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<p><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><img width="565" height="142" style="width:5.8854in;height:1.4791in" id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image001.png@01D1DD0F.12F48E00" alt="cid:image001.png@01D1DCEF.9D1FDAA0"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p><strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"></span></strong><strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#4B4F56;background:white">Water/Ways Opening! The Smithsonian has finally arrived! </span></strong><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#4B4F56;background:white">Opening from 10-4 Saturday July 16, 2016</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#4B4F56;background:white">The Museum of the Grand Prairie is delighted to be hosting the Museums on Main Street Exhibit Water/Ways as jointly sponsored by the Smithsonian Institution
and the Illinois Humanities Council.</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#4B4F56;background:white">Join us to explore the Smithsonian Water/Ways, and learn how water impacts our local community in the companion exhibit,<em><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif"> The
Worth of Water</span></em>. </span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#4B4F56;background:white">As a part of the Museum of the Grand Prairie’s opening celebration of Water/Ways:</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#4B4F56">Sara Grady, storyteller and water advocate, will present: Water, Wonder, Words: Language, Stories, and the Cradle of Life at 2:00 pm. </span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3">
<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#4B4F56">Tours of the new exhibit will be given hourly,</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3">
<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#4B4F56">Interactive stations set up in and around the museum from 1-4pm, including a water table from the Illinois State Water Survey, and participation by the Upper Sangamon River Conservancy,
Prairie Rivers Network, the Mahomet Aquifer Consortium, IDNR, and the USGS Ground Water Section.</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
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<p><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#4B4F56;background:white">Refreshments will be served before the presentation. </span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#4B4F56;background:white">For more info: (217) 586-2612 or
<a href="mailto:kriopelle@ccfpd.org">kriopelle@ccfpd.org</a>.</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#4B4F56"><br>
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<span style="background:white">Water/Ways is produced by Museum on Main Street, a partnership between the Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service and Illinois Humanities.</span></span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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