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</span><font color="#008000" style="font-size: 13.3333px; font-family: Verdana;">submissions are due by October 12th</font><span style="font-size: 13.3333px; color: rgb(0, 0, 255); font-family: Verdana;">. Essay length top outs at 250 words. </span></div>
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<div><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman'">Jennifer Maurer</span></div>
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<div id="divRpF303958" style="direction:ltr"><font face="Tahoma" size="2"><b>From:</b> Desiree Kiesel [desiree.kiesel@oregonlearning.org]<br>
<b>Posted on:</b> Thursday, August 25, 2016 2:32 PM<br>
<b>Posted to:</b> Posts of News for ODE ELA<br>
<b>Conversation:</b> 2017-2018 Oregon Blue Book Looking for Submissions<br>
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<p><font color="#000000" face="arial, sans-serif" size="2">Oregon's Secretary of State, Jeanne Atkins, is seeking submissions to the 2017-2018
<i>Oregon Blue Book</i> . From the <a href="http://oregonsosblog.us/tag/blue-book/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">
Secretary of State's webpage</a> ...</font> </p>
<p><font face="arial, sans-serif" size="2"><span style="color:rgb(85,85,85)">"The </span>
<span style="margin:0px; padding:0px; border:0px; vertical-align:baseline; color:rgb(85,85,85)">
<i>Oregon Blue Book</i> </span><span style="color:rgb(85,85,85)"><i> </i> is the official state fact book about all levels of government in Oregon, Oregon’s arts and history organizations, our education systems, our elections history, our economy and how various
levels of government are financed. Published every odd-numbered year since 1911, the
<i>Oregon Blue Book</i> is compiled, edited and produced by the Oregon State Archives, a division of the Secretary of State’s office."</span>
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<p><span style="color:black"><font face="arial, sans-serif" size="2">The <i>Oregon Blue Book</i> has two contests that students can enter:</font>
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<li><font face="arial, sans-serif" size="2"><span style="color:black; line-height:1.5; background-color:transparent">The
<i>Oregon Blue Book</i> Essay Contest is open to all students K–12. The deadline to enter is October 12, 2016. </span>
<span style="color:rgb(85,85,85); background-color:transparent">Essay Contest information and details are online at:
</span><u style="line-height:inherit; background-color:transparent"><span style="color:rgb(85,85,85); border:1pt none windowtext; padding:0in"><span style="font-style:inherit; line-height:inherit; outline:0px; color:rgb(109,26,104); text-decoration:none"><span style="font-style:inherit; line-height:inherit"><a href="http://bluebook.state.or.us/misc/news/blue-book-submissions.pdf" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://bluebook.state.or.us/misc/news/blue-book-submissions.pdf</a>
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<li><font face="arial, sans-serif" size="2"><span style="color:black; line-height:1.5; background-color:transparent">The
<i>Oregon Blue Book</i> Cover Photo Contest is open to all Oregonians. The deadline to enter is October 12, 2016. </span>
<span style="color:rgb(85,85,85)">Photo contest guidelines and entry forms are online at:
</span><span style="color:black"><span style="line-height:inherit; outline:0px; color:rgb(109,26,104); border:1pt none windowtext; padding:0in; text-decoration:none"><a href="http://bluebook.state.or.us/misc/cover/front.htm" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://bluebook.state.or.us/misc/cover/front.htm</a>
</span></span><span style="color:rgb(85,85,85)">.</span> </font></li></ul>
<p><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif; font-size:small; color:black; line-height:1.5; background-color:transparent">To read the Secretary of State's press release/blog post about the two opportunities visit:
</span><a href="http://oregonsosblog.us/2016/08/secretary-atkins-encourages-oregonians-submit-photos-oregon-blue-book-cover" rel="nofollow" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif; font-size:small; line-height:1.5; background-color:transparent" target="_blank">http://oregonsosblog.us/2016/08/secretary-atkins-encourages-oregonians-submit-photos-oregon-blue-book-cover</a>
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View article: <a href="https://sites.google.com/a/oregonlearning.org/ode-ela-teacher-support/news-for-ode-ela/2017-2018oregonbluebooklookingforsubmissions" target="_blank">https://sites.google.com/a/oregonlearning.org/ode-ela-teacher-support/news-for-ode-ela/2017-2018oregonbluebooklookingforsubmissions</a></p>
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