<html><head><style type='text/css'>p { margin: 0; }</style></head><body><div style='font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000'><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: medium; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-align: center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Tuesday, November 12 at 1:30pm</span></font></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: medium; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-align: center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Cape Cod</span></font></b><b><font size="2"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> Museum</span></font></b><b><font size="2"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> of Natural History</span></font></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: medium; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-align: center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">869 Rte 6A, Brewster, MA 02631</span></font></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: medium; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-align: center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">508-896-3867 x 133 <span class="Object" id="OBJ_PREFIX_DWT345" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 139); cursor: pointer;"><a target="_blank" href="http://www.ccmnh.org/" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 139); text-decoration: none; cursor: pointer;">www.ccmnh.org</a></span></span></font></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: medium; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-align: center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> </span></font></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: medium; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-align: center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: October 15, 2013,</span></font></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: medium; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-align: center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Contact: Gayle Kenerson 508-385-2192 or <span class="Object" id="OBJ_PREFIX_DWT346" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 139); cursor: pointer;"><a href="mailto:gck1@comcast.net" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 139); text-decoration: none; cursor: pointer;">gck1@comcast.net</a></span></span></font></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: medium; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-align: center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> </span></font></b></p><p class="MsoBodyText" align="center" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: medium; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-weight: bold; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-align: center;"><b><i><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">The Solar Salt Industry of Southeastern MA</span></font></i></b></p><p class="MsoBodyText" align="center" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: medium; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-weight: bold; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-align: center;"><b><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal;">with Seth Mendell<i></i></span></font></b></p><p style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Seth </span></font></b><b><font size="2" color="black"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Mendell</span></font></b><font size="2" color="black"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"> asks us to return to the early days of our country’s history, when the coastline of our region provided the salt used to preserve beef, fish and other food items. This was especially true during the Revolutionary War, when commerce with England was cut off. Local saltworks took the water from our coves and harbors, extracted the impurities and ultimately produced the pure salt need to cure food.</span></font></p><p style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><b><font size="2" color="black" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Seth Mendell</span></font></b><font size="2" color="black"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">, a Mattapoisett resident, retired professor of history at Avon Old Farms School in Avon, CT and current president of the Mattapoisett Historical Society. Seth jumped into this topic 45 yrs ago when he wrote his Master’s Thesis and created his own salt evaporator. We are grateful that he is willing to share his expertise on a unique and fascinating aspect of Massachusetts’s history.</span></font></p><p style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="2" color="black" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Friends Meeting: 1:00pm</span></font></p><p style="margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; font-size: medium; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font size="2" color="black" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Talk by Seth Mendell: 1:30pm</span></font></p></div></body></html>