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<div><a href="http://webecoist.momtastic.com/2010/06/08/housing-on-the-wing-10-bitingly-bizarre-bat-houses/" target="_blank">http://webecoist.momtastic.com/2010/06/08/housing-on-the-wing-10-bitingly-bizarre-bat-houses/</a></div>
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<div>Cones, slits, and perhaps the largest in the world (which, well, 200,000 bats in a wooden house in Florida, if it collapses are you surprised? That's a lot of bats.) --Happy summer, all! - lizp / cedar mill library<br>
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<b>Sent:</b> Monday, July 08, 2013 7:01 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> 'Votaw, Floyd'; Cheryl Spangler; 'Leah Griffith'; libs-or@listsmart.osl.state.or.us<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Libs-Or] For your pre-holiday guffaws<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">The bat probably deposited itself.  Take a look at what bat houses look like:</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><a href="http://packwoodworking.blogspot.com/2012/08/bat-houses.html" target="_blank">http://packwoodworking.blogspot.com/2012/08/bat-houses.html</a></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">There are lots of different designs, but most provide just a slot for the creature to enter the abode.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; color:#1F497D">Shannon Van Kirk, Director</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; color:#1F497D">Blue Mountain Community College Library</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; color:#1F497D">Voice: (541) 278-5916</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; color:#1F497D"><shannon.vankirk@bluecc.edu></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:8.0pt; font-family:"Century Schoolbook","serif"; color:black">IMPORTANT NOTICE:  This communication, including any attachment, contains information that may be confidential or privileged, and is intended solely for
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""> Votaw, Floyd [mailto:FVotaw@corban.edu]
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<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, July 03, 2013 4:24 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Cheryl Spangler; Shannon Van Kirk; 'Leah Griffith'; libs-or@listsmart.osl.state.or.us<br>
<b>Subject:</b> RE: For your pre-holiday guffaws</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">A couple of times I had to deal with a bat that was deposited in an outside book drop that emptied at the circulation desk.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Floyd M. Votaw</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Library Director</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Corban University Library</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">5000 Deer Park Dr. SE</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Salem, OR 97317-9392</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">503-375-7016</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Fax 503-375-7196</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> libs-or-bounces@listsmart.osl.state.or.us [mailto:libs-or-bounces@listsmart.osl.state.or.us]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Cheryl Spangler<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, July 03, 2013 4:18 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Shannon Van Kirk; 'Leah Griffith'; libs-or@listsmart.osl.state.or.us<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Libs-Or] For your pre-holiday guffaws</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">I found a very cold snake in mine once</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; color:#1F497D">Cheryl Spangler</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; color:#1F497D">City of Harrisburg Librarian</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; color:#1F497D">PO Box 724. 354 Smith St.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; color:#1F497D">Harrisburg, OR  97446</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial Narrow","sans-serif"; color:#1F497D">This email is subject to Public Disclosure Laws</span></p>
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<a href="mailto:libs-or-bounces@listsmart.osl.state.or.us" target="_blank">libs-or-bounces@listsmart.osl.state.or.us</a> [<a href="mailto:libs-or-bounces@listsmart.osl.state.or.us" target="_blank">mailto:libs-or-bounces@listsmart.osl.state.or.us</a>]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Shannon Van Kirk<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, July 03, 2013 4:16 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> 'Leah Griffith'; <a href="mailto:libs-or@listsmart.osl.state.or.us" target="_blank">
libs-or@listsmart.osl.state.or.us</a><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Libs-Or] For your pre-holiday guffaws</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">I am sensing there might have been a 4-year-old in the scenario.  I choose to believe this  ;-)</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; color:#1F497D">Shannon Van Kirk, Director</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; color:#1F497D">Blue Mountain Community College Library</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; color:#1F497D">Pendleton, OR 97801</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; color:#1F497D">Voice: (541) 278-5916</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; color:#1F497D">FAX: (541) 276-6119</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; color:#1F497D"><<a href="mailto:shannon.vankirk@bluecc.edu" target="_blank">shannon.vankirk@bluecc.edu</a>></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:8.0pt; font-family:"Century Schoolbook","serif"; color:black">IMPORTANT NOTICE:  This communication, including any attachment, contains information that may be confidential or privileged, and is intended solely for
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:8.0pt; font-family:"Comic Sans MS"; color:#1F497D">Blue Mountain Community College is an Equal Opportunity Employer</span></i><i><span style="font-size:8.0pt; color:#1F497D"></span></i></p>
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<a href="mailto:libs-or-bounces@listsmart.osl.state.or.us" target="_blank">libs-or-bounces@listsmart.osl.state.or.us</a> [<a href="mailto:libs-or-bounces@listsmart.osl.state.or.us" target="_blank">mailto:libs-or-bounces@listsmart.osl.state.or.us</a>]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Leah Griffith<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, July 03, 2013 4:08 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:libs-or@listsmart.osl.state.or.us" target="_blank">libs-or@listsmart.osl.state.or.us</a><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [Libs-Or] For your pre-holiday guffaws</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Yesterday, we found a jar of honey in the book drop.  Luckily, while it wasn’t sealed, the jar didn’t come open or break.   We obviously tossed it and thanked our lucky stars we weren’t trying to clean honey off a bin of books!
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<p class="MsoNormal">Today, we get a phone call:  “Did you find my jar of honey in the book return?” 
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<p class="MsoNormal">Wow, why would you call about a half full jar of honey you had put in a library book return? 
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Leah M. Griffith </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Director,   Newberg Public Library     503-537-1256                  
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