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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Garamond, serif; font-size: 12pt;">In this Issue</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Garamond, serif;">1. Take the first step today toward a collections care incentive<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Garamond, serif;">2. Grant application deadlines approaching<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Garamond, serif;">3. Cultural Trust schedules “Conversations with Funders” April 1 – 7<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Garamond, serif;">4. Society of Architectural Historians calls for papers<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Garamond, serif;">5. National Park Service centennial celebration begins April 2<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Garamond, serif;">TAKE THE FIRST STEP TODAY TOWARD A COLLECTIONS CARE INCENTIVE<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Garamond, serif;">A few minutes of effort today to begin creating a
<a href="http://www.oregon.gov/oprd/HCD/OHC/docs/OC2C%20Prep%20Plan.doc">Pocket Response Plan (PREP)</a> will begin to qualify your organization for an incentive payment from the Connecting to Collections Project. Oregon Heritage will be right there working
with you along the way.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Garamond, serif;">Here’s how it works. Every week for six weeks, Oregon Heritage News sends you a section or two of the PREP to complete. Each segment takes just a few minutes to fill in with information
you already have in your museum, library or archive.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Garamond, serif;">At the end of six weeks, you will have finished a PREP and that qualifies you for a financial incentive from the Oregon Connecting to Collections project, funded in part by the
Institute of Museum and Library Services.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Garamond, serif;">Here are this week’s sections:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Garamond, serif;">1. First responders contact information.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Garamond, serif;">2. Building utilities contact information.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Garamond, serif;">Visit
<a href="https://oregonheritage.wordpress.com/2015/02/06/get-prep-ed-get-paid/">Oregon Heritage Exchange</a> for more information about the incentives. If you want to share your progress – which is a great method to ensure you will finish, email
<a href="mailto:kyle.jansson@oregon.gov">Kyle Jansson</a> or call him at (503) 986-0673.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Garamond, serif;">GRANT APPLICATION DEADLINES APPROACHING<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Garamond, serif;">Don’t miss the opportunity to apply for several Oregon grant programs. Several application deadlines are approaching. April 17 is the deadline for the Letter of Intent for the
Preserving Oregon Grant. Oregon Heritage should receive your Historic Cemetery Grant and Museum Grant Program applications by April 30; and the deadline for applying for the Diamonds in the Rough Grant is May 15. Everything you need to know is available at
<a href="http://www.oregon.gov/oprd/HCD/FINASST/Pages/grants.aspx">Oregon Heritage online</a>.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Garamond, serif;">CULTURAL TRUST SCHEDULES “CONVERSATIONS WITH FUNDERS” APRIL 1 – 7<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Garamond, serif;">Join Cultural Trust Manager Aili Schreiner and her colleagues from the Oregon Arts Commission, Oregon Heritage, Oregon Humanities and the Oregon State Historic Preservation Office
April 1 – 7 for "Conversations with Funders," a five-stop state tour to discuss how cultural nonprofits may apply for grant funds this year. For those unable to attend the in-person conversations, Schreiner will lead a webinar for prospective Cultural Development
Grant applicants from 3 – 4 p.m. April 8. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Garamond, serif;">Meetings will take place on April 1 in Springfield (9:30 – 11:30 a.m. at the Richard E. Wildish Theatre) and Coos Bay (2 – 4 p.m. in the Coos Public Library’s Cedar Room) and
on April 2 in Bend (10 a.m. – noon at the Art Station). Additional meetings will occur on April 7 in Oregon City (10 a.m. – noon at the Ainsworth House and Gardens) and the Dalles (3 – 5 p.m. at The Dalles Art Center).
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Garamond, serif;">Organizations encouraged to attend include libraries, arts organizations, museums, cultural centers, historical societies, arts alliances, literary groups and heritage organizations.
For additional information, visit the <a href="http://www.culturaltrust.org/news/2015-%E2%80%98conversations-funders-scheduled">
Oregon Cultural Trust online</a>. Email <a href="mailto:aili.schreiner@oregon.gov">
Aili Schreiner</a> if interested in the webinar.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Garamond, serif;">SOCIETY OF ARCHITECTURAL HISTORIANS CALLS FOR PAPERS<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Garamond, serif;">Marion Dean Ross/Pacific Northwest Chapter of the Society of Architectural Historians is seeking papers for its annual conference, set to take place Oct. 23 – 25 in Ashland. This
year’s theme is "Artifice and Authenticity in Architecture! To Play or Not To Play?" Abstracts are due May 12. For detailed information, visit
<a href="http://www.sahmdr.org/">www.sahmdr.org</a>. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Garamond, serif;">NATIONAL PARK SERVICE CENTENNIAL CELEBRATION BEGINS APRIL 2<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Garamond, serif;">The National Park Service (NPS) will celebrate its centennial in 2016. As part of the celebration, the National Park Foundation recently launched the
<a href="http://nextcenturyforparks.org/">Next 100 Years for America’s National Parks website</a>. The site includes information on collaborating with NPS to celebrate its centennial, and pages devoted to preserving places, advancing education and connecting
to parks across the country. To read more about the history of the NPS, visit <a href="http://www.nps.gov/aboutus/history.htm">
www.nps.gov/aboutus/history.htm</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Garamond, serif;">Oregon Heritage, part of the Oregon Parks and Recreation Department, provides technical support and services to people and organizations documenting, preserving, interpreting
and sharing Oregon's heritage. Keep up with the latest heritage issues and trends at
<a href="http://oregonheritage.wordpress.com/">Oregon Heritage Exchange</a> and follow us on
<a href="https://www.facebook.com/OregonHeritage">Facebook</a>. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Garamond, serif;">Oregon Heritage News is a service of the Oregon Heritage Commission. Do you have an issue or item you would like to share?
<a href="mailto:heritage.info@oregon.gov">Email us</a>.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond","serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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