Cemetery Disaster Planning”, which is available online. Topics include planning, actions prior to an event and dealing with the aftermath. Visit <A href="http://chicora.org/cemetery-publications.html"><FONT color=#0000ff>http://chicora.org/cemetery-publications.html</FONT></A> to download the booklet. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Garamond','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Segoe UI'">TECHNICAL PRESERVATION SERVICES OFFERS HISTORIC BUILDING GREEN ROOF GUIDANCE <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Garamond','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Segoe UI'">The National Park Services’ Technical Preservation Services division recently launched a new web-based resource called “Green Roofs on Historic Buildings”. The guide includes information on green roofs and how they are constructed, special considerations for installations on historic structures, and guidance for meeting the “Secretary's Standards for Rehabilitation”. Visit <A href="http://www.nps.gov/tps/sustainability/new-technology/green-roofs.htm"><FONT color=#0000ff>www.nps.gov/tps/sustainability/new-technology/green-roofs.htm</FONT></A> for further information.</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Garamond','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Segoe UI'"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Garamond','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt">The Civil War and Westward Connections Conference will take place from July 26 – July 28 in Oregon City.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Designed to advance and broaden the knowledge and appreciation of the mid-19th century, the conference will include workshops and national known speakers, including keynote speaker Dr. Robert Sutton, Chief Historian for the National Park Service, Carolann Schmitt and Susan Hughes. Visit <A href="http://www.civilwarconference.com/"><FONT color=#0000ff>www.civilwarconference.com</FONT></A> for further information.</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Garamond','serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Segoe UI'"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=Style268435460><FONT size=3><st1:City w:st="on"><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Garamond','serif'; COLOR: black; mso-bidi-font-family: Times">NEWPORT</SPAN></st1:City><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Garamond','serif'; COLOR: black; mso-bidi-font-family: Times">’S PACIFIC MARITIME AND <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">HERITAGE</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">CENTER</st1:PlaceType></st1:place> SET TO OPEN JUNE 28<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=Style268435460><FONT size=3><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Garamond','serif'; COLOR: black; mso-bidi-font-family: Times">Binnacles, boat models, ship</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Garamond','serif'; COLOR: black; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria">’</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Garamond','serif'; COLOR: black; mso-bidi-font-family: Times">s wheels, maritime art, vintage surfboards, and larger-than-life photographs fill the public spaces of the Lincoln County Historical Society’s (LCHS) Pacific Maritime and <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Heritage</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Center</st1:PlaceType>, which will open at 11 a.m., June 28 at <st1:Street w:st="on"><st1:address w:st="on">333 SE Bay Blvd.</st1:address></st1:Street> in <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Newport</st1:place></st1:City>. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=Style268435460><FONT size=3><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Garamond','serif'; COLOR: black; mso-bidi-font-family: Times">The original occupant of the site, a home built in 1890 by Dr. James and Elizabeth Bayley, burned in 1923, leaving only the foundation and chimney. World War I hero General Ulysses Grant McAlexander built a new home on the site in 1925, which underwent extensive remodeling and expansion during the 1970s and early 1980s to become Smuggler’s Cove, a popular restaurant and nightclub, and later Gracie’s – also a restaurant and entertainment spot. LCHS acquired the property in 2004 and began renovating the impressive </SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Garamond','serif'; COLOR: black; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria">28,000 square foot</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Garamond','serif'; COLOR: black; mso-bidi-font-family: Times"> building. With the main floor finished and scheduled to open, additional renovation plans i</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Garamond','serif'; COLOR: black; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria">nclude a</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Garamond','serif'; COLOR: black; mso-bidi-font-family: Times"> multi-purpose theater, a conference center, and additional exhibits as funds become available.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=Style268435460><FONT size=3><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Garamond','serif'; COLOR: black; mso-bidi-font-family: Times">Visitors will experience a unique structure with high ceilings and more than 50 windows overlooking <st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Newport</st1:place></st1:City></SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Garamond','serif'; COLOR: black">’</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Garamond','serif'; COLOR: black; mso-bidi-font-family: Times">s bay front at Port Dock 5. The main public area contains maritime objects loaned by members of the community in an exhibit titled </SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Garamond','serif'; COLOR: black; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria">“</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Garamond','serif'; COLOR: black; mso-bidi-font-family: Times">Ship to Shore: Objects of a Maritime Community.</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Garamond','serif'; COLOR: black; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria">” </SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Garamond','serif'; COLOR: black; mso-bidi-font-family: Times">Other attractions include an AIS System antenna, which identifies and tracks marine traffic in real time and a Hands-On History area where children can handle objects and create their own exhibits. Photographs from the LCHS collection illustrate early life on the area waterways. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=Style268435460><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Garamond','serif'; COLOR: black; mso-bidi-font-family: Times"><FONT size=3>The <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Heritage</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Center</st1:PlaceType></st1:place> will be open 11 a.m. – 4 p.m. Thursday through Sunday. For further information, visit the </FONT><A href="http://www.oregoncoast.history.museum/maritimecenter.html"><FONT color=#0000ff size=3>Lincoln County Historical Society’s website</FONT></A><FONT size=3> or call (541) 265-7509.<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=Style268435460><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Garamond','serif'; COLOR: black; mso-bidi-font-family: Times"><FONT size=3>The Coos County Historical Society (CCHS) will soon begin construction on its new bayfront Coos Historical and <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Maritime</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Center</st1:PlaceType></st1:place>, and plaza. The project, more than 9 years in the making, creates a 13,000 square foot cultural, social and educational hub on the site of a former log-shipping terminal next to Highway 101.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>A "groundbreaking ceremony" will take place in early August, with grand opening expected in fall 2014.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Garamond','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">The Center is part of a broader regional strategy for economic recovery and renewal in this formerly timber-dependent region.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>For further information, call (541) 756-6320 or visit the <A href="http://www.cooshistory.org/coos-historical-maritime-museum-new-museum.htm"><FONT color=#0000ff>Coos Historical and Maritime Museum website</FONT></A>.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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