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Year="2006"><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">Friday, September 29,
2006</B></st1:date><B
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face="Times New Roman">Media Release 9.1<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></B></P>
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face="Times New Roman">FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-outline-level: 1"><SPAN
lang=ES style="mso-ansi-language: ES"><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman">Tanya Gabettie: 508.487.3622 ext.
104<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><SPAN lang=ES
style="mso-ansi-language: ES"><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman">tgabettie@coastalstudies.org<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></P>
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align=center><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 18pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman">PCCS Sponsors Annual
Homeport Banquet Nov. 9<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></B></P>
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align=center><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 14pt"><FONT
face="Times New Roman">Proceeds benefit Fellowship for Women in
Science<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></I></B></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%"><FONT
size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">(<st1:City><st1:place><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">Provincetown</B></st1:place></st1:City><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">, </B><st1:place><st1:City><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">Cape Cod</B></st1:City><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">, </B><st1:State><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">MA</B></st1:State></st1:place><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">)</B> – The
<st1:place><st1:PlaceName>Provincetown</st1:PlaceName>
<st1:PlaceType>Center</st1:PlaceType></st1:place> for Coastal Studies (PCCS)
will host its second annual <B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">Homeport
Banquet</B> on <B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">Thursday, November 9</B>
at Napi’s Restaurant in
<st1:City><st1:place>Provincetown</st1:place></st1:City>.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN></FONT></FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%"><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3>Proceeds will benefit the Ruth Hiebert Memorial
Fellowship, a scholarship awarded to women pursuing studies in marine
science.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The Fellowship was
established in honor of the late Ruth Hiebert, a longtime supporter of the
Center and local philanthropist.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>Tickets are $50 per person.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>The event – which begins at <st1:time Hour="18" Minute="0">6
p.m.</st1:time> - will include a silent auction.</FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%"><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3>The <B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">Homeport Banquet</B> brings the
<st1:place><st1:PlaceName>Outer</st1:PlaceName>
<st1:PlaceType>Cape</st1:PlaceType></st1:place> community together to celebrate
scholarship, science, and philanthropy.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>The idea for the annual banquet was borne of the Center’s ever-popular
“trash fish” dinners of yesteryear to popularize fish species formerly thought
of as bycatch, including monkfish and hake.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Beginning last year, PCCS rekindled this
annual, informal and community-based event, to which all are welcome.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Non-members of PCCS will receive a
special discounted membership at the dinner.</FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%"><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3>For more information about the Homeport Banquet to
benefit the Hiebert scholarship fund, please call PCCS at 508.487.3622 ext.
104.</FONT></P>
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align=center><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman">’30 Years of Discovery &
Commitment’<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></B></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%"><FONT
size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">The
<st1:place><st1:PlaceName>Provincetown</st1:PlaceName>
<st1:PlaceType>Center</st1:PlaceType></st1:place> for Coastal Studies was
founded in 1976 and is dedicated to the research, protection and conservation of
marine mammals and marine ecosystems in the
<st1:place><st1:PlaceType>Gulf</st1:PlaceType> of
<st1:PlaceName>Maine</st1:PlaceName></st1:place>, through applied research,
environmental and educational programs. To learn more, visit PCCS on the
web at: <U><A
href="http://www.coastalstudies.org/">www.coastalstudies.org</A><o:p></o:p></U></FONT></FONT></P>
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style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman">PCCS Contacts<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-outline-level: 1"><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3>Theresa M. Barbo</FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman">Director of
Communications<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></I></P>
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size=3>508.487.3622 x 103 (office)</FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=3>508.774.263.4219<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>(mobile)</FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT face="Times New Roman"
size=3>ccsmedia@coastalstudies.org</FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-outline-level: 1"><FONT
face="Times New Roman" size=3>Tanya Gabettie</FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman">Communications & Events
Coordinator<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></I></P>
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size=3>508.487.3622 x 104 (office)</FONT></P>
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face="Times New Roman">508.237.1920 <SPAN style="mso-tab-count: 1"></SPAN><SPAN
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<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><FONT size=3><FONT
face="Times New Roman">tgabettie@coastalstudies.org<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></P>
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