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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;color:red">NOTE: This message was sent on a shared listserv. If you reply, it will go to of the list members.
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">Historic cemeteries commission welcomes new members<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">SALEM, Oregon <span style="font-size:14.0pt">– </span>Three commissioners have been appointed to the Oregon Commission on Historic Cemeteries. Lisa Sumption, director of Oregon Parks and Recreation Department, which houses the Oregon Historic
Cemeteries made one appointment last fall and the other two in May. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none">Shawn Steinmetz, appointed in October 2020, is an archaeologist living in La Grande. His interest in non$B!>(Bdestructive technologies that can be employed to document, preserve, and help interpret historic properties
is a benefit for historic cemetery management. He fills the position held for a tribal perspective and brings that perspective through his work experience at the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation and his personal experience.
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<p class="MsoNormal">Sarah Baylinson was appointed in May to fill a vacated central Oregon position. She is the Collections Manager and Exhibits Coordinator for the High Desert Museum in Bend, Oregon. With over a decade of experience in the museum field, Sarah
has had the opportunity to work in a variety of cultural institutions as well as volunteer in meaningful ways. Sarah is the Vice-President of the Oregon Museums Association as well as a mentor for Oregon Heritage Commission's Mentor Corps. In her free time
she likes to explore rivers, trails, and camping opportunities as well as diving deep into personal genealogical research. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Lisa Sears was also appointed in May and will fill the vacated coastal position. She is a genealogist and family history researcher who is actively volunteering in Tillamook County. Realizing that she had a natural
curiosity about cemeteries and the histories that lie within, she visited a wide range of national and international cemeteries while researching or on vacation. After retiring from teaching in 2020, she started conducting outreach in Tillamook County to
work on cemetery preservation and community history.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">State law established the seven-member Commission to maintain a listing of all historic cemeteries and gravesites in Oregon; promote public education on the significance of historic cemeteries; and help obtain financial and technical assistance
for restoring, improving, and maintaining their appearances. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">$B!H(BWe are grateful to have such enthusiastic and skilled people join the commission,$B!I(B notes Kuri Gill, commission coordinator. $B!H(BThey will be a benefit to our historic cemeteries.$B!I(B The new commissioners join: Milo Reed, chair, from Portland;
Bev Power, vice-chair, from Medford; Charlotte Lehan, from Wilsonville; and Sarah Silbernagel, from Pendleton.
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<p class="MsoNormal">For more information about commission activities visit <a href="https://www.oregon.gov/oprd/OH/Pages/default.aspx">
www.oregonheritage.org</a>, contact coordinator Kuri Gill at 503-986-0685, or by e-mail at
<a href="mailto:kuri.gill@oregon.gov">kuri.gill@oregon.gov</a>. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#4F6228">Kuri Gill </span>
</b><b><span style="font-size:8.0pt;color:#4F6228">(she, her, hers) </span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:gray">| Oregon Heritage Grants & Outreach Coordinator</span><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#4F6228"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:3.0pt;color:#A6A6A6">___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:gray">Oregon Heritage, Oregon Parks and Recreation Department<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:gray">Oregon Commission on Historic Cemeteries<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:gray">Desk: (503)986-0685 cell: (503)383-6787<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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