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State Lottery Dollars Awarded to Preserve Historic Cemeteries

SALEM, Ore. -The Oregon Parks and Recreation Department has awarded some of its largest grants to help preserve and interpret historic cemeteries throughout the state.

The amounts range from $380 for a Coos County records project to $4,000 for marker repair projects. The grants were award to cemetery projects in 14 counties for marker repair, tree care, fencing, signage, websites and training.

The department's 2009 Historic Cemeteries Program grants will spread $41,000 in state lottery dollars among 19 projects throughout the state. This is the first of two grant cycles for the state biennium.

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