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<font face="Calibri, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><span style="font-size:11pt">Dear Colleagues: Oregon Humanities is taking applications for presentations by the new Oregon Poet Laureate, Paulann Petersen, through the end of the year. The deadline is the end of this month. I hope many libraries will apply. Here’s the announcement ...<br>
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SOLICITATIONS SOUGHT FOR POET LAUREATE PRESENTATIONS
You've probably heard by now that Governor Kulongoski named Paulann
Petersen Oregon's sixth Poet Laureate, but did you know that you can
request a visit from her? Petersen available to make appearances at
schools, libraries, and other organizations.
Download the form online at
<a href="http://www.oregonpoetlaureate.org/application.pdf">http://www.oregonpoetlaureate.org/application.pdf</a> , and submit it by
June 30 for appearances between July 1 and Dec. 31. For more
information, please call Laura Becker at (503) 241-0543, ext. 110, or
visit the Poet Laureate's Twitter and Facebook pages.<br>
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</span></font><font size="1"><font face="Optima, Times New Roman"><span style="font-size:9pt">Jim Scheppke, State Librarian<br>
Oregon State Library<br>
250 Winter St. NE<br>
Salem, OR 97301<br>
503-378-4367<br>
(fax) 503-585-8059<br>
<a href="jim.b.scheppke@state.or.us">jim.b.scheppke@state.or.us</a><br>
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<img src="cid:3358923325_488431"><font color="#008000">Go Green, Keep it on screen - think before you print.</font></font></span></font><font face="Calibri, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><span style="font-size:11pt"><br>
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