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<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:blue">Please pardon the cross-posting.</span></i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:blue"><br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:blue">The Reading is an Investment program is sponsored by the Oregon College Savings Plan and aims to promote literacy and financial education among K-5 elementary students in Oregon.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:blue">Today I learned from the program coordinator that Reading is an Investment is “being reevaluated this year because it didn’t meet its target last year and participation was down. It will likely
come back in the future in a different form.”<br>
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FYI, in case you are asked about the program,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:blue">Jen<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:blue">Jennifer Maurer<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:blue">School Library Consultant<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:blue">Oregon State Library<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:blue">250 Winter Street NE<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:blue">Salem, OR 97301<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:blue">503.378.5011<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:blue"><a href="mailto:jennifer.maurer@state.or.us"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">jennifer.maurer@state.or.us</span></a></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:blue"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:blue">OSLIS ||
</span></b><span style="color:blue"><a href="www.oslis.org"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">www.oslis.org</span></b></a></span><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:blue"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:blue">Learn to research. Research to learn.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><a href="http://www.ala.org/bbooks/"><span style="text-decoration:none"><img border="0" width="97" height="97" id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image001.jpg@01CFD412.56A41F10" alt="http://www.ala.org/bbooks/sites/ala.org.bbooks/files/content/BBW14_Profile_op1.jpg"></span></a><span style="color:blue"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:blue">Banned Books Week is September 21-27, 2014<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:blue">Celebrate the Freedom to Read
<a href="https://www.facebook.com/OregonReadsBannedBooks">in Oregon</a>!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:blue">Plan Banned Books Week
<a href="http://www.oregon.gov/osl/LD/Pages/intellectual.aspx#Banned_Books_Week_Planning_Resources">
Activities</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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