TSA Team Oregon received seven awards for 2008 at the Transportation Security Administration's national honorary awards ceremony. The seven awards were the highest number given to any airport operation in the country.

The ceremony is an annual event that recognizes TSA employees and stakeholders from across the nation for their accomplishments, commitment, innovation and creativity.

Terry Coleman, National Deployment Office area coordinator at PDX, received the Leadership Award; James Esse, PDX behavior detection officer manager, received the Heroism Award; Christina Urbach, Oregon customer service coordinator, received the Customer Service Award; David Garcia, supervisory transportation security officer at Rogue Valley International - Medford Airport, received the Transportation Security Officer of the Year Award; Tina Burke, Oregon stakeholder and customer service manager, was selected as the TSA Employee of the Year; and the Oregon Advisory Council received the Team Award.

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A Designing Projects for Successful Grants Workshop will be offered in Portland on July 1 from 1-3 p.m. The workshop will be held at the Washington County Historical Society and Museum on 17677 NW Springville Rd.

The workshop is free to all who are interested. It will cover how to plan your project and write a successful grant application.

The workshop will emphasize the Oregon Heritage Grants, the Oregon Museums Grants and the Historic Cemeteries Grant offered by Heritage Programs of Oregon Parks and Recreation Department, but the information can be applied to any grant.

Contact Kuri Gill at Kuri.Gill@state.or.us or 503.986.0685 for more information.

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British Airways is now serving Oregon's A to Z wine on its international flights.

A to Z Wineworks began in 2001 as a partnership of two winemaking families. The background of the owners and staff come from well known Oregon wineries. Owner Bill Hatcher managed Domaine Drouhin and his wife, Debra, worked at Eyrie Vineyards. Vintners Cheryl Francis came from Chehalem Winery and Sam Tannahill from Archery Summit.

When A to Z grew and expanded, the families partnered with others including Gregg Popovich (head coach of the NBA's San Antonio Spurs) and had the incredible good fortune to acquire Rex Hill Vineyards in December 2006.

Oregon Travel Industry partners have the opportunity to purchase ad space in a special Oregon advertising section that will run in the August 2009 issue of Alaska Airlines and Horizon Air magazines.

While Travel Oregon does not have an ad scheduled to run in the issue, the special advertising section will include branded Travel Oregon elements and two dedicated Oregon features focusing on: Food & Wine the Oregon Way and Oregon Adventure in the Outdoors.

The Oregon co-op has 1/4-page (3.5" x 4") four-color ads for $2,450 and includes August placement in both Alaska Airlines Magazine, Horizon Air Magazine and a free reader service listing. Alaska Airlines and Horizon Air average 2.1 million passengers per month, with the largest share in Washington, Oregon, and California.

The Oregon Travel Section deadlines have been extended to June 22, 2009.

For further details and to reserve your space, contact Alaska Airlines Magazine/Horizon Air Magazine sales rep, Clay Schurman, at 206.441.5871 ext. 33 or cschurman@paradigmcg.com