<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>From: <b class="gmail_sendername">Ted Wegner, American Library Association</b> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:twegner@alawash.org">twegner@alawash.org</a>></span><br>
Date: Mon, Mar 19, 2012 at 8:47 AM<br>Subject: Please Ask Your Senators to Sign Appropriations Letters Before Fri. Deadline<br>To: Diedre Conkling <<a href="mailto:diedre08@gmail.com">diedre08@gmail.com</a>><br><br>
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<div>Thanks to all of you who called your U.S. Representative last week to ask for their signature on two appropriations letters. Now we must turn our attention to the U.S. Senate where there is only one week left for your senators to sign two very similar letters.</div>
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<div>These letters are incredibly important because they greatly improve the chances of libraries getting federal funding.</div>
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<div style="text-align:left" align="center"><span style="text-decoration:underline">Support funding for LSTA in FY13</span></div>
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<div><span style="text-decoration:underline"> </span>Please ask both of your U.S. Senators to sign the letter supporting funding for the Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) in FY13. LSTA is the primary source of funding for libraries in the federal budget. This letter is being sent by Senators Reed (D-RI) and Snowe (R-ME).</div>
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<div>These senators have signed as of 3/18: Begich (D-AK), Bingaman (D-NM), Blumenthal (D-CT), Cardin (D-MD), Johnson (D-SD) Kerry (D-MA), Kohl (D-WI), Leahy (D-VT), Mikulski (D-MD), Reed (D-RI), Snowe (R-ME), Stabenow (D-MI), Tester (D-MT) Udall (D-NM), Whitehouse (D-RI), Wyden (D-OR)</div>
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<div><a href="http://capwiz.com/ala/utr/1/FDEZRNBLFE/LZVORNBLPJ/8059650771" target="_blank">Click here for talking points and contact information for your senators.</a></div>
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<div style="text-align:left"><span style="text-decoration:none"> </span><span style="text-decoration:underline">Support Childhood Literacy in FY13</span></div>
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<div>Please ask both your U.S. Senators to sign the letter supporting funding for the Innovative Approaches to Literacy Competitive Grant. At least half of this money would go to low-income school libraries to help update their materials. This letter is being sent by Senators Reed (D-RI) and Grassley (R-IA).</div>
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<div>These senators have signed as of 3/18: Grassley (R-IA), Kerry (D-MA), Kohl (D-WI), Lugar (R-IN), Reed (D-RI), Snowe (R-ME), Stabenow (D-MI), Whitehouse (D-RI), Wicker (R-MS), Wyden (D-OR)</div>
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<div><a href="http://capwiz.com/ala/utr/1/FDEZRNBLFE/JYZDRNBLPK/8059650771" target="_blank">Click here for talking points and contact information for your senators.</a></div>
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<div>If either of your two senators has signed on to one or both of these letters, please thank them for their leadership and for supporting libraries.</div>
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<p align="center"><img></p><p></p></p></div> </div><br><br clear="all"><br>-- <br><div><em><span style="font-family:"Comic Sans MS";font-size:10pt">Diedre Conkling</span></em><i><span style="font-family:"Comic Sans MS";font-size:10pt"><br>
<em><span style="font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">Lincoln County Library District</span></em><br><em><span style="font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">P.O. Box 2027</span></em><br><em><span style="font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">Newport, OR 97365</span></em><br>
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