[Heritage] Oregon Heritage News 2010-08-18

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In this issue:
1.  Blacksmith week underway on Mount Hood
2.  Beer law's anniversary to be toasted
3.  Days of Culture calendar seeks events
4.  Nonprofits face Oct. 15 deadline with IRS
5.  Historic farms slated for recognition at State Fair


BLACKSMITH WEEK UNDERWAY ON MOUNT HOOD

Blacksmith Week,  which highlights the artwork at Timberline Lodge and
other Mount Hood locations, will take place through Aug. 22. The event
includes tours of the lodge, demonstrations and a sale.

The initial ironwork at Timberline was created by master blacksmith
O.B. Dawson and others through the Works Progress Administration. Later,
Russell Maugans took charge of the historic facility's fixtures. He was
succeeded in 1989 by Darryl Nelson, who is also the director of
blacksmith for the Mount Hood Cultural Center and Museum's arts cabins
project.

Portable forge demonstrations will take place at the museum. For more
information, visit www.artscabins.org or www.mthoodmuseum.org or phone
503-272-3301.


BEER LAW's ANNIVERSARY TO BE TOASTED

"History of Hoptopia" will be the History Pub topic at 7 p.m. Aug. 30
at the Bagdad Theater, 3702 SE Hawthorne Blvd. Professor Peter Kopp will
talk first about the Willamette Valley’s hop culture. Next, beer
columnist John Foyston moderates a panel discussion of the 1985 Oregon
brewpub law featuring Brian and Mike McMenamin, Dick Ponzi, Art
Larrance, and Fred Bowman, as well as beer industry writer Fred
Eckhardt, and Tom Mason, former Oregon representative who sponsored the
1985 bill.

Developed by Holy Names Heritage Center, History Pub is a collaborative
program of the Heritage Center, Oregon Historical Society, and
McMenamins. Each program features a presentation by a humanities expert
from fields including history, journalism, law, and women's studies. For
more information, visit
http://www.holynamesheritagecenter.org/history_pub.html 


DAYS OF CULTURE CALENDAR SEEKS EVENT LISTINGS

The third annual Oregon Days of Culture will take place Oct. 1-8.
Presented by the Oregon Cultural Trust, Oregon Days of Culture promotes
programming by cultural organizations in Oregon during that time.
Heritage organizations can post their events on the Oregon Days of
Culture website www.oregondaysofculture.org until Sept. 17.

Stay tuned for more information about Oregon Days of Culture.


NONPROFITS FACE OCT. 15 DEADLINE WITH IRS

Tax-exempt organizations that do not satisfy annual filing requirements
for three consecutive years automatically lose their tax-exempt status.
The Internal Revenue Service is providing one-time relief for such
organizations that have filing due dates on or after May 17 and before
Oct. 15. The IRS list of nonprofits at risk includes organizations for
which the IRS does not have a record of a required annual filing for
2007 and 2008, and whose 2009 return, due on or after May 17 and before
Oct. 15, has not yet been received. The list may be incomplete, as
certain organizations may be at risk of automatic revocation even if
their names do not appear on these lists.

For more information, visit
:http://www.irs.gov/charities/article/0,,id=225889,00.html 


HISTORIC FARMS SLATED FOR RECOGNITION AT STATE FAIR

At an awards ceremony at 3 p.m. Sept. 4 at the Oregon State Fair,
families from across the state will receive recognition for operating as
either a century or sesquicentennial farm or ranch.
 
The ceremony will be held in the AmeriCraft Center (Jackman-Long
Building) at the Oregon State Fair. The public is invited to join the
Oregon Agricultural Education Foundation and its major partners, the
Oregon Farm Bureau, the Oregon State Historic Preservation Office,
Oregon Travel Information Council, and the Oregon Department of
Agriculture for this special event.
 
Eighteen farms and one ranch from nine counties will be honored for
their sustainability and longevity, bringing the total number of Oregon
Century Farms and Ranches to 1,117.
 
The farm families to be honored are: Jeff and Stacey Charpilloz, Marion
County; Helen Cherry, Polk County; Gary and Barbara Cruickshank, Yamhill
County; Tom and Vickie Duyck, Washington County; Richard Fiala,
Clackamas County; Peter and Judy Gutoski, Lane County; David and Esther
Harnisch, Linn County; Alice Hentze, Lane County; John and Adair
Hollingsworth, Marion County; Glenn and Carolyn Leighty, Marion County;
Joe, Lena and Eleanor Santoro, Washington County; Allen and Susan
Schwartz, Yamhill County; Paul Silbernagel, Marion County; Lawrence and
Barbara Smutz, Union County; and Dennis Werth, Polk County. The ranch
family receiving the century award is Jasper and Marie Edwards, Gilliam
County.
 
Sesquicentennial awards will be given to three Oregon families who have
continuously farmed portions of their original family acreage for 150
years or more. All three families receiving the sesquicentennial honor
this year are located in Linn County. The honorees include Kenneth and
Pamela Chrisman, Albany; Ralph Mitchell, Lebanon; and Maryanne and
Donald Werth, Tangent. The Sesquicentennial Award program was initiated
in 2008 in honor of Oregon's 150th birthday celebration. Twenty-two
families have received this prestigious award.

For more information, visit http://www.oregon.gov/ODA/cfr.shtml
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