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<DIV>Individuals, organizations and projects that have made outstanding<BR>contributions to preserving Oregon heritage will receive 2011 Oregon<BR>Heritage Excellence Awards next month in Astoria. The public invited to<BR>attend the awards presentation.</DIV>
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<DIV>The awards will be presented at 7 p.m. April 8 in Astoria at the Oregon<BR>Heritage Conference. Oregon Heritage Commission coordinator Kyle<BR>Jansson said the award recipients are considered model individuals,<BR>projects and organizations. They were judged on their abilities to produce</DIV>
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<DIV>The recipients will be:</DIV>
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<DIV>-- Luper Cemetery Preservation and Restoration Project, Eugene, for its<BR>extraordinary efforts to preserve and restore the integrity of the<BR>historic cemetery. </DIV>
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<DIV>-- The Timberline Lodge Partnership of the U.S. Forest Service, The<BR>Friends of Timberline, and R.L.K and Co., for an outstanding<BR>public-private collaboration to steward and preserve a national historic<BR>landmark.</DIV>
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<DIV>-- Clatsop Community College/Columbia Pacific Preservation, for the<BR>collaboration that resulted in the establishment of certificate and<BR>degree programs in historic preservation at Clatsop CC and in a<BR>nonprofit entity that both supports and benefits from those programs.</DIV>
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<DIV>-- Paul Caruana and Brian Faherty, Astoria, for their collective<BR>improvements on the Norblad and Lewis buildings, and the even larger<BR>impact their work has had on the renewed viability of downtown Astoria.</DIV>
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<DIV>-- Marcia Allen, Cottage Grove, for her lifetime accomplishments in<BR>researching, interpreting and promoting the history and heritage of<BR>Cottage Grove.</DIV>
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<DIV>-- Patsy Jones, Alsea, for her exceptional work to inspire interest in<BR>the documentation, preservation and celebration of local Oregon history.</DIV>
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<DIV>-- Neal Maine, Seaside, for his outstanding contributions in the<BR>preservation of Native American archaeological sites on the northern<BR>Oregon coast. </DIV>
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<DIV>The awards ceremony will also include the re-enactment of a 1911<BR>woman’s suffrage debate.</DIV>
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<DIV>The Oregon Heritage Excellence Awards are a project of the Heritage<BR>Programs Division of the Oregon Parks and Recreation Department, which<BR>includes the Oregon Heritage Commission. Commission chair George Kramer<BR>says the awards are intended to draw public attention to important<BR>heritage efforts in Oregon and to raise the quality of heritage-oriented<BR>activities. </DIV>
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<DIV>Attendees are encouraged to dress in 1911 styles or in movie theme<BR>clothing to reflect the conference’s theme of “A Blockbuster<BR>Community: Heritage, Vision and Authenticity”.</DIV>
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<DIV>Tickets for the April 8 awards presentation are available by completing<BR>and submitting the form at<BR><A href="http://www.oregon.gov/OPRD/HCD/OHC/docs/registration.pdf">http://www.oregon.gov/OPRD/HCD/OHC/docs/registration.pdf</A> More<BR>information is available at <A href="http://www.oregonheritage.org">www.oregonheritage.org</A> or by contacting Kyle<BR>Jansson at <A href="mailto:heritage.info@state.or.us">heritage.info@state.or.us</A> or 503-986-0673.<BR></DIV></BODY></HTML>