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<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><font size=2
color=black face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:black;
font-weight:bold'>The Friends of the </span><st1:place u1:st="on"><st1:PlaceName u1:st="on"></font></b><b><font
size=2 color=black><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:black;font-weight:
bold'>Cape Cod</span></st1:PlaceName></font></b><b><font size=2 color=black><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;color:black;font-weight:bold'> </span><st1:PlaceType u1:st="on"></font></b><b><font
size=2 color=black><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:black;font-weight:
bold'>Museum</span></st1:PlaceType></st1:place></font></b><b><font size=2
color=black><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:black;font-weight:bold'> of
Natural History</span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><font size=2
color=black face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:black;
font-weight:bold'>Presents</span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoBodyText align=center style='text-align:center'><strong><b><i><font
size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
color:black;font-style:italic'>A Vanishing Heritage: Wildflowers of </span><st1:place u1:st="on"></font></i></b></strong><strong><b><i><font
color=black face="Times New Roman"><span style='color:black;font-style:italic'>Cape
Cod</span></st1:place></font></i></b></strong></p>
<p class=MsoBodyText align=center style='text-align:center'><strong><b><font
size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
color:black'>With Mario DiGregorio, author and Falmouth representative on the
Cape Cod Commission</span></font></b></strong></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><font size=2
color=black face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:black'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><font
size=2 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
color:black;font-weight:bold'>Tuesday, April 12, 2011</span></font></b><b><font
size=2 color=black><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:black;font-weight:bold'>,
at </span></font></b><b><font size=2 color=black><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
color:black;font-weight:bold'>1:30pm</span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><font size=2
color=black face="Times New Roman"><st1:place u1:st="on"><st1:PlaceName u1:st="on"><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;color:black;font-weight:bold'>Cape Cod</span></st1:PlaceName></font></b><b><font
size=2 color=black><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:black;font-weight:bold'>
</span></font></b><b><font size=2 color=black><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
color:black;font-weight:bold'><st1:PlaceType u1:st="on">Museum</st1:PlaceType></span></st1:place></font></b><b><font
size=2 color=black><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:black;font-weight:bold'>
of Natural History</span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><font size=2
color=black face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:black;
font-weight:bold'>869 Rte 6A, </span><st1:place u1:st="on"><st1:City u1:st="on"></font></b><b><font
size=2 color=black><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:black;font-weight:
bold'>Brewster</span></st1:City></font></b><b><font size=2 color=black><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;color:black;font-weight:bold'>, </span><st1:State u1:st="on"></font></b><b><font
size=2 color=black><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:black;font-weight:
bold'>MA</span></st1:State></font></b><b><font size=2 color=black><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;color:black;font-weight:bold'> </span><st1:PostalCode u1:st="on"></font></b><b><font
size=2 color=black><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:black;font-weight:
bold'>02631</span></st1:PostalCode></st1:place></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><font size=2
color=black face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:black;
font-weight:bold'>508-896-3867 x 133 www.ccmnh.org</span></font></b></p>
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color=black face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:black;
font-weight:bold'> </span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><font size=2
color=black face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:black;
font-weight:bold'>FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: </span></font></b><b><font
size=2 color=black><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:black;font-weight:bold'>March
21, 2011</span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><font size=2
color=black face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:black;
font-weight:bold'>Contact: </span></font></b><b><font size=2 color=black><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;color:black;font-weight:bold'>Gayle Kenerson</span></font></b><b><font
size=2 color=black><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:black;font-weight:bold'>
508-385-2192 or <a href="mailto:gck1@comcast.net">gck1@comcast.net</a> </span></font></b></p>
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font-weight:bold'> </span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><font size=2
color=black face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:black'>Friends
of CCMNH monthly program & Pot Luck will be held on<b><span
style='font-weight:bold'> </span></b></span></font><font
size=2 color=black><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:black'>Tuesday, April
12, 2011</span></font><font size=2 color=black><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
color:black'> at </span></font><font size=2 color=black><span style='font-size:
11.0pt;color:black'>12:30pm</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><font size=2
color=black face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:black'>Followed
by a talk & book signing at </span></font><font size=2 color=black><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;color:black'>1:30pm</span></font><font size=2
color=black><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:black'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoBodyText align=center style='text-align:center'><strong><b><i><font
size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
color:black;font-style:italic'>A Vanishing Heritage: Wildflowers of </span><st1:place u1:st="on"></font></i></b></strong><strong><b><i><font
color=black face="Times New Roman"><span style='color:black;font-style:italic'>Cape
Cod</span></st1:place></font></i></b></strong></p>
<p class=MsoBodyText align=center style='text-align:center'><strong><b><font
size=3 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
color:black'>With Mario DiGregorio, author and Falmouth Representative on the
Cape Cod Commission</span></font></b></strong></p>
<p class=MsoBodyText align=center style='text-align:center'><font size=3
color=black face=Arial><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Arial;
color:black'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;color:black'>Mario DiGregorio, author and Falmouth
Representative on the Cape Cod Commission, talk will center on our native
flowers and how the invasive, non-native plants are threatening them. There
are approximately 2700 species of plants in </span><st1:place u1:st="on"><st1:PlaceName u1:st="on"></font><font
size=2 color=black><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:black'>Barnstable</span></st1:PlaceName></font><font
size=2 color=black><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:black'> </span><st1:PlaceType u1:st="on"></font><font
size=2 color=black><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:black'>County</span></st1:PlaceType></st1:place></font><font
size=2 color=black><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:black'>, of which 1700
are native (pre-colonial). Our community of natives is now being threatened by
invasive non-native plants, including the recently discovered kudzu which is
migrating rapidly from the south. Many of our native flowers cannot compete
with these invasives and have diminished in number in the past 20 years.
"VH" will display those that were once common and are among our most
beautiful and graceful species.</span></font></p>
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style='font-size:11.0pt;color:black'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;color:black'>Mr. DiGregorio is an </span><st1:place u1:st="on"><st1:PlaceName u1:st="on"></font><font
size=2 color=black><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:black'>Emerson</span></st1:PlaceName></font><font
size=2 color=black><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:black'> </span><st1:PlaceType u1:st="on"></font><font
size=2 color=black><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:black'>College</span></st1:PlaceType></st1:place></font><font
size=2 color=black><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:black'> graduate and
first Conservation Administrator for the town Brewster. He served as a federal
park ranger for the National Park Service for ten years, is a member of the
Bourne and Falmouth Conservation Commissions and is currently the </span><st1:City u1:st="on"><st1:place u1:st="on"></font><font
size=2 color=black><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:black'>Falmouth</span></st1:place></st1:City></font><font
size=2 color=black><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:black'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;color:black'>Representative on the </span><st1:place u1:st="on"></font><font
size=2 color=black><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:black'>Cape Cod</span></st1:place></font><font
size=2 color=black><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:black'> Commission. He
is the author of three books focusing on the botany of </span><st1:place u1:st="on"></font><font
size=2 color=black><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:black'>New England</span></st1:place></font><font
size=2 color=black><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:black'> and was the
recipient of the MA State Award from the New England Wild Flower Society in
2001.</span></font></p>
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style='font-size:11.0pt;color:black'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;color:black'> </span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;color:black'>12:30</span></font><font size=2
color=black><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:black'> Friends Meeting/Pot
Luck</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;color:black'>1:30</span></font><font size=2
color=black><span style='font-size:11.0pt;color:black'> Talk by Mario DiGregorio
& Book Signing</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=black face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:11.0pt;color:black'>Friends/free, Guests/$3</span></font></p>
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12.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:black'> </span></font></p>
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