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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>I'm ordering my plate tonight! <o:p></o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>___________________________________<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Janet Carleton | Digital Initiatives Coordinator | OHIO University Libraries | 1 Ohio University | Alden 322 | Athens, Ohio | 740.597.2527 | <a href="mailto:carleton@ohio.edu">carleton@ohio.edu</a> | <a href="http://media.library.ohiou.edu">http://media.library.ohiou.edu</a> | <a href="http://twitter.com/jcarletonoh">http://twitter.com/jcarletonoh</a> | <a href="http://twitter.com/AldenLibDigital">http://twitter.com/AldenLibDigital</a> | <a href="http://ohiou-digital-collections.tumblr.com/">http://ohiou-digital-collections.tumblr.com/</a> | <a href="http://pinterest.com/OhioDigiArchive/">http://pinterest.com/OhioDigiArchive/</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> Andy Verhoff [mailto:averhoff@ohiohistory.org] <br><b>Sent:</b> Thursday, May 08, 2014 12:46 PM<br><b>To:</b> Andy Verhoff<br><b>Subject:</b> History Fund & Tax Check-Off Update<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><i>Good Afternoon, Friends of the History Fund</i></b>. I have some cautiously optimistic, glass-half-full-and-empty news to share. First, the glass-half-full part: as of the end of April, tax check-off contributions to the Ohio Historical Society – contributions that make the History Fund grant program possible - totaled $144,330, from 15,353 generous Ohioans. That’s an average donation of $9.40 per person. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b>If you contributed – THANK YOU! If you encouraged contributions – THANK YOU! If you contributed AND encouraged – THANK YOU! <o:p></o:p></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>The glass-half-empty part: we still need to reach our state-mandated minimum of $150,000. The state’s deadline for doing so is December 31, 2014. We have a little under 8 months to generate $5,670. For that $5,670, the History Fund is depending on Ohio income tax returns yet to be processed and filers with extensions. We’re optimistic that we’ll make it, but we’re not there just yet. (And if you know any Ohio tax filers with extensions, ask them to contribute!)<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shapetype id="_x0000_t75" coordsize="21600,21600" o:spt="75" o:preferrelative="t" path="m@4@5l@4@11@9@11@9@5xe" filled="f" stroked="f">
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</v:shape><![endif]--><![if !vml]><img width=432 height=325 src="cid:image005.jpg@01CF6ACE.95A54FC0" align=left hspace=12 alt="history license plate" v:shapes="Picture_x0020_3"><![endif]>While the tax check-off is the main source of support for the History Fund, other revenue streams flow into the program. See the photograph: $20 from the sale of every “Preserve Ohio History / Mastodon” license plate goes to support the History Fund. Buy your new plates here: <b><a href="http://www.bmv.ohio.gov/sp_history.stm">www.bmv.ohio.gov/sp_history.stm</a> <o:p></o:p></b></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>“Herds” of mastodons on Ohio’s highways and byways mean grants for history, prehistory, and preservation in our state! While sales of the plates don’t count toward our $150,000 tax check-off goal, they will most certainly make more grants possible. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>The History Fund grant application for 2014-’15 will be available around June 15 and will be posted at <a href="http://www.ohiohistory.org/historyfund">www.ohiohistory.org/historyfund</a>. For a list of grant recipients from this year and last, also go to <a href="http://www.ohiohistory.org/historyfund">www.ohiohistory.org/historyfund</a>.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>We are cautiously optimistic about this tax year and reaching $150,000. Feel free to share this message with others. <b>Thanks again for your help. </b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='color:black'>Andy Verhoff | History Fund Grant Manager </span></b><span style='color:black'>&<b> Historical Markers Coordinator | Local History Office<o:p></o:p></b></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>Ohio Historical Society | 800 E. 17<sup>th</sup> Ave. Columbus, Ohio 43211<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>p. 614.297.2341 | f. 614.297.2567 |</span> <u><span style='color:blue'><a href="mailto:averhoff@ohiohistory.org">averhoff@ohiohistory.org</a></span></u><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="https://www.facebook.com/ohiohistoricalsociety"><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial Narrow","sans-serif";text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=24 height=24 id="Picture_x0020_2" src="cid:image001.gif@01CF6A99.4F5932A0" alt="ohio history facebook"></span></b></a><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial Narrow","sans-serif"'> </span></b><a href="https://twitter.com/ohiohistory"><b><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial Narrow","sans-serif";text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=24 height=24 id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image002.gif@01CF6A99.4F5932A0" alt="ohio history twitter"></span></b></a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'>What do Annie Oakley, Ulysses S. Grant, and the Wright Brothers have in common with the Ohio tax return? Find out</span> <a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/ohiohistory">here</a>. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>