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OREGON PARKS AND RECREATION DEPARTMENT<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:60.0pt"><b><span style="font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif""> NEWS RELEASE </span></b>August 6, 2015<b><span style="font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Kuri Gill<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">503-986-0685<span style="font-size:14.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><a href="mailto:Kuri.Gill@oregon.gov">Kuri.Gill@oregon.gov</a>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>North Bend resident appointed<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>to Oregon historic cemeteries commission<o:p></o:p></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Oregon Parks and Recreation Department Director Lisa Sumption has appointed Mark Petrie of North Bend to the Oregon Commission on Historic Cemeteries.
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<p class="MsoNormal">“I am happy to have been accepted onto the Oregon Commission on Historic Cemeteries and look forward to working with the other accomplished commissioners and staff to protect and preserve our heritage,” said Petrie, an enrolled Coos tribal
member of the Confederated Tribes of the Coos, Lower Umpqua and Siuslaw Indians. “Protecting, respecting and honoring our ancestors is something I feel very strongly about. I am eager to contribute all I have to offer to the commission and its programs.”<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">“I am looking forward to Petrie joining the commission,” stated Kuri Gill, coordinator for the state historic cemeteries program. “His interest and cultural knowledge will be an asset to our work.”<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">The seven-member Oregon Commission on Historic Cemeteries supports OPRD historic cemetery preservation efforts by offering training, educational resources, coordination and grants. Its other members are Diane Elder of Paisley, Mike Leamy
of Astoria and Charlotte Lehan of Wilsonville. OPRD will be seeking additional commissioners in the fall.
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<p class="MsoNormal">For more information about the commission and the historic cemeteries program visit
<a href="http://www.oregonheritage.org/">www.oregonheritage.org</a> or contact Historic Cemeteries Program Coordinator, Kuri Gill at
<a href="mailto:Kuri.Gill@oregon.gov">Kuri.Gill@oregon.gov</a> or (503) 986-0685.<o:p></o:p></p>
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