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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Hello all,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>We need lots of participation in the event below. We need to demonstrate community participation while promoting NFB and MLBPH. I have already started the book and it is very interesting. Hope to see everyone on September 30.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Here is the announcement:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=Default><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=Pa3 align=center style='text-align:center'> <span style='font-size:21.0pt;color:black'>Final Stop:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=Pa3 align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:21.0pt;color:black'>One Maryland One Book Tour<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=Default><span style='color:windowtext'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=Pa0 style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Kalinga",sans-serif'>The Maryland State Library for the Blind and Physically Handicapped (MLBPH), the Baltimore Rowing Club (BRC), and the National Federation of the Blind (NFB), along with the Maryland Humanities Council, are proud to co-host the final stop of this year’s One Maryland One Book tour featuring Daniel James Brown, author of the New York Times best seller The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=Pa0 style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Kalinga",sans-serif'>1936 Berlin Olympics. Mr. Brown will speak, answer questions, and sign books at a free event at the National Federation of the Blind Jernigan Institute in Baltimore.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=Default><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Kalinga",sans-serif'> </span><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Kalinga",sans-serif;color:windowtext'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=Pa1 align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Kalinga",sans-serif'>Date: September 30, 2015<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=Pa1 align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Kalinga",sans-serif'>Time: 7:00-9:00 p.m.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=Pa1 align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Kalinga",sans-serif'>Place: National Federation of the Blind Jernigan Institute<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=Pa1 align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Kalinga",sans-serif'>200 East Wells Street<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=Pa1 align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Kalinga",sans-serif'>Baltimore, MD 21230<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=Pa0 style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Kalinga",sans-serif'>Mr. Brown’s book, available for order by MLBPH patrons using the book number DB77138, is the dramatic true story of the American rowing team that stunned the world at Hitler's 1936 Berlin Olympics. Daniel James Brown shares the improbable journey of nine working-class American boys who embodied determination and optimism. The team’s friendship, shared adversity, and trust in each other helped them become the legendary team that defeated elite rivals, including the German crew rowing for Adolf Hitler.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=Pa0 style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Kalinga",sans-serif'>One Maryland One Book (OMOB), a program of the Maryland Center for the Book at the Maryland Humanities Council, brings diverse groups of Marylanders together in libraries, schools, and communities across the state to share a common reading experience through book discussions and companion programming each September and October. To find discussions and other OMOB programming near you, <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Kalinga",sans-serif'>visit </span><b><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Kalinga",sans-serif'>www.onemarylandonebook.org</span></b><span style='font-size:13.0pt;font-family:"Kalinga",sans-serif'>.</span><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><b>Sharon Maneki, </b>President<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>National Federation of the Blind of Maryland<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>410-715-9596<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>