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<div>Regretfully, due to unforeseen circumstances, the Support Staff Division’s annual Gateways Conference will not be held this year.</div>
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<div><font face="Calibri, sans-serif">The SSD Board however is pleased to offer SSD members a $40 scholarship to offset the cost of attending the <a href="http://www.olaweb.org/ola-conference-2014"><font color="#0000FF"><u>2014 OLA Conference</u></font></a>,
held April 16 – 18 in Salem, where Support Staff Division is sponsoring several sessions. The scholarship may be applied to a pre-conference, to one day's attendance, or to the whole conference. </font></div>
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<div><font face="Calibri, sans-serif">To receive your scholarship, send your receipt of payment for registration for the 2014 OLA conference to: Rea Andrew, SSD Treasurer, Newberg Public Library, 503 E. Hancock St., Newberg, OR 97132.</font></div>
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<div><font face="Calibri, sans-serif">SSD will host a gathering for all library support staff at the OLA conference on Thursday April 17th at 5:30 PM. Please join us and hear more about how you can connect with SSD.</font></div>
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<div><font face="Calibri, sans-serif">We hope to see you at the OLA conference in Salem!</font></div>
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<div><font face="Calibri, sans-serif">Sincerely,</font></div>
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<div><font face="Calibri, sans-serif">The OLA Support Staff Division Board</font></div>
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<div><i><b>In the nonstop tsunami of global information, librarians provide us with floaties and teach us how to swim. –Linton Weeks, Washington Post</b></i></div>
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<div style="margin-top: 5pt; margin-bottom: 5pt; "><font face="Arabic Typesetting, cursive" size="5" color="#9BBB59"><i><b>marg. </b></i></font></div>
<div style="margin-top: 5pt; margin-bottom: 5pt; "><font face="Times New Roman, serif" size="3"><i>"Read at every wait; read at all hours; read within leisure; read in times of labor; read as one goes in; read as one goes out. The task of the educated mind
is simply put: read to lead." </i><font face="Calibri, sans-serif"> </font><font size="2"><b>Cicero, </b></font><font size="2">Roman Statesman, Philosopher, Lawyer</font></font></div>
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