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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal"><SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma"><FONT size=3>In the hundred plus years that the southeastern Oregon city of Lakeview’s Post & King Building—now listed in the National Register of Historic Places—has been around, it’s been a jail, a saloon, a rooming house, and brothel. Even while it sat empty, in the late seventies, a wedding took place there, and that couple, the Buttons, still live in Lake County. <?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal"><SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma"><FONT size=3>Many people that Kimberly Howard, Trust Manager for the Oregon Cultural Trust, met on a recent trip to Lakeview had stories about this landmark building, which was purchased in 2006 by South Valley Bank and lovingly restored to house its local branch offices. Inside, the walls are adorned with large prints of historic photographs, donated by the Lake County Historical Society. This is a community steeped in its history. <o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal"><SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma"><FONT size=3>The Cultural Trust supports activities and projects of the Oregon Heritage Commission, the Oregon Commission on Historic Cemeteries, the State Historic Preservation Office and 1,300 cultural nonprofits in Oregon’s 36 counties. This is an invitation for you to join us to support the cultural heritage that means so much to you.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: normal"><SPAN style="COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: 'Palatino Linotype'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma"><BR><FONT size=3>Make a contribution to your local historical society, a historic cemetery, a heritage site or a nonprofit restoring an historic building. <SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Then make a matching donation to the Cultural Trust, <I>today</I>. When you do, you’ll earn a 100% Oregon tax credit for your Trust gift.<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
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