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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span>Jeremy Skinner has been the Library
Director for Curry Public Library since 2014. His latest article describes and
analyzes the experience of a rural Southern Oregon community's relationship to <span>its</span> public library. Please download and read,
"Community Needs-Based Planning for Rural Library Success," here: </span><a href="https://commons.pacificu.edu/olaq/vol23/iss3/4/" style="color:blue;text-decoration:underline"><span>https://commons.pacificu.edu/olaq/vol23/iss3/4/</span></a><span><span></span></span></span></font></p><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">

</span></font><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span>From his article, "As for that
Southern Oregon stereotype, our voters certainly fit the stereotype of being
skeptical of paying taxes, but few taxpayers I have encountered are unwilling
to pay taxes when the government entity in question has proven to be successful
in addressing what they perceive as community needs. Working with this model, I
believe Gold Beach is in the early phases of a renaissance rooted in the
library’s community needs-based planning. Here is our story." <br></span></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span><br></span></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;line-height:normal"><font size="2"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span>We hope you
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</span></font><br></div>Charles Wood<br></div>OLA Communications<br></div>