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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Garamond','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt">1. Register now for collections care, disaster response workshops! <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNoSpacing><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Garamond','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt">3. Tualatin Celebrates 100<SUP>th </SUP>anniversary<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Garamond','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt">4. Sam Wegner named Willamette Heritage Center executive director<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Garamond','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt">REGISTER NOW FOR COLLECTIONS CARE, DISASTER RESPONSE WORKSHOPS! <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Garamond','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Registration is now open for fall workshops on collections care and disaster response and recovery at locations around the state, including Baker City, Florence, McMinnville, Medford, Pendleton, Philomath and Portland. The workshops are open to volunteers and staff of libraries, archives, and museums, as well as anyone interested in preserving historic items. To register and learn more about locations, dates and times, visit <A href="http://www.oregon.gov/oprd/HCD/OHC/Pages/C2C.aspx"><FONT color=#0000ff>Oregon Heritage</FONT></A>.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Garamond','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt">NONPROFIT TOWN HALLS SET IN CITIES AROUND THE STATE<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Garamond','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Nonprofit Association of Oregon executive director Jim White will address the opening session of a series of nonprofit town halls around the state from 9 – 11:30 a.m., Sept. 4 at the Oregon Coast Aquarium, 2820 SE Ferry Slip Rd, <A href="http://www.nonprofitoregon.org/civicrm/event/info?reset=1&id=345"><FONT color=#0000ff>Newport</FONT></A>. <SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The engaging and informative town halls will address key issues facing the nonprofit sector. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Garamond','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt">The session will provide an understanding of what nonprofits can and should do to raise community awareness and protect the people they serve. Attendees will learn what is happening on the state and federal levels that will impact their organizations. They will have the opportunity to join a conversation about making time for advocacy work and discuss how they can effectively engage their boards in policy discussions and lead them to taking a position.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Garamond','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Future town halls will take place in <A href="http://www.nonprofitoregon.org/civicrm/event/info?reset=1&id=346"><FONT color=#0000ff>Roseburg</FONT></A> on Sept. 5, <A href="http://www.nonprofitoregon.org/civicrm/event/info?reset=1&id=347"><FONT color=#0000ff>Klamath Falls</FONT></A> on Sept. 6 and <A href="http://www.nonprofitoregon.org/civicrm/event/info?reset=1&id=359"><FONT color=#0000ff>Baker City</FONT></A> on Sept. 11. To register for any of the sessions, visit <A href="https://www.nonprofitoregon.org/civicrm/event/register?id=345&reset=1"><FONT color=#0000ff>the Nonprofit Association of Oregon’s website</FONT></A>. <SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNoSpacing><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Garamond','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt">TUALATIN CELEBRATES 100<SUP>TH </SUP>ANNIVERSARY<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNoSpacing><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Garamond','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Tualatin’s will commemorate its 100-year anniversary at 2 p.m., Aug. 18, at the Winona Grange, </SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Garamond','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: AR-SA">8340 SW Seneca St., on the </SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Garamond','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt">actual date the incorporation vote occurred in 1913. The event will feature voices of key personalities of the time through a historical drama written by Loyce Martinazzi and Sandra Carlson with a “You Are There” review of events leading up to the election. The City of Tualatin will provide a birthday cake provided and the Tualatin Historical Society (THS) will introduce historic property landmark signs at over a dozen homes and other properties identified with early Tualatin families. The signs will present the common name given the building and the construction year.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Garamond','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt">According to Art Sasaki, THS<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>president, “as part of the city’s Centennial celebration, THS wants to ensure that the significance of remaining landmarks is not forgotten; we hope this is the beginning of a long-term effort to identify other significant legacies of bygone eras.”<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Garamond','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt">The initial historic properties receiving signs include the </SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Garamond','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-language: AR-SA">Avery Chicken Hatchery, 1939; Byrom House, 1878; Elmer House, 1914; Francis House, 1885; Luster House, 1857; Richardson House, 1910; Robinson Store, 1912; Smith/Boone House, 1895; Sweek House, 1858; Wesch House, 1890; Winona Grange No. 271, 1940; Methodist Church, 1926 and Zeke Eddy House, 1890</SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Garamond','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt">. </SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Garamond','serif'; BACKGROUND: white; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Garamond','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt">The Willamette Heritage Center (WHC) board of directors recently named Samuel J. Wegner as the Center’s new executive director. This will not be his first work in Oregon. Between 1986 and 1996, he was executive director of the Southern Oregon Historical Society in Medford. Wegner will move to Salem this month and start his new duties on Sept. 3.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Garamond','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Wegner succeeds Peter Booth, who resigned in December 2012 to become executive director of a museum in Grand Junction, Colorado.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>John Hawkins has been serving as interim executive director since January.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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<H6><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Garamond','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-WEIGHT: normal; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold">The historic Eugene Masonic Cemetery is seeking an administrator / sexton. Successful candidates will understand and work with the State Cemetery and Mortuary Board and other State commissions to include reporting and maintaining current licensing; understand Oregon's laws relating to the operation of an historic cemetery and provide service to new and existing plat owners as needed including answering concerns and inquiries. The person in this position will also maintain operational relations with Temple Beth Israel, local funeral homes and monument contractors; record and maintain death interment records as required by the State of Oregon for the cemetery, Scatter Garden and Hope Abbey Mausoleum and keep records of sales, and issue deeds to plat owners. Applicants should possess the </SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Garamond','serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-WEIGHT: normal; mso-fareast-font-family: 'ヒラギノ角ゴ Pro W3'; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold">ability </SPAN><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Garamond','serif'; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-WEIGHT: normal; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold">to navigate the cemetery grounds, which is hilly and rough in places, as well as good interpersonal skills and computer skills, including email, word processing, spreadsheets and databases. For further information, email <A href="mailto:EMCA@comcast.net"><FONT color=#0000ff>EMCA@comcast.net</FONT></A> or call (541) 684-0949.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></H6>
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