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<font face="Calibri, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><span style="font-size:11pt">Dear Colleagues:<br>
There is still time to request an appearance at your library by Oregon Poet Laureate Paulann Petersen. The deadline is November 30th to send in a request for an appearance between January 1 and June 30, 2011.<br>
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Paulann has already made lots of appearances in libraries, and the reports I have gotten about them are very positive — like this one I received recently from Gary Sharp at the North Bend Public Library:<br>
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<i>[Paulann] had a great rapport with the audience, and what a stellar advocate for poetry, libraries, and the Oregon Cultural Trust. She was a great choice for Oregon's Poet Laureate. It was a wonderful program for our community; sure hope we can have
her back another time.<br>
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</i>Go to this website to find the form to request an appearance before the deadline of November 30th:<br>
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<a href="http://www.oregonpoetlaureate.org/contact.html">http://www.oregonpoetlaureate.org/contact.html</a><br>
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Good luck!<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:3373352641_613227"><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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