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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:14.0pt"> <span style="color:#1F497D">Please excuse the cross-posting:</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:200%"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:200%"> Author Kathryn Stockett will speak at Koehler Center on the campus of the University of Findlay on Friday, March 28 at 7 p.m. as the feature event for
the twelfth annual CommunityREAD. Ms. Stockett’s first novel, <i>The Help,</i> was selected to be read and discussed by the entire community during the month of March.
</span><em><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:200%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black;background:white">The Help</span></em><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:200%;color:black;background:white">, published in 2009, has sold over 10
million copies and has been translated into more than forty-one languages. A 2011 film version was nominated for four Academy Awards, including Best Picture.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:200%"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:200%"> The book,
</span><em><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:200%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:black;background:white">The Help,</span></em><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:200%;color:black;background:white"> tells the story of three ordinary women
who are about to take one extraordinary step. With the civil rights movement exploding all around them, three women start a movement of their own, forever changing a town and the way women--black and white, mothers and daughters--view one another. A deeply
moving novel filled with poignancy, humor, and hope,<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><em><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">The Help</span></em> is a timeless and universal story about the lines we abide by, and the ones we don’t.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:200%"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:200%;color:black;background:white"> In addition to
<i>The Help</i></span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:200%;color:black">, three related YouthREAD books have been selected. This year’s youth books are; Back of the Bus, by Aaron Reynolds, illustrated by Floyd Cooper, Child of the Civil Rights Movement,
by Paula Young Shelton, illustrated by Raul Colon and Lions of Little Rock, by Kristin Levine.
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</span><span lang="EN" style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:200%"> Copies of the CommunityREAD and YouthREAD books are available for loan at the Findlay-Hancock County Public Library and area school libraries. Tickets for the March 28<sup>th</sup> event are
available at the library’s check-out desk for $5 and at the door the evening of the presentation. </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt;line-height:200%"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:14.0pt;line-height:200%"> CommunityREAD is a month-long community event that encourages reading and promotes the benefits of literacy. Originally created
by the Findlay-Hancock County Community Foundation, the administration of CommunityREAD was assumed by the Findlay-Hancock County Public Library in 2012. Each year, a different book is chosen and read by community members during the month of March. Various
events are planned throughout the month at the library and throughout the community. CommunityREAD 2014 and Ms. Stockett’s presentations are funded by a Findlay-Hancock County Community Foundation grant, business and private sponsors, and the library’s general
fund. For further information about Community Read, visit <a href="http://www.findlaylibrary.org">
www.findlaylibrary.org</a> or call the library at 419-422-1712.</span> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Kelly Young</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Human Resources/Public Relations Manager</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">206 Broadway
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Findlay, OH 45840</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">419-422-1712, ext. 248</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">419-422-0638 fax</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><a href="http://www.findlaylibrary.org/">www.findlaylibrary.org</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:#1F497D">Sarah Clevidence<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:#1F497D">Assistant Director<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:#1F497D">Findlay-Hancock County Public Library<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:#1F497D">206 Broadway <o:p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:#1F497D">Findlay, OH 45840<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:#1F497D">419.422.1712 ext. 261<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:#1F497D"><a href="http://www.findlaylibrary.org/"><span style="color:blue">www.findlaylibrary.org</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:#1F497D"><a href="mailto:clevidsa@findlaylibrary.org"><span style="color:blue">clevidsa@findlaylibrary.org</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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