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From the Oregon Cultural Trust<\/a>‘s press release [click here<\/a> to download complete press release as a pdf file]:<\/p>\n The Oregon Cultural Trust reports that Oregonians donated a record $3.5 million to the Trust in 2007 – up 20 percent from 2006 receipts.<\/p>\n Oregon governor Ted Kulongoski commented “In 2007, for the first time in years, the state made a major reinvestment in art and culture.”<\/p>\n Donors who match or exceed their gifts to the Trust with contributions to any number of Oregon’s 1,100 cultural nonprofits may claim their Trust donation as a 100 percent credit against their state income taxes.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" From the Oregon Cultural Trust‘s press release [click here to download complete press release as a pdf file]: The Oregon Cultural Trust reports that Oregonians donated a record $3.5 million to the Trust in 2007 – up 20 percent from 2006 receipts. 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It's one of the bone-headed decisions that will haunt us for years to come.\u00c2\u00a0 Why?\u00c2\u00a0 Well,\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "art"","block_context":{"text":"art","link":"https:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/category\/art\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":1239,"url":"https:\/\/www.nobleviola.com\/wordpress\/2008\/10\/08\/day-of-culture\/","url_meta":{"origin":688,"position":3},"title":"day of culture","author":"Charles Noble","date":"October 8, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"The Oregon Cultural Trust is presenting the first ever \"Oregon Day of Culture\" all over the state today.\u00c2\u00a0 Performances will take place in the following cities: Eugene, Medford, Portland, Bend, Gresham, Hood River, Lincoln City, and Pendleton. 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