<html xmlns:o="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" xmlns:w="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word" xmlns:st1="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40">

<head>
<META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; charset=us-ascii">


<meta name=ProgId content=Word.Document>
<meta name=Generator content="Microsoft Word 10">
<meta name=Originator content="Microsoft Word 10">
<link rel=File-List href="cid:filelist.xml@01C3DAB0.38679E80">
<o:SmartTagType namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags"
 name="Street"/>
<o:SmartTagType namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags"
 name="time"/>
<o:SmartTagType namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags"
 name="PlaceName"/>
<o:SmartTagType namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags"
 name="PlaceType"/>
<o:SmartTagType namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags"
 name="City"/>
<o:SmartTagType namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags"
 name="PostalCode"/>
<o:SmartTagType namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags"
 name="address"/>
<o:SmartTagType namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags"
 name="date"/>
<o:SmartTagType namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags"
 name="State"/>
<o:SmartTagType namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags"
 name="place"/>
<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
 <o:OfficeDocumentSettings>
  <o:DoNotRelyOnCSS/>
 </o:OfficeDocumentSettings>
</xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
 <w:WordDocument>
  <w:SpellingState>Clean</w:SpellingState>
  <w:GrammarState>Clean</w:GrammarState>
  <w:DocumentKind>DocumentEmail</w:DocumentKind>
  <w:EnvelopeVis/>
  <w:Compatibility>
   <w:BreakWrappedTables/>
   <w:SnapToGridInCell/>
   <w:WrapTextWithPunct/>
   <w:UseAsianBreakRules/>
  </w:Compatibility>
  <w:BrowserLevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel>
 </w:WordDocument>
</xml><![endif]--><!--[if !mso]>
<style>
st1\:*{behavior:url(#default#ieooui) }
</style>
<![endif]-->
<style>
<!--
 /* Font Definitions */
 @font-face
        {font-family:"Bernhard Modern Roman";
        panose-1:0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0;
        mso-font-charset:0;
        mso-generic-font-family:roman;
        mso-font-format:other;
        mso-font-pitch:variable;
        mso-font-signature:3 0 0 0 1 0;}
 /* Style Definitions */
 p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal
        {mso-style-parent:"";
        margin:0in;
        margin-bottom:.0001pt;
        mso-pagination:widow-orphan;
        font-size:12.0pt;
        font-family:"Times New Roman";
        mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";}
a:link, span.MsoHyperlink
        {color:blue;
        text-decoration:underline;
        text-underline:single;}
a:visited, span.MsoHyperlinkFollowed
        {color:purple;
        text-decoration:underline;
        text-underline:single;}
p.MsoAutoSig, li.MsoAutoSig, div.MsoAutoSig
        {margin:0in;
        margin-bottom:.0001pt;
        mso-pagination:widow-orphan;
        font-size:12.0pt;
        font-family:"Times New Roman";
        mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";}
span.EmailStyle17
        {mso-style-type:personal-compose;
        mso-style-noshow:yes;
        mso-ansi-font-size:10.0pt;
        mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;
        font-family:Arial;
        mso-ascii-font-family:Arial;
        mso-hansi-font-family:Arial;
        mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;
        color:windowtext;}
span.SpellE
        {mso-style-name:"";
        mso-spl-e:yes;}
@page Section1
        {size:8.5in 11.0in;
        margin:1.0in 1.25in 1.0in 1.25in;
        mso-header-margin:.5in;
        mso-footer-margin:.5in;
        mso-paper-source:0;}
div.Section1
        {page:Section1;}
-->
</style>
<!--[if gte mso 10]>
<style>
 /* Style Definitions */ 
 table.MsoNormalTable
        {mso-style-name:"Table Normal";
        mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0;
        mso-tstyle-colband-size:0;
        mso-style-noshow:yes;
        mso-style-parent:"";
        mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;
        mso-para-margin:0in;
        mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt;
        mso-pagination:widow-orphan;
        font-size:10.0pt;
        font-family:"Times New Roman";}
</style>
<![endif]-->
</head>

<body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple style='tab-interval:.5in'>

<div class=Section1>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=4 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
14.0pt'>FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: </span></font><st1:date Month="1" Day="7"
Year="2004"><font size=4><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>Wednesday, January 07,
 2004</span></font></st1:date><o:p></o:p></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=4 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
14.0pt'>CONTACT: </span></font><st1:place><font size=4><span style='font-size:
 14.0pt'>Mission</span></font></st1:place><font size=4><span style='font-size:
14.0pt'> Mill Museum 503-585-7012 </span></font><o:p></o:p></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:-1.0in'><font size=4
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>WHAT:      
Speaker Series at </span></font><st1:place><font size=4><span style='font-size:
 14.0pt'>Mission</span></font></st1:place><font size=4><span style='font-size:
14.0pt'> Mill</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:-1.0in'><font size=4
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>WHEN:
      Third Thursdays, January-April 2004, </span></font><st1:time
Hour="19" Minute="30"><font size=4><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>7:30pm</span></font></st1:time><o:p></o:p></p>

<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:-1.0in'><font size=4
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:14.0pt'>WHERE:    
</span></font><st1:address><st1:Street><font size=4><span style='font-size:
  14.0pt'>Mission Mill Museum-1313 Mill Street</span></font></st1:Street><font
 size=4><span style='font-size:14.0pt'> </span></font><st1:City><font size=4><span
  style='font-size:14.0pt'>SE-Salem</span></font></st1:City><font size=4><span
 style='font-size:14.0pt'>, </span></font><st1:State><font size=4><span
  style='font-size:14.0pt'>OR</span></font></st1:State><font size=4><span
 style='font-size:14.0pt'> </span></font><st1:PostalCode><font size=4><span
  style='font-size:14.0pt'>97301</span></font></st1:PostalCode></st1:address><o:p></o:p></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=4 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
14.0pt'> </span></font><o:p></o:p></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><st1:place><st1:City><b><i><font size=3
  face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold;
  font-style:italic'>Salem</span></font></i></b></st1:City><b><i><span
 style='font-weight:bold;font-style:italic'>, </span></i></b><st1:State><b><i><span
  style='font-weight:bold;font-style:italic'>OR</span></i></b></st1:State></st1:place><b><i><span
style='font-weight:bold;font-style:italic'> – </span></i></b><o:p></o:p></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><st1:place><st1:PlaceName><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
  style='font-size:12.0pt'>Mission</span></font></st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceName>Mill</st1:PlaceName>
 <st1:PlaceType>Museum</st1:PlaceType></st1:place> kicks off its annual Speaker
Series on January 15 with a presentation by Jim Kopp:  <st1:City><st1:place><i><span
  style='font-style:italic'>Eden</span></i></st1:place></st1:City><i><span
style='font-style:italic'> Within </span></i><st1:City><st1:place><i><span
  style='font-style:italic'>Eden</span></i></st1:place></st1:City><i><span
style='font-style:italic'>:  Exploring </span></i><st1:State><st1:place><i><span
  style='font-style:italic'>Oregon</span></i></st1:place></st1:State><i><span
style='font-style:italic'>’s Utopian Heritage.</span></i>  The
series takes place the third Thursday of the month, January-April, <st1:time
Hour="19" Minute="30">7:30pm</st1:time>, at <st1:place><st1:PlaceName>Mission</st1:PlaceName>
 <st1:PlaceName>Mill</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType>Museum</st1:PlaceType></st1:place>,
<st1:Street><st1:address>1313 Mill St. SE</st1:address></st1:Street> in <st1:City><st1:place>Salem</st1:place></st1:City>. 
Single ticket prices are $8, $6 for museum members.<o:p></o:p></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Jim Kopp is Director of the Aubrey R. <span class=SpellE>Watzek</span>
Library at Lewis and </span></font><st1:place><st1:PlaceName>Clark</st1:PlaceName>
 <st1:PlaceType>University</st1:PlaceType></st1:place> in <st1:City><st1:place>Portland</st1:place></st1:City>,
and holds a PhD in American Studies from <st1:place><st1:PlaceName>George</st1:PlaceName>
 <st1:PlaceName>Washington</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType>University</st1:PlaceType></st1:place>
and other graduate degrees in history and library science.  As a native
Oregonian, he has long felt that there was a sense of the ideal in the state,
seeing that as a driving force in early settlement and other areas including
modern urban planning.  His presentation examines aspects of <st1:State><st1:place>Oregon</st1:place></st1:State>’s
heritage of attempts at reaching a perfected society.<o:p></o:p></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>Mr. Kopp’s presentation comes to </span></font><st1:City><st1:place>Salem</st1:place></st1:City>
from the Oregon Council for the Humanities’ Oregon Chautauqua program,
serving Oregonians with a variety of public and education programs that enrich
minds and broaden perspectives.<o:p></o:p></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>           
</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoAutoSig><font size=3 face="Bernhard Modern Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Bernhard Modern Roman";mso-no-proof:yes'>Kuri
Gill<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoAutoSig><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt;mso-no-proof:yes'>Curator & Education Coordinator<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoAutoSig><st1:place><st1:PlaceName><font size=3
  face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-no-proof:yes'>Mission</span></font></st1:PlaceName><span
 style='mso-no-proof:yes'> </span><st1:PlaceName><span style='mso-no-proof:
  yes'>Mill</span></st1:PlaceName><span style='mso-no-proof:yes'> </span><st1:PlaceType><span
  style='mso-no-proof:yes'>Museum</span></st1:PlaceType></st1:place><span
style='mso-no-proof:yes'><o:p></o:p></span></p>

<p class=MsoAutoSig><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt;mso-no-proof:yes'>(503) 585-7012<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoAutoSig><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt;mso-no-proof:yes'><a href="http://www.missionmill.org">www.missionmill.org</a><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoAutoSig><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt;mso-no-proof:yes'> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoAutoSig><st1:place><st1:PlaceName><font size=2 face=Arial><span
  style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-no-proof:yes'>Mission</span></font></st1:PlaceName><font
 size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-no-proof:
 yes'> </span></font><st1:PlaceName><font size=2 face=Arial><span
  style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-no-proof:yes'>Mill</span></font></st1:PlaceName><font
 size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-no-proof:
 yes'> </span></font><st1:PlaceType><font size=2 face=Arial><span
  style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-no-proof:yes'>Museum</span></font></st1:PlaceType></st1:place><font
size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial;mso-no-proof:
yes'> is a non-profit organization. It is not owned or operated by city,
county, state or federal agencies.</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>

</div>

</body>

</html>