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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>The talk around here is to prepare to not be able to get anywhere. They are warning us to have our gas tanks full before hand to realize we might not be able to get to a grocery store.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I hadn’t really thought about closing until recently. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I think we should close all day, just to be off the roads.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Morgan<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>_____________________________________________________________<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Morgan Paul, Director<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>St Marys Community Public Library<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>140 S Chestnut St<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>St Marys, Ohio 45885<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="http://stmarys.lib.oh.us/"><span style='color:#0563C1'>smcpl.org</span></a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>419-394-7471<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b>From:</b> OPLINLIST <oplinlist-bounces@lists.oplin.org> <b>On Behalf Of </b>James Hill via OPLINLIST<br><b>Sent:</b> Friday, September 15, 2023 12:32 PM<br><b>To:</b> Oplinlist <oplinlist@lists.oplin.org><br><b>Subject:</b> [OPLINLIST] Eclipclaypse 2024!<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:black'>Happy Friday, all!<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:black'>Looking ahead to <a href="https://publicsafety.ohio.gov/home/news-and-events/all-events/ohio-total-solar-eclipse#:~:text=On%20Monday%2C%20April%208%2C%202024,a%20rare%20and%20spectacular%20event." title="https://publicsafety.ohio.gov/home/news-and-events/all-events/ohio-total-solar-eclipse#:~:text=On%20Monday%2C%20April%208%2C%202024,a%20rare%20and%20spectacular%20event.">April of 2024</a> and wondering what everyone has planned for the eclipse. Many of us are having flashbacks to 2017 and the great glasses debacle. We're trying to get ahead of that this time and have a boatload of sun blockers on order to hand out.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:black'>Chillicothe and southcentral Ohio are not in totality, but we're close enough that folks (me included) will want to drive west an hour to be in darkness. <span class=contentpasted0><span style='background:white'>I'd like to give the entire staff the opportunity to go see this once in a lifetime event.</span></span> We're planning programs and education for the weeks leading up to, but have nothing planned on the day of the eclipse. <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:black'>Is anyone closing for the day? Half the day? Or in any other way curbing activities?<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:black'>James<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><div id=Signature><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:black'>_________________________________</span><span style='font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><b><span style='font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:black'>James Hill</span></b><span style='font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:black'>(he/him/his)</span><span style='font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:black'>Executive Director</span><span style='font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:black'>Chillicothe and Ross County Public Library</span><span style='font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:black'>POB 185</span><span style='font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:black'>140 S. Paint St.</span><span style='font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:black'>Chillicothe OH 45601</span><span style='font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:black'><a href="mailto:jhill@crcpl.org">jhill@crcpl.org</a></span><span style='font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:black'>740-447-8200 mobile</span><span style='font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:white'><span style='font-family:"Cambria",serif;color:black'>740-702-4162 desk</span><span style='font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></div></div></div></body></html>