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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"">NOMINATIONS OPEN FOR 2017 OREGON HERITAGE EXCELLENCE AWARDS<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"">Nominations for the 2017 Oregon Heritage Excellence Awards Program are now being accepted. Applications can be found online through the Oregon Heritage website
<a href="www.oregonheritage.org%20">www.oregonheritage.org</a> or by contacting Oregon Heritage Coordinator Todd Mayberry at
<a href="mailto:Todd.Mayberry@oregon.gov">Todd.Mayberry@oregon.gov</a> or (503) 986-0696. The postmark deadline for submitting nominations is January 27, 2017.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"">The Oregon Heritage Excellence Awards recognize individuals, businesses, and organizations for outstanding efforts on behalf of Oregon heritage, drawing public attention
to these efforts, and raising the quality of heritage-oriented activities. <o:p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"">Nominations are encouraged for organizations and projects of all sizes and heritage purposes and for volunteers and professionals from all heritage sectors.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"">“The award recipients represent the extraordinary efforts to preserve Oregon’s heritage,” said Todd Mayberry, coordinator for the Oregon Heritage Commission. “They also serve
as models for others on how to develop new ideas, approaches, and innovations.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"">Last year’s recipients included:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b>University of Oregon Libraries Oregon Digital Newspaper</b> project, for its cooperative ground-breaking efforts to create the project and increase public access to important historic documents.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"">-- Oregon Archaeology Society</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"">, in recognition of its decades of work education the public
about archaeology, preserving cultural resources, and advancing archaeological knowledge.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b>Sally Donovan</b>, for her dedication and outstanding work on behalf of Oregon’s heritage resources which included Oregon Coast lighthouses, historic districts, public buildings, residences, irrigation canals, wooden flumes, and pioneer cemeteries.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"">Awards will be presented on April 26 at the Oregon Heritage Summit in Newberg by Oregon Heritage, part of the Oregon Parks and Recreation Department.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"">The announcement for 2017 awardees will be made in early April 2017. Tickets for the awards presentation will be made available this coming spring.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Share your photos of Oregon’s heritage on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter using #oregonheritage.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">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
<a href="mailto:heritage.info@oregon.gov">heritage.info@oregon.gov</a>.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Centaur","serif"">Kuri Gill<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Centaur","serif"">Give your input to the Oregon Historic Preservation Plan now!
<span style="color:black"><a href="https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/ORHeritagePartnerSurvey" target="_blank">https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/ORHeritagePartnerSurvey</a><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Centaur","serif"">Share your photos of preservation and heritage in Oregon on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter using #oregonheritage.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Centaur","serif"">Oregon Heritage
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Centaur","serif"">Grants & Outreach Coordinator<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Centaur","serif"">503-986-0685<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Centaur","serif""><a href="mailto:Kuri.Gill@oregon.gov">Kuri.Gill@oregon.gov</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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