<div dir="ltr">Such great news! Happy dance!!<div>Congratulations everyone, and thank you voters!</div><div>Elsa</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, May 17, 2017 at 6:39 AM, Penelope Hummel <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:penny@pennyhummel.com" target="_blank">penny@pennyhummel.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div bgcolor="white" lang="EN-US" link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class="m_-3207193766844808416WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal">I’m sure the state library will report on the official results later today, but I just have to say: SUCH good news for our Oregon libraries at the ballot box yesterday! Can I get a witness? <br><br><u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">Tillamook County Library levy: passed at 61.25%. Way to knock it out of the ballpark, Tillamook County!<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">Josephine County Library district: passed at 52.55%. Yes, that’s right… after a decade of effort, public funding is finally returning to libraries in Josephine County. Amazing grace, how sweet the sound…<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">Congratulations to the committed library supporters and amazing library staff in these communities—and to the voters who did the right thing. Sara Charlton and Kate Lasky, you make us ALL proud. <u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">Penny Hummel<u></u><u></u></span></p><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">Penny Hummel Consulting<u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black"><a href="mailto:penny@pennyhummel.com" target="_blank">penny@pennyhummel.com</a><u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black"><a href="tel:(503)%20890-0494" value="+15038900494" target="_blank">503.890.0494</a><u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black"> <u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black"><a href="http://www.pennyhummel.com" target="_blank">www.pennyhummel.com</a><u></u><u></u></span></p></div></div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman""> <u></u><u></u></span></p></div></div>
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<br></blockquote></div><br><br clear="all"><div><br></div>-- <br><div class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr">Elsa Loftis<div>OLA President 2016-17</div><div><br><br><i style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;line-height:normal;text-align:start;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><font size="2">I have always imagined that Paradise will be a kind of library.<br>-Jorge Luis Borges</font></i><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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