<div dir="ltr">Congratulations, Aletha! I wish you all the best on your rewirement. :-)<div><br></div><div>Thank you for your years of service, dedication, and leadership.</div><div><br></div><div>Dale<br clear="all"><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><br></div><div>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~<br>Dale Vidmar, <span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:x-small">(</span><a href="https://inside.sou.edu/qrc/pronouns.html" style="color:rgb(17,85,204);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:x-small" target="_blank"><font color="#073763">he/him/his</font></a><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:x-small">)</span><br><font size="1">Interim University Librarian</font></div><div><font size="1">Professor</font><span style="font-size:x-small">, Library and Information Sciences</span></div><div><font size="1">Southern Oregon University Hannon Library; </font><span style="font-size:x-small">1250 Siskiyou Blvd.; </span><span style="font-size:x-small">Ashland, OR 97520</span></div><div><span style="font-size:x-small">Office: Lib. 328; </span><font size="1">541-552-6842</font><br><a href="mailto:vidmar@sou.edu" target="_blank"><font size="1">v<font face="arial, sans-serif">idmar@sou.edu</font></font></a><font size="1" face="arial, sans-serif"><br><span style="color:rgb(17,85,204)"><a href="https://sou.edu/land/" target="_blank">SOU Land Acknowledgment</a></span><br></font><br><font size="1">"Anything that I ever did that was ultimately worthwhile, </font><br><font size="1">initially scared me to death."</font></div><div><font size="1">- Betty Bender</font></div><div><font color="#000000" size="1"><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"> <b>__@ </b></span><b><br style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"> _-\ <,_ </span><br style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"></b><span style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif"><b> ( ) / ( ) </b> </span></font><font size="1"><br></font></div><div><span style="font-size:12.8px">~~~</span><span style="font-size:12.8px">~</span><span style="font-size:12.8px">~~~~</span><span style="font-size:12.8px">~~~~~~~~</span><span style="font-size:12.8px">~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~<br></span><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Jun 1, 2022 at 2:37 PM Lake Library Director via Libs-Or <<a href="mailto:libs-or@omls.oregon.gov">libs-or@omls.oregon.gov</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
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Congratulations Aletha! Your inspiration, vision and leadership has been vital to helping advance libraries in eastern Oregon - wonderful work!</div>
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<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, June 1, 2022 2:22 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Kathy Street <<a href="mailto:kstreet@otld.org" target="_blank">kstreet@otld.org</a>><br>
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<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Libs-Or] Celebrating Aletha Bonebrake: Announcing the Bonebrake Professional Development Fund</font>
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<div dir="ltr">Yes! Congrats to Aletha--and thanks for her great work! And for helping us here in Joseph!
<div>rich wandschneider, Josephy Library</div>
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<div dir="ltr">On Wed, Jun 1, 2022 at 2:16 PM Kathy Street via Libs-Or <<a href="mailto:libs-or@omls.oregon.gov" target="_blank">libs-or@omls.oregon.gov</a>> wrote:<br>
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<p><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)">Congratulations to Aletha. Thank you for having a vision and working hard to make it happen.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-family:"Lucida Calligraphy";color:rgb(31,73,125)">Kathy Street, MLS<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:"Lucida Calligraphy";color:rgb(31,73,125)">Library Director<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p><b><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> Libs-Or [mailto:<a href="mailto:libs-or-bounces@omls.oregon.gov" target="_blank">libs-or-bounces@omls.oregon.gov</a>]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Stephanie Chase via Libs-Or<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, June 1, 2022 7:13 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:libs-or@omls.oregon.gov" target="_blank">libs-or@omls.oregon.gov</a><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [Libs-Or] Celebrating Aletha Bonebrake: Announcing the Bonebrake Professional Development Fund<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><span style="font-family:Georgia,serif;color:black">The Libraries of Eastern Oregon is thrilled to announce the creation of the
<b>Bonebrake Professional Development Fund</b>, named in recognition of the many years of service and incredible contributions of retiring Board member Aletha Bonebrake. </span><span style="font-family:Georgia,serif"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><span style="font-family:Georgia,serif;color:black">Aletha was one of the founding members of the Libraries of Eastern Oregon (LEO), and one of its most dedicated volunteers. LEO emerged following two years of informal meetings
among public librarians, and has been operating as a nonprofit since December 2000. Without Aletha’s contributions, and the contributions of many volunteers, library staff, library directors, and advocates, LEO would not be in the place of strength it is today.</span><span style="font-family:Georgia,serif"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><b><span style="font-family:Georgia,serif;color:black">In thankful recognition of Aletha’s service to LEO, the LEO Board in early 2022 voted to establish the Bonebrake Professional Development Fund, to support the continuing
education and professional development of library staff in Eastern Oregon</span></b><span style="font-family:Georgia,serif;color:black">. The Bonebrake Professional Development Fund contains funding to support the cost for a library staff person from the
LEO region to participate in the Oregon Library Association’s biannual Leadership Institute, LIOLA, as well as a set of funds for ongoing scholarships. In addition, the Bonebrake Professional Development Fund contains funding for ongoing virtual and in-person
professional development opportunities coordinated by LEO on behalf of members.</span><span style="font-family:Georgia,serif"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><span style="font-family:Georgia,serif;color:black">We cannot thank Aletha enough for her vision, her dedication, and her passion, and we hope this acknowledgement, though it may be small, of her commitment to strong, collaborative
libraries in Eastern Oregon resonates. </span><span style="font-family:Georgia,serif"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><span style="font-family:Georgia,serif;color:black">LEO represents over 50 public libraries in 15 counties — Baker, Crook, Gilliam, Grant, Harney, Hood River, Lake, Malheur, Morrow, Sherman, Umatilla, Union, Wallowa, Wasco,
and Wheeler — and is reportedly the geographically-largest library consortium in the continental U.S., covering an area of 54,680 square miles, or more than half the landmass of Oregon.</span><span style="font-family:Georgia,serif"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><span style="font-family:Georgia,serif;color:black">Please join us in celebrating Aletha and thanking her for her incredible service to libraries in Eastern Oregon!</span><span style="font-family:Georgia,serif"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><span style="font-family:Georgia,serif;color:black">Stephanie Chase</span><span style="font-family:Georgia,serif"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><span style="font-family:Georgia,serif;color:black">Executive Director, Libraries of Eastern Oregon</span><span style="font-family:Georgia,serif"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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