<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div>Kuri,</div><div><br></div><div>They want $110 for each individual participating in Sally's class on Friday I June. I wanted to attend but pay $110 please keep me in mind when a cemetery in our area has Sally or someone like her teaching a class for free as I can volunteer</div><div><br></div><div>Thanks.</div><div><br></div><div>Ernie<br><br>Sent from my iPhone</div><div><br>On Apr 11, 2013, at 2:04 PM, "Kuri Gill" <<a href="mailto:kuri.gill@state.or.us">kuri.gill@state.or.us</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div>
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<p style="TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt">The 36<sup>th</sup> Annual Conference of the Association for Gravestone Studies will be held at Willamette University in Salem, Oregon on June 18-23.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>If you are interested in volunteering to help, there will be a volunteer meeting on Friday, April 26<sup>th</sup> at Oregon State Parks, 725 Summer Street, NE in room 124B at 9:30.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>If you are unable to come, but would like to help contact Judy Juntunen, <a href="mailto:rycraftjuntunen@aol.com"><font color="#0000ff">rycraftjuntunen@aol.com</font></a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'">Conference week is packed with interesting tours, classroom sessions, lectures, and workshops.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Since this is the first AGS conference in the West since 1999, a number of sessions and lectures focus on the west from the keynote address about Chinese immigrants in Oregon to a film and discussion of the community history in Portland’s Jewish cemeteries to the influence of Euro-American culture on tribes in Northeastern Oregon.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; BACKGROUND: white; mso-line-height-alt: 7.2pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Of concern to all of us is what we can do to protect our cemeteries from vandalism. The defense and response to vandalism is the topic for both a classroom session and an evening lecture.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Need help in your cemetery, there is a session focusing on how to engage public participation in caring for cemeteries. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; BACKGROUND: white; mso-line-height-alt: 7.2pt" class="MsoNormal"><span style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 12pt">The classroom session of the Cemetery Preservation/Conservation will be offered twice—morning and afternoon—on Thursday.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Even if you don’t want to do the fieldwork portion of this workshop on Friday, there will be lots of valuable information in this session. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="TEXT-INDENT: 0.5in; MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt; BACKGROUND: white" class="MsoNormal"><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 12pt">More information is available on the Association for Gravestone Studies website, </span><span style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt"><a href="http://www.gravestonestudies.org/conferences.htm"><font color="#0000ff">http://www.gravestonestudies.org/conferences.htm</font></a><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Registration forms can also be found on the website.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Registration is due by Wednesday, May 15, 2013.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Late registrations will be charged an additional fee.</span></p>
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