[Bcma-l] (Fwd) HCF / FHC Communi que : Announces A chievement Award Wi
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60;        Achievement
Award Winner </b></span></font></div>
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ritage Canada Foundation /</span></font></div>
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fondation Héritage Canada</span></font></div>
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<div align=3D"left"><font face=3D"Arial"><span style=3D"font-size:10pt">Re=
cipient of HCF 2008 Achievement Award: Reader Rock Garden</span></font></d=
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storation Project</span></font></div>
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tawa - July 31, 2008 - Yesterday, in Calgary, the Heritage Canada</span></=
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undation (HCF) and the Calgary Heritage Authority (CHA) presented</span></=
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<div align=3D"left"><font face=3D"Arial"><span style=3D"font-size:10pt">th=
e City of Calgary's Reader Rock Garden Rehabilitation Project with a</span=
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<div align=3D"left"><font face=3D"Arial"><span style=3D"font-size:10pt">20=
08 National Achievement Award. Catherine C. Cole, Chair of HCF,</span></fo=
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esented the award jointly with Gerry Meek, CHA Chair, to project</span></f=
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nager, Anne Charlton, Director of Parks, who accepted on behalf of</span><=
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e City of Calgary.</span></font></div>
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ting from 1913, Reader Rock Garden was used as a private
residence and garden for William Roland Reader, Calgary's most
influential Park Superintendent, and is where he tested and
documented over 4,000 plant species. The quality of his plants and
seedlings were recognized internationally. It is also the first garden in
Calgary to be rehabilitated using the Standards and Guidelines for the
Conservation of Historic Places in Canada. The Garden officially re-
opened in May 2006 following the rehabilitation, and visitation has
exceeded expectations.</span></font></div>
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<div align=3D"left"><font face=3D"Arial"><span style=3D"font-size:10pt">Th=
e Heritage Canada Foundation Achievement Award, given jointly
with the Calgary Heritage Authority, recognizes outstanding work and</span=
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mmitment in the field of heritage conservation. The award was</span></font=
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esented at the Arrata Opera Centre (formerly the Wesley United</span></fon=
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<div align=3D"left"><font face=3D"Arial"><span style=3D"font-size:10pt">Ch=
urch) on July 30, 2008.</span></font></div>
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ick backgrounder </span></font></div>
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winners.html#achieve"><font face=3D"Arial"><span style=3D"font-size:10pt">=
<u>http://www.heritagecanada.org/eng/services/winners.html#achieve</u></sp=
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r more information about the Reader Rock Garden project. .</span></font></=
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r further information:</span></font></div>
<div align=3D"left"><font face=3D"Arial"><span style=3D"font-size:10pt">Ca=
rolyn Quinn, Director of Communications,</span></font></div>
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uinn@heritagecanada.org<mailto:cquinn@heritagecanada.org>
Telephone:</span></font></div>
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3-237-1066 ext. 229; Cell: 613-797-7206</span></font></div>
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