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June 5, 2006The Olivas Adobe
Mudslingers project was named, along with ten other entries, a finalist
in the History Channel's Save Our
History National Honors. In Addition, Mudslingers was named the
recipient of the Save Our History
Classroom Award and received this honor on June 5 from First Lady Laura
Bush in a private ceremony at The White House.
Georgeanne Lees, from the City of Ventura Community Services Department, as well as a teacher and four students from Anacapa Middle School who participated in Mudslingers, attend the ceremony. (See more information regarding the Mudslingers project below.) Only three organizations, along with the Save Our History Student and Teacher of the Year, were invited to this special event and private tour of The White House. Immediately following this ceremony, the group was transferred to the Save Our History National Honors Luncheon where it joined the remaining finalists to present its work to leaders in preservation and education. Mudslingers presented pictures, written documentation and audio and video records of its project. At the luncheon, the Mudslingers project received an additional $10,000 in recognition of the Save Our History Classroom Award. These funds, along with the $1,076,000 State of California matching grant, will be used to further restore the Olivas Adobe. March 15, 16 and 17, 2006 The History Channel awarded the City of Ventura Community Services Department a Save Our History grant to partner with the Anacapa Middle School for "Project Adobe Mudslingers" to preserve the perimeter walls of the Olivas Adobe. During the Mudslingers project, 30 eighth grade students visited, learned about and helped preserve the walls of the Adobe, one of the few remaining Monterey Style adobes from the Gold Rush era. After a demonstration in adobe wall patching, students worked in small groups under the supervision of Gil Sanchez and Daryl Allen, architects and historic preservation specialists. |
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