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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-layout-grid-align: none"><SPAN style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">Last week, we introduced you to the new Oregon historic cemeteries mascot and asked for your help to name the cartoon character. Now vote for your favorite historic cemeteries mascot name on Oregon Heritage Exchange at <A href="http://www.oregonheritage.wordpress.com/">www.oregonheritage.wordpress.com</A> . </SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">Oregon State University student Karly Law loves digging into history. She is part of a group of students uncovering it, one centimeter at a time at Champoeg State Park. This summer they’ve discovered more than 9,000 artifacts, which provide clues that the French-Canadians in the Champoeg area lived a much better quality of life than previously thought. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">Grant McOmie featured the dig recently on an episode of Grants Getaways. To watch the full story, visit <A href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=57oiLaGtaDw&feature=player_embedded">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=57oiLaGtaDw&feature=player_embedded</A> . To tour the dig site, visit Champoeg State Park on Monday, Wednesday and Friday through August 13. The tours start 10 a.m. sharp.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">The Oregon Century Farm and Ranch Program will hold publicly recognize families from across the state for operating as either a Century or Sesquicentennial Farm or Ranch at 1 p.m., Sept. 1 at the Oregon State Fair in the Corporate Tent on the west side of the fairgrounds. The Program will honor eighteen farms and ranches from 13 different counties this year, bringing the total number of Oregon Century Farms and Ranches to 1,144.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Award winners will receive a certificate, signed by the Governor and Director of the Oregon Department of Agriculture, and colorful roadside signs imprinted with the founder’s name and the year they established the ranch or farm.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">Two families will receive Sesquicentennial Farm status for continuously farmed portions of their original family acreage for 150 years or more. This year’s honorees are Mark Talcott Trust, Douglas County; and Ramsey McPhillips, Yamhill County. The Sesquicentennial Award program began in 2008 in honor of Oregon’s 150th birthday celebration.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Twenty-five families have now received this prestigious sesquicentennial award.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">Those receiving 2012 Century Farm status include Lyle Defrees, Baker County; John and Sandra Kalandar, Clatsop County; Sharon Livingston, Grant County; Hal Balin, Klamath County; John Andrew Bodnar, Klamath County; Ed and Shirley Kerns, Klamath County; Brenda Morgan and James Baldwin, Lake County; James and Barbara Jo Sly, Lane County; Edward Leavy, Marion County; Maxine Strubhar of Marion County; Mark Walkley, Multnomah County; Milton and Delores Fanning, Polk and Yamhill Counties; David and Kari Hiebenthal, Polk County; Schierling Family Trust, Polk County; Carrie and Ron Gerber, Union County; and Mark and Kellene Payne, Yamhill County.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">Every <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" /><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:State w:st="on">Oregon</st1:State></st1:place> farm and ranch has a unique history and special family story.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The Oregon Century Farm and Ranch Program began in 1958 to honor farm and ranch families with century-long connections to the land.</SPAN><SPAN style="COLOR: black"> <SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN></SPAN><SPAN style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">The Program encourages agriculture families to share, with a broader audience these stories of century long connections.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Promoting family stories encourages the passing of rich cultural heritage to future generations, while educating Oregonians about the social and economic impact of Oregon agriculture. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">To qualify for a century or sesquicentennial award, interested families must follow a formal application process.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Application documentation may include photos, original deeds, personal stories, or other historic records.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>These records help support <st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Oregon</st1:place></st1:State>’s agricultural history by providing valuable information about settlement patterns or statistics on livestock and crop cycles.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">Northwest folk musicians Phil and Vivian Williams will bring their program of historic fiddle music to the <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">National</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Historic</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Oregon Trail</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Interpretive</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Center</st1:PlaceType>, five miles east of <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Baker</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">City</st1:PlaceType></st1:place> on Highway 86, at 10:30 a.m., noon, and 2:00 p.m., Aug. 9 – 11 in the Leo Adler Theater. Their programs at the <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Interpretive</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Center</st1:PlaceType>’s “Fiddling Down the Oregon Trail” will feature dance tunes and fiddle music from pioneers who traveled the trail to the <st1:place w:st="on">Pacific Northwest</st1:place>. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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