| Monday, April 7 |
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| 5:30 -
7:30 pm |
Registration |
Holiday Inn Select, 2nd floor |
| 6-8 pm |
Evening reception with host bar and hors d'oeuvres |
Pfendler Hall 2nd
floor gallery |
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(shuttle provided) |
| Tuesday, April 8 |
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| 7:00 am |
Registration |
2nd floor, Holiday Inn
Select |
| 7:00 - 8:15 am |
Buffet breakfast |
2nd floor |
| 7:00 am - noon |
Poster setup |
Pittman Room |
|
8:15 am |
Opening and Welcome, Doug Jacobs, Co-Chair |
Grand Ballroom |
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8:30 - 10:00 am |
Plenary Session |
Grand Ballroom |
| 8:30 - 9:15 am |
George Parker, "The Hardwood Ecosystem Experiment: An Examination of
Responses to Silvicultural Systems" |
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| 9:15- 10:00 am |
Dan Dey, "Artificial Regeneration of Major Oak
Species in Eastern North America - A Synthesis of the Literature" |
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| 10:00 -10:30 am |
Break |
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| 10:30 am -
Noon |
Four
Concurrent Sessions |
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Session #1:
Regeneration & Propagation
Session #2: Forest Products
Session #3: Ecology & Forest Dynamics
Session #4: Biometrics & Modeling |
Spears, Shambaugh,
Grand Ballrooms |
| 12:00 - 1:30 pm |
Poster Session and
Lunch (provided) |
Pittman Room |
| 1:30 - 3:00 pm |
Four
Concurrent Sessions |
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Session #1:
Regeneration & Propagation
Session #2: Forest Products
Session #3: Ecology & Forest Dynamics
Session #4: Biometrics & Modeling |
Spears, Shambaugh,
Grand Ballrooms |
| 3:00 - 3:15 pm |
Break |
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| 3:15 - 4:15 pm |
Four
Concurrent Sessions |
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Session
#1: Regeneration & Propagation
Session #2: Forest Products
Session #3: Ecology & Forest Dynamics, Human Dimensions & Economics
Session #4: Biometrics & Modeling, Silviculture |
Spears,
Shambaugh, Grand Ballrooms |
| 5:30 -
7:00 pm |
Reception
and Poster Session |
Pittman
Room |
| 7:00 pm |
Banquet |
Grand Ballroom |
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Guest
Speaker: Steve Bratkovich, "The Greening of America: From Food to
Forests" |
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| Wednesday, April 9 |
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| 7:00 am |
Registration |
2nd floor, Holiday Inn
Select |
| 7:00 - 8:15 am |
Buffet breakfast |
2nd floor |
|
8:15
am |
Opening, Charles Michler, Co-Chair |
Grand Ballroom |
|
8:30 - 10:00 am |
Plenary Session |
Grand Ballroom |
| 8:30 - 9:15 am |
Steve Bratkovich,
"The Green Movement: Challenges and Opportunities for Forest
Landowners and Wood-Using Industries" |
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| 9:15 - 10:00 am |
Todd
Parker
of the Delta Institute, "Carbon Credit Trading in the Midwest" |
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| 10:00 -10:30 am |
Break |
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| 10:30 am -
12:00 pm |
Four
Concurrent Sessions |
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Session #5:
Regeneration & Propagation, Forest Health & Protection
Session #6: Forest Products, Soils & Nutrition
Session #7 Human Dimensions & Economics
Session #8: Silviculture |
Spears, Shambaugh,
Grand Ballrooms |
| 12:00 - 1:00 pm |
Lunch (provided) |
Pittman Room |
| 1:00 - 2:30 pm |
Four
Concurrent Sessions |
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Session #5: Forest
Health & Protection
Session #6: Soils & Nutrition
Session #7 Human Dimensions & Economics
Session #8: Silviculture |
Spears, Shambaugh,
Grand Ballrooms |
| 2:30 - 2:45 pm |
Break |
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| 2:45 - 3:45 pm |
Four
Concurrent Sessions |
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Session
#5: Forest Health & Protection
Session #6: Soils & Nutrition
Session #7 Human Dimensions & Economics
Session #8: Silviculture |
Spears,
Shambaugh, Grand Ballrooms |
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Thursday, April 10 |
Optional field tour of
Purdue University Department of Forestry & Natural Resources
properties and ongoing HTIRC research |
breakfast and bus
transportation provided |
| 7:00 - 8:00 am |
Buffet breakfast
(provided) |
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| 8:00 am |
Load bus and depart
for FNR Farm |
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| 8:20 -
9:20 am |
FNR Farm: Tour and
discuss research on American chestnut, figured wood, biofuels,
emerald ash borer, seed orchards |
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| 9:45 -
11:00 am |
Martell Forest : Tour
and discuss research on Black cherry and Black walnut clone banks,
Red oak progeny tests, butternut hybrids and pure butternut |
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| 11:45 am |
Arrive back at Holiday
Inn Select |
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Tuesday, April 8 |
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| Concurrent Session
#1
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Forest
Regeneration & Propagation |
Spears Room - 1st
floor |
| Moderator
Paula Pijut |
10:30 - 11:00 |
Analysis of
Riparian Afforestation Methods in the Missouri Ozarks |
Steele |
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11:00 - 11:30 |
Greenhouse and
Field Performance of Giant Cane Propagules from Natural and Planted
Stands |
Brendecke |
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11:30 - 12:00 |
The Status of Oak
and Hickory Regeneration in Forests of
Virginia |
Rose |
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1:30 - 2:00 |
Grafting
influences on early acorn production in swamp white oak (Quercus
bicolor Willd.) |
Coggeshall |
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2:00 - 2:30 |
Single-Tree
Harvesting Reduces Survival and Growth of Oak Stump Sprouts in the
Missouri Ozark Highlands |
Dey |
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2:30 - 3:00 |
Disking and Mid-
and Understory Removal Following an Above-Average Acorn Crop in
Three Mature Oak Forests in Southern Indiana. |
Rathfon |
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3:15 - 3:45 |
Response of
northern red oak, black walnut, and white ash seedlings to various
levels of simulated summer deer browsing |
Morrissey |
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3:45 - 4:15 |
Effects Of Deer
Exclosures On Oak Regeneration In Closed-Canopy Stands |
Steiner |
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| Concurrent Session
#2 |
Forest Products |
Shambaugh Room -
1st floor |
| Moderator Matt
Bumgardner |
10:30 - 11:00 |
U.S. Hardwood
Lumber Production: 1963 to 2003 |
Bumgardner |
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11:00 - 11:30 |
Defect Reduction
in Low-Value White Oak Lumber Using Restrained Drying |
Grushecky |
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11:30 - 12:00 |
Effect of Curve
Sawing on Lumber Recovery and Warp of Short Cherry Logs Containing
Sweep |
Bond |
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1:30 - 2:00 |
Sources of
Indiana Hardwood Industry’s Competitiveness |
Tora |
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2:00 - 2:30 |
The Amish
furniture cluster in Ohio: competitive factors and wood use
estimates |
Bumgardner |
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2:30 - 3:00 |
Preliminary
silvicultural recommendations and an updated annotated bibliography
for birdseye sugar maple |
Bragg |
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3:15 - 3:45 |
Stress Wave
Velocity and Dynamic MOE of Yellow-Poplar Ranging from 100 to 10
Percent Moisture Content |
Gray |
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3:45 - 4:15 |
Consumer Ring
Count and Grain Texture Preferences of Selected Eastern United
States Hardwoods |
Bumgardner |
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| Concurrent Session
#3 |
Ecology & Forest
Dynamics |
Grand Ballroom A - 2nd floor |
| Moderator
Steve Shifley |
10:30 - 11:00 |
Shifts in
Relative Stocking of Common Tree Species in Kentucky from 1975 to
2004 |
Oswalt |
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11:00 - 11:30 |
Forty-two Years
of Change in an Old-Growth and Second-Growth Beech-Maple Forest of
North-Central Ohio |
Pinheiro |
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11:30 - 12:00 |
Long-term Leaf
Fall Mass from 3 Watersheds on the Fernow Experimental Forest, West
Virginia |
Adams |
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1:30 - 2:00 |
Twenty-Year-Old
Results From A Bottomland Oak Species Comparison Trial In Western
Kentucky |
Rousseau |
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2:00 - 2:30 |
Current Forest
Conditions of Older Stands of the Mixed Mesophytic Forest Region on
the Appalachian Plateaus Province of Eastern Kentucky |
Rosson |
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2:30 - 3:00 |
Contribution of
Stumps to Carbon and Nitrogen Pools in Southern Appalachian Hardwood
Forests |
Sucre |
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3:15 - 3:45 |
Distribution and
Dynamics of Hayscented Fern Following Stand Harvest |
Fei |
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Human Dimensions &
Economics |
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3:45 - 4:15 |
Sustainable
Bioenergy Production from Missouri's Ozark Forests |
Stelzer |
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| Concurrent Session
#4 |
Forest Biometrics &
Modeling |
Grand Ballroom B - 2nd floor |
| Moderator
Mike Saunders |
10:30 - 11:00 |
A Whole Stand
Basal Area Projection Model for Appalachian Hardwoods |
Brooks |
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11:00 - 11:30 |
Dominant
Height-Based Height-Diameter Equations for Trees in Southern Indiana |
Kershaw |
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11:30 - 12:00 |
Stand level
height-diameter mixed effects models: parameters fitted using
loblolly pine but calibrated for sweetgum |
Vanderschaaf |
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1:30 - 2:00 |
A GIS-based
approach to stand visualization and spatial pattern analysis in a
mixed hardwood forest in West Virginia |
Sharma |
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2:00 - 2:30 |
Using LiDAR and
Color Infrared Imagery to Successfully Measure Stand Characteristics
on the William B. Bankhead National Forest, Alabama |
Tadesse |
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2:30 - 3:00 |
Ecological
Modeling for Forest Management in the Shawnee National Forest |
Thurau |
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3:15 - 3:45 |
Adaptation Of The
QBR Index For Use In Riparian Forests Of Central Ohio |
Colwell |
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Silviculture &
Genetics |
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3:45 - 4:15 |
Different
Histories but Similar Genetic Diversity and Structure for Black
Walnut in Indiana and Missouri |
Woeste |
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Wednesday, April 9 |
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| Concurrent Session
#5 |
Regeneration &
Propagation |
Grand Ballroom A - 2nd floor |
| Moderator
Matt Ginzel |
10:30 - 11:00 |
Stump Sprouting of Oak Species in Three
Silvicultural Treatments In the Southern Appalachians |
Atwood |
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11:00 - 11:30 |
Comparing
Single-tree Selection, Group Selection, and Clearcutting for
Regenerating Oaks and Pines in the Missouri Ozarks
|
Jensen |
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Forest Health &
Protection |
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11:30 - 12:00 |
The extent of
selected non-native invasive plants on Missouri forestland |
Moser |
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1:00 - 1:30 |
Status of Oak
Seedlings and Saplings in the Northern United States: Implications
for Sustainability of Oak Forests |
Woodall |
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1:30 - 2:00 |
Investigating the
Relationship Between Bole Scorch Height and Fire Intensity Variables
in the Ridge and Valley Physiographic Province, West Virginia |
Pomp |
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2:00 - 2:30 |
Fire Scars and
Tree Vigor Following Prescribed Fires in Missouri Ozark Upland
Forests |
Stevenson |
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2:45 - 3:15 |
Seed Bank Emergence
Following Prescribed Burning in the Ozark Highlands |
Schuler |
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3:15 - 3:45 |
Fungi Associated
with Stem Cankers and Coincidental Scolytid Beetles on Declining
Hickory in the Upper Midwest |
Juzwik |
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| Concurrent Session
#6 |
Forest Products |
Shambaugh Room - 1st floor |
| Moderator
Ron Rathfon |
10:30 - 11:00 |
Synthetic Rope
Applications in Appalachian Logging |
Spong |
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11:00 - 11:30 |
Non-Timber Forest
Products in Daniel Boone National Forest Region – Economic
Significance and Potential for Sustainability |
Hoover |
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Soils & Nutrition |
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11:30 - 12:00 |
Early Understory
Biomass Response to Organic Matter Removal and Soil Compaction |
Ponder, Jr. |
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1:00 - 1:30 |
Black Walnut
Suitability Index: A Natural Resources Conservation Service National
Soil Information System Based Interpretive Model |
Wallace |
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1:30 - 2:00 |
Effects of
Moisture and Nitrogen Stress on Gas Exchange and Nutrient Resorption
in Quercus Rubra Seedlings |
Salifu |
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2:00 - 2:30 |
Growth and Foliar
Nitrogen Concentrations of Interplanted Native Woody Legumes and
Pecan |
Van Sambeek |
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2:45 - 3:15 |
Influence of
Microtopography on Soil Chemistry and Understory Riparian Vegetation |
Unger |
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3:15 - 3:45 |
Effect of
Fertilizer Treatments on an Alkaline Soil and on Early Performance
of Two Bottomland Oak Species |
Kramer |
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| Concurrent Session
#7 |
Human Dimensions &
Economics |
Spears Room - 1st floor |
| Moderator
Susan Stewart |
10:30 - 11:00 |
Exploring the
Optimal Economic Timing for Crop Tree Release Treatments in
Hardwoods: Results From Simulation |
LeDoux |
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11:00 - 11:30 |
Modeling
Landowner Behavior Regarding Forest Certification |
Mercker |
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11:30 - 12:00 |
User group
attitudes toward forest management treatments on the Shawnee
National Forest: Application of a photo-evaluation technique |
Cohen |
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1:00 - 1:30 |
West Virginia Forest Industry
Transportation Network Analysis Using GIS |
Grushecky |
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1:30 - 2:00 |
Effectiveness of
the Forest Stewardship Program in Conserving Natural Resources on
Private Lands in Indiana |
Zhalnin |
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2:00 - 2:30 |
Landowner
Attitudes and Perceptions of Forest and Wildlife Management in Rural
Northern Missouri |
Schweiss |
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2:45 - 3:15 |
A Method for
Quantifying and Comparing the Costs and Benefits of Alternative
Riparian Zone Buffer Widths |
LeDoux |
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Forest Health &
Protection |
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3:15 - 3:45 |
Managing Japanese
Stiltgrass Dominated Communities in the Ridge and Valley
Physiographic Province in Eastern West Virginia |
McGill |
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| Concurrent Session
#8 |
Silviculture |
Grand Ballroom B - 2nd floor |
| Moderator
Keith Woeste |
10:30 - 11:00 |
Deferred Rotation
Harvests in Central Appalachia - 20 and 25 Year Results |
Thomas-Van Gundy |
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11:00 - 11:30 |
Stand Development
of Trembling Aspen in Canaan Valley, West Virginia |
Rentch |
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11:30 - 12:00 |
Variation in
Flood Tolerance of Container-Grown Seedlings of Swamp White Oak, Bur
Oak, and White Oak |
Van Sambeek |
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1:00 - 1:30 |
Grapevine
dynamics after manual tending of juvenile stands on the Hoosier
National Forest, Indiana |
Morrissey |
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1:30 - 2:00 |
Thinning Results
from a Mixed Upland Hardwood Stand after Thirty-five Years |
Myers |
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2:00 - 2:30 |
Crop Tree Release
Increases Growth Of Red Oak Sawtimber in Southern New England: 12
Year Results |
Ward |
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2:45 - 3:15 |
Species
Composition, Diameter Distribution, and Crown Class at Initiation of
a Thinning Study of Pole-Size Hardwood Stands in the Hoosier
National Forest |
Woods |
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3:15 - 3:45 |
Hardwood Corridor
Thinning as an Intermediate Stand Treatment |
Mercker |
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For program questions,
please contact
Liz
Jackson or call 765-583-3501. |
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