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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt">2022 Oregon Heritage Excellence Awards Announced<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Individuals, organizations, and projects that have made outstanding contributions to preserving Oregon’s heritage will receive Oregon Heritage Excellence Awards. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Awards recognize action taken to preserve and share Oregon’s heritage over and above the call of duty. “This year’s award recipients represent projects that serve as inspiration and models for preserving Oregon’s stories, especially the
lesser told and untold stories,” said Katie Henry, coordinator for the Oregon Heritage Commission. “These projects offer unique opportunities to engage with and learn about Oregon’s diverse heritage and help expand current interpretation.”<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">The recipients are:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1"><b>Jefferson Public Radio’s Jefferson Exchange Underground History Program, Ashland</b>. A monthly radio segment that spotlights little-known aspects of Oregon’s history through the lens of archeology.<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1"><b>Capitol History Gateway Project, Salem</b>. A multi-year project that resulted in exhibits, events, tours, and a digital welcome center at the Oregon State Capitol building.<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l1 level1 lfo1"><b>It Did Happen Here Podcast, Portland</b>. The It Did Happen Here Podcast honors the memory of Mulugeta Seraw and records the movement that disrupted White Nationalist organizing in Oregon in the late
1980s and 1990s.<o:p></o:p></li></ul>
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<p class="MsoNormal">This year there is a new award category for standout heritage volunteers and recognizing their critical contributions to heritage preservation efforts in Oregon. The 2022 Standout Heritage Volunteers are:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2">Robert Zimmerling, Lewis and Clark National Historic Park<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2">MaryPat "Patti" Ball, Jefferson Historical Society and Museum<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2">Kristine Deacon, Oregon State Archives<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2">Willie B. Richardson, Oregon Black Pioneers<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2">Robert Butler, Malheur Country Historical Society<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2">Larry Landis, Benton County Historic Resources Commission<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2">Cory Mesloh Hamann, Big Butte Historical Society<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2">Barbara Trout, Tillamook County Pioneer Museum and Kilchis Point Reserve<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2">Bruce Carey, Friends of Kam Wah Chung & Co Museum, Oregon State Parks<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2">Carol Knapp, SOULA: Eagle Brewery Project<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2">Oregon Post Commander David Solomon, American Legion Post 19, Albany<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2">Doug Reynolds, USFS Malheur National Forest Passport in Time program<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2">Eric Williams, Astoria Public Library<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2">Gayle Lewis, Oregon Chinese Diaspora Project (OCDP)<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2">Oregon State Capitol Volunteer Team, Oregon State Capitol and Capitol History Gateway<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2">Steve Hussey, Archaeological Society of Central Oregon<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2">William "Bill" Sparks III, Grand Lodge of Oregon Cemetery Committee<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2">Carla Wright, Prairie City Historic Cemetery District<o:p></o:p></li></ul>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Award winners will be honored at a virtual event on April 28, 5pm-6pm. This event is open to the public and is part of the
<a href="https://www.oregon.gov/oprd/OH/Pages/heritageconference.aspx">2022 Virtual Oregon Heritage conference</a>. You can register for the awards event
<a href="https://us06web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZEtceGorD4pGdIntCSp01nOc8VbITiJLOBn">
here</a>. During the Awards event, videos of the award winning projects will be debuted and award winners will be able to do a live, virtual acceptance of the award. The videos can be accessed at
<a href="http://www.oregonheritage.org">www.oregonheritage.org</a> following the event on April 28, 5pm-6pm.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The Oregon Heritage Excellence Awards are a program of Oregon Heritage, part of the Oregon Parks and Recreation Department.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">For more information, contact Katie Henry at 503-877-8834 or
<a href="mailto:katie.henry@oprd.oregon.gov">katie.henry@oprd.oregon.gov</a>. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-size:9.0pt">Share your photos of Oregon’s heritage on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter using #oregonheritage.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-size:9.0pt">Oregon Heritage News is a service of Oregon Heritage, a division of the Oregon Parks and Recreation Department. The news editor can be contacted at
</span><a href="mailto:heritage.info@oregon.gov" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:9.0pt">heritage.info@oregon.gov</span></a><span style="font-size:9.0pt">.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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