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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt">1. <SPAN style="mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma">Program Focuses On Environmental Conditions For Collections</SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><SPAN style="mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma">PROGRAM FOCUSES ON ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS FOR COLLECTIONS <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><SPAN style="mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma">The <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" /><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Conservation</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Center</st1:PlaceType> for Art and Historic Artifacts (CCAHA) will present “Environmental Management: Stewardship & Sustainability” from 8:15 a.m. – 5 p.m., May 22 at the <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Portland</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Art Museum</st1:PlaceType></st1:place>, <st1:address w:st="on"><st1:Street w:st="on">1219 Southwest Park Avenue</st1:Street>, <st1:City w:st="on">Portland</st1:City></st1:address>. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><SPAN style="mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma">Many of today’s cultural institutions face the challenge of preserving collections housed in historic structures, in buildings with aging systems, or in structures whose designs make environmental management difficult. Creating stable environmental conditions is the most significant step an institution can take for the long-term preservation of the collections under its stewardship.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><SPAN style="mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma">This one day program will include information about the collection environment; understanding the building / climate relationship; new approaches and best practices for environmental control; and environmental monitoring and data analysis. Leading experts in the field will present physically and financially feasible strategies to help staff of cultural heritage organizations preserve their treasures for the long-term.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><SPAN style="mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma">Visit <U><SPAN style="COLOR: blue">www.ccaha.org/education/program-calendar</SPAN></U> for registration and<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>program information. Call (215) 545-0613 or email <U><SPAN style="COLOR: blue"><A href="mailto:pso@ccaha.org">pso@ccaha.org</A></SPAN></U> with questions. To learn more about CCAHA, visit <U><SPAN style="COLOR: blue"><A href="http://www.ccaha.org/">www.ccaha.org</A></SPAN></U> .<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><SPAN style="mso-bidi-font-family: Times">Sisters: Nick Sheedy will present “Donald Mackenzie's Travels, 1810-1820, and the Early Fur Trade in the Old Oregon Country” at 5 p.m., Feb. 11 in the Fireplace Room at the Hoodoo Ski Lodge in Sisters as part of the McKenzie River Bicentennial. Sheedy’s discussion follows Mackenzie's movements with the Pacific Fur Company between 1811 and 1814, including his first trek into the Willamette Valley when he explored the river that now bears his name, his career as a fur trader working for the Northwest Company from 1816-1820 and as Governor of The Hudson's Bay Company's Red River Colony. The presentation will also provide information about the early Oregon fur trade and details on other fur traders and trappers who were in the area during that time. For further information, visit <A href="http://www.hoodoo.com/"><FONT color=#800080>www.hoodoo.com</FONT></A> or call </SPAN><SPAN style="COLOR: black">(541) 822-3799.</SPAN><SPAN style="mso-bidi-font-family: Times"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: middle; mso-pagination: none; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><SPAN style="mso-bidi-font-family: Times">Newport: Lonnie Headrick will present “Tall Tales by Lonnie the Logger” at 2 p.m., Feb. 14, in the Carriage House of the Lincoln County Historical Society, </SPAN><st1:Street w:st="on"><st1:address w:st="on">545 SW Ninth Street</st1:address></st1:Street><SPAN style="mso-bidi-font-family: Times">. Headrick’s talk includes his memories of <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Lincoln</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">City</st1:PlaceType> and the surrounding area in the 1930s and 1940s, which range from schoolboy and teen adventures to his experiences working as a logger on the <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Siletz</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">River</st1:PlaceType></st1:place>.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>For more information call (541) 265-7509.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><st1:City w:st="on"><SPAN style="mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma">Vancouver</SPAN></st1:City><SPAN style="mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma">: The <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Fort</st1:PlaceType> <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Vancouver</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">National</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Heritage</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Site</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Visitor</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Center</st1:PlaceType> will unveil a special exhibit of letters and postcards from the museum collection as part of its program “Fur Trade Letters and Army Postcards: Connections Through the Written Word”, from noon – 3 p.m., Feb. 12 at the <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Visitor</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Center</st1:PlaceType></st1:place>, <st1:Street w:st="on"><st1:address w:st="on">1501 East Evergreen Blvd.</st1:address></st1:Street> Throughout the day, interpreters dressed as Hudson’s Bay Company clerks will perform a short scenes about real undelivered Hudson’s Bay Company letters. They will talk about the days before Twitter, email, telephones and fast postal delivery, when writing was the means by which the literate expressed their true selves. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><SPAN style="mso-bidi-font-family: Tahoma">Hands on activities include writing a postcard by dipping a pen in ink and keeping the words of a sentence in a straight line. Reproduction postcards will be available for composing a note and mailing it from the Fort. For those visitors a bit too young to write, there will be a table of coloring and paper folding crafts. Visit <A href="http://go.use.gove/nIu">http://go.use.gove/nIu</A> for additional information or contact Cassie Anderson by phone (360) 816-6247 or email <U><SPAN style="COLOR: blue">Cassie_Anderson@nps.gov</SPAN></U> .<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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