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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Oregon Heritage News 2020-09-04<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">In this issue:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo5"><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Public comments extended through Sept. 14 for updates to state rules for national register program<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo5"><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Highlights and challenges from retired state archaeologist Dennis Griffin on Oregon Heritage Exchange Blog<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo5"><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Virtual PastForward Conference open for registration<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo5"><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">CCAHA webinar on collecting the now - Sept. 8<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo5"><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Connecting Culture 2020 Virtual Conference Sept. 9-10<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo5"><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">OMA webinar on COVID-19 friendly adaptations and consideration – Sept. 15<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo5"><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">WMA voter registration and civic engagement resources<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo5"><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Nominations open for IMLS National Medal for Museum and Library Services<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo5"><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Clatsop Community College fall historic preservation courses
<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo5"><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Oregon Historical Society announces all virtual events for 2020<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo5"><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Boardsource blog features recruiting for board diversity without disrespecting people of color<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo5"><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Nominate your city for a League of Oregon Cities award<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Public comments extended through Sept. 14 for updates to state rules for national register program<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Oregon Parks and Recreation Department (OPRD) is extending the date to accept public comments on proposed changes to rules governing how the state protects important historical places until
 5 p.m. Sept. 14, 2020 based on a request from stakeholders.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">The state is proposing updates to the Oregon Administrative Rules that govern how the state administers the federal National Register of Historic Places Program, which lists buildings, districts
 and other sites important to local, state or national history. The Oregon State Historic Preservation Office (SHPO) — an office of OPRD — administers the local program, which is run by the National Park Service.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">In Oregon, 2,065 properties — including 133 historic districts located across the state’s 36 counties and representing many aspects of our rich history — are now listed in the National Register.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">In the last several years, several high-profile, controversial nominations exposed problems with the National Register process, including determining owner consent and public involvement. Proposed
 changes seek to establish a fair and transparent process in alignment with federal requirements.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">OPRD will accept public comments on the proposed changes through 5 p.m. September 14, 2020. Comments can be made online, in writing or via email:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3"><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Online:
<a href="https://www.oregon.gov/oprd/PRP/Pages/PRP-rulemaking.aspx">oregon.gov/oprd/PRP/Pages/PRP-rulemaking.aspx</a><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3"><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">In writing: Oregon Parks and Recreation Department, attn. Katie Gauthier, 725 Summer St NE, Suite C, Salem OR 97301<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3"><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Email:
<a href="mailto:OPRD.publiccomment@oregon.gov">OPRD.publiccomment@oregon.gov</a><o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">After reviewing public comments, OPRD staff plan to present a final recommended rule for consideration to the Oregon State Parks and Recreation Commission.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">The full text of the proposed change is available online:
<a href="https://www.oregon.gov/oprd/PRP/Pages/PRP-rulemaking.aspx">oregon.gov/oprd/PRP/Pages/PRP-rulemaking.aspx</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Properties listed in the National Register are:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l1 level1 lfo4"><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Recognized as significant to the nation, state or community;<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l1 level1 lfo4"><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Considered in the planning of federal or federally assisted projects;<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l1 level1 lfo4"><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Eligible for federal and state tax benefits;<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l1 level1 lfo4"><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Eligible for historic preservation grants when funds are available;<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l1 level1 lfo4"><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Eligible for leniency in meeting certain building code requirements.<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">National Register listing does not place any restrictions on a property at the federal level, unless property owners choose to participate in tax benefit or grant programs. State law requires
 local governments to review the demolition or relocation of all properties listed in the National Register at a public hearing, and allows local governments to add additional regulations following a formal public process. Learn more about the National Register
 of Historic Places program in Oregon at <a href="https://www.oregon.gov/oprd/OH/pages/national-register.aspx">oregon.gov/oprd/OH/pages/national-register.aspx</a>.<u><o:p></o:p></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Highlights and challenges from retired state archaeologist Dennis Griffin on Oregon Heritage Exchange Blog<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Dennis Griffin served as the State Archaeologist with the Oregon State Historic Preservation Office for the last 18 years. He retired at the end of August and we took the opportunity to ask
 him what the highlights and challenges were of his time at the Oregon SHPO and also what he believes is the future of protecting Oregon’s archaeology sites.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"><a href="https://oregonheritage.wordpress.com/2020/09/03/highlights-challenges-and-visioning-from-retired-state-archaeologist-dennis-griffin/">Read more here.</a></span><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Virtual PastForward Conference open for registration<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Celebrate the power of place, virtually, with more than a thousand preservationists and preservation lovers at the nation’s premier online conference for those who work to save, sustain, and
 interpret historic places—<a href="https://us.e-activist.com/page/email/click/10028/575644?email=DheinyePr9pVzTNxl0rcdsS5Hda7Kfnj&campid=X%2BI2NXledwyZkArzVWMSmA==">PastForward Online 2020, October 27<span lang="X-NONE">–</span>30</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Learn more about speakers, sessions, and more at
<a href="https://us.e-activist.com/page/email/click/10028/575644?email=DheinyePr9pVzTNxl0rcdsS5Hda7Kfnj&campid=X%2BI2NXledwyZkArzVWMSmA==">
SavingPlaces.org/conference</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">The Diversity Scholarship Program introduces new preservation leaders to the historic preservation community at PastForward. The primary objective of this program is to support conference participation
 reflecting the diverse nature of America. <a href="https://us.e-activist.com/page/email/click/10028/575646?email=DheinyePr9pVzTNxl0rcdsS5Hda7Kfnj&campid=X%2BI2NXledwyZkArzVWMSmA==">
Apply for scholarship or to be a mentor</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Encourage your peers and colleagues to sign up for the
<a href="https://us.e-activist.com/page/email/click/10028/575647?email=DheinyePr9pVzTNxl0rcdsS5Hda7Kfnj&campid=X%2BI2NXledwyZkArzVWMSmA==">
conference update list</a> to learn more.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">CCAHA webinar on collecting the now - Sept. 8<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Collecting the Now<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Sept. 8 10am Eastern time (7am PST)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">How do we collect objects from diverse communities in an inclusive way? What are the preconditions when it comes to collecting a crisis? How can we be mindful in collecting? Can we think of
 contemporary collecting as a strategy for collective care? Danielle Kuijten will be joining CCAHA for a discussion about the challenges of collecting in the now. She will share some experiences on community collecting, enhancing the importance of actively
 engaging with people and documenting directly, while keeping situations relevant and manageable.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">This is a free webinar with opportunity to pose questions to the speaker and join the discussion across borders on preserving community through collections<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"><a href="https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN__WuS5sZJSc2ZiL7A0N_W6g">Register here.</a>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Connecting Culture 2020 Virtual Conference Sept. 9-10<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Connecting Culture 2020 Virtual Conference & Expo</span><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Wednesday, September 9th - Thursday, September 10th</span><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">To kickstart the rebuilding of the cultural sector around the world, Connecting Culture is bringing together museum and heritage professionals for two days of networking, insight, and learning.
 Free to attend, visitors will enjoy an array of inspiring content, participate in discussions, and hear from world-class industry leaders from the world of museums, heritage, and culture.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"><a href="https://westmuse.us3.list-manage.com/track/click?u=292ba30672daddc0764d36f0a&id=ad9313c38d&e=f4886bfe41">Learn More & Register Here
</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">OMA webinar on COVID-19 friendly adaptations and considerations – Sept. 15<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">This 90-minute, interactive webinar will offer an overview of traditional data collection; show how to adapt methods to be COVID-19-friendly; and identify new ways of talking to our communities
 across a range of platforms. We will discuss how to prioritize and be mindful in the questions we ask; and look at accessibility and ethical considerations of gathering feedback in the new “COVID-19 normal.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Presenter</span></b><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">: Taline A. Kuyumjian, Founder and Principal Evaluator,
<a href="http://www.kuyumjianconsulting.com/" target="_blank">Kuyumjian Consulting, LLC</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Members receive a discount on registration! Note: you must be
<a href="https://www.oregonmuseums.org/Members">logged in</a> to register as a member.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<ul style="margin-top:0in" type="disc">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l4 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">OMA members: $15<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l4 level1 lfo1"><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Non-members: $25<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"><a href="https://www.oregonmuseums.org/Webinars">Find out more</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">WMA voter registration and civic engagement resources<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">The Western Museums Association is calling upon member institutions and the greater museum field to engage in acts of civic responsibility. As centralized place-makers, museums have the inherent
 capability to help protect, promote, and practice the most fundamental constitutional right – the right to vote.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">WMA has gathered resources on how to model good civic leadership, raise awareness and educate, promote and provide voter registration, and serving as a polling place.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"><a href="https://westmuse.org/voter-registration-civic-engagement">Resources can be found here.</a>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Nominations open for IMLS National Medal for Museum and Library Services<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">The Institute of Museum and Library Services is now accepting nominations for the</span><span lang="X-NONE" style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"> </span><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"><a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001erwIUgj7vZtXxPiBQgL6Kkz-UoCusA9LcMdBLEBoDpDHnEofNTX400BHU75keJMkmaiRKKjRcfMGQrbAeuCWHUTX09xUAsfZyMjf0MgWs1uOIg-MUoMcYiFQaaNHMseAO-OaMTsRcWhMX437weYUoJhuGCkq5tx-FUxIuxxGv6x7ocdCO0XMjb0653HraIPOpINJstfDy95xNdOUr3hXDvhr3kGzaO-R&c=Lzov7cS_MIfXw1I6FTstNlRlQLqcMRGy7TDr-s5NVH2UvIcs2-JLVw==&ch=kWL6PKxDNYS7Hxl9_ZZubJ2F8gXQXmt2Kyp3Fq4BW6DEbiVWk--2cA==">2021
 National Medal for Museum and Library Service</a>, the nation</span><span lang="X-NONE" style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">’</span><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">s highest honor awarded to libraries and museums for service to their communities.</span><span lang="X-NONE" style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"> </span><span lang="X-NONE" style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">“This year has presented many challenges for our country, and museums and libraries have found new and unique ways to support and provide services to their communities,” said IMLS Director
 Crosby Kemper. “As we acknowledge the enormous impact libraries and museums of all types and sizes have on their communities and the leadership they have shown, we are proud to re-institute the National Medals to recognize those institutions who show imagination
 and exceptional outreach, support, and collaboration with their communities and partner organizations.” <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Anyone—an employee, a board member, a volunteer, a member of the public, or a government official—is invited to nominate an institution. Museums and libraries of most disciplines and types
 are <a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001erwIUgj7vZtXxPiBQgL6Kkz-UoCusA9LcMdBLEBoDpDHnEofNTX405Pu1OqJf0_3-Ww3s9iIglgZPSnTXMSA06lATRl2O5JrS5V6jIU6aDFf-d1ZaQJzvmC6OTUqGFOhyh0DDKMuCZt6Ok6BUEBr6MdI5MjDgvKIQZ4yPSPzzK10eI0x2ujtQbUBl7qO7K0bloH2k7e8JQU=&c=Lzov7cS_MIfXw1I6FTstNlRlQLqcMRGy7TDr-s5NVH2UvIcs2-JLVw==&ch=kWL6PKxDNYS7Hxl9_ZZubJ2F8gXQXmt2Kyp3Fq4BW6DEbiVWk--2cA==">eligible</a>.</span><span lang="X-NONE" style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"> </span><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Regardless</span><span lang="X-NONE" style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"> </span><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">of</span><span lang="X-NONE" style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"> </span><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">who
 nominates</span><span lang="X-NONE" style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"> </span><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">the library or museum,</span><span lang="X-NONE" style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"> </span><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">in
 order</span><span lang="X-NONE" style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"> </span><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">to be considered, the institution must</span><span lang="X-NONE" style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"> </span><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"><a href="http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=001erwIUgj7vZtXxPiBQgL6Kkz-UoCusA9LcMdBLEBoDpDHnEofNTX405Pu1OqJf0_3LJSMyBDTM9ZL2nVAhQT19Abg8ElApcd11I0t_87asQgpts5IaBR9nfXXZfz-6vAP5Io_IiCiwA8YTMEgJBpNiWPJbmDgh3Z-5PEBFekZk4CYtXIVBSRcWjjkwYvKzVsl&c=Lzov7cS_MIfXw1I6FTstNlRlQLqcMRGy7TDr-s5NVH2UvIcs2-JLVw==&ch=kWL6PKxDNYS7Hxl9_ZZubJ2F8gXQXmt2Kyp3Fq4BW6DEbiVWk--2cA==">complete<span lang="X-NONE"> </span>the<span lang="X-NONE"> </span>online<span lang="X-NONE"> </span>nomination
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 ET on Monday,</span><span lang="X-NONE" style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"> </span><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">November</span><span lang="X-NONE" style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"> </span><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">2,
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"><a href="https://www.imls.gov/grants/available/national-medal-museum-and-library-service">View the Nomination Page.</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Oregon’s Museum of Natural and Cultural History in Eugene was a recipient of this honor in 2018.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Clatsop Community College fall historic preservation courses
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Clatsop Community College Historic Preservation Program will be offering several fall courses online. Courses will meet online Tuesday or Thursday evenings. These 10 week courses are open to
 all and can be taken for college credit or audited. Fall term begins 28 September.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">BLD 207: Project Management<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Students are introduced to construction project management for historic preservation, including the design and construction process, construction planning, coordinating projects, cost estimating,
 labor, material and equipment utilization, negotiating, team work, communication, leadership and ethics.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Instructor: Christie Dimon<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Times: Thursdays, 6:00-8:50pm
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">BLD 210: Historic Preservation I<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Survey of the history and theory of historic preservation. Learn the history of the historic preservation movement, preservation issues unique to the Pacific Northwest, and application of preservation
 methods to restoration projects. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Instructor: John Goodenberger<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Times: Tuesdays, 6:00-8:50pm<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Register online at:</span><span lang="X-NONE" style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"> </span><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"><a href="https://www.clatsopcc.edu/academic-planning/class-schedule/">Clatsop
 CC</a> or call 503.338.7670. For more information email: lswerdloff@clatsopcc.edu<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Oregon Historical Society announces all virtual events for 2020<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Message from OHS:
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">“As we continue to do our part to slow the spread of COVID-19 in our communities, we have made the decision to move all remaining events in 2020 to virtual formats. While we miss gathering
 in person with our friends and members, we are excited about the opportunities virtual programs present to share our events with an even greater audience across the state. Visit
<a href="https://t.e2ma.net/click/j1v2of/jtxycc/fm1dsgb">ohs.org/events</a> for a list of all upcoming virtual programs, and read on for a few special events we are excited to host online in the coming months!” (Aug. 26 OHS E-Newsletter)
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Boardsource blog features recruiting for board diversity without disrespecting people of color<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">This blog post is written by Jim Taylor, a black man who has worked with nonprofits for most of his career and who has been actively recruited for the board of 13 organizations. He shares his
 perspective and thoughts on board inclusivity. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">“<span class="hscoswrapper">Being thoughtful and intentional about why diversity matters to your board and organization, and how the board is committed to cultivating a truly inclusive board
 culture – a board culture in which </span><em><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">every</span></em><span class="hscoswrapper"> board member’s perspective is welcomed, respected, and valued – is the only way to effectively diversify the board.”</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif"><a href="https://blog.boardsource.org/blog/recruiting-for-board-diversity-with-respect">Read more here.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">Nominate your city for a League of Oregon Cities award<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif">The <a href="https://orcities.us17.list-manage.com/track/click?u=5ed0e37bfa6cd50a448dff14e&id=19ff361665&e=8e9f166a2c" target="_blank">
Award for Excellence</a> and <a href="https://orcities.us17.list-manage.com/track/click?u=5ed0e37bfa6cd50a448dff14e&id=5dbf03526d&e=8e9f166a2c" target="_blank">
Helen & Alan Berg Good Governance Awards</a> recognize excellence, innovation, efficiency and great public service in city government.  <br>
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City Awards were given out last year to John Day for their <a href="https://orcities.us17.list-manage.com/track/click?u=5ed0e37bfa6cd50a448dff14e&id=e02d58a1ae&e=8e9f166a2c" target="_blank">
Innovation Gateway and Riverfront Recreation Area</a> and to Cornelius for the city's "<a href="https://orcities.us17.list-manage.com/track/click?u=5ed0e37bfa6cd50a448dff14e&id=7e5d7a65a6&e=8e9f166a2c" target="_blank">Reach Out, Invite People In and Create
 a Real Community</a>."  <br>
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Nominations are due <b>September 9</b>.  Find nomination forms and submission instructions on the
<a href="https://orcities.us17.list-manage.com/track/click?u=5ed0e37bfa6cd50a448dff14e&id=79e74170eb&e=8e9f166a2c" target="_blank">
LOC website</a>.  Awards will be presented October 14 during the virtual LOC Annual Conference.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black">Share your photos of Oregon’s heritage on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter using #oregonheritage.</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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 at <a href="mailto:heritage.info@oregon.gov" target="_blank">heritage.info@oregon.gov</a>.</span><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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