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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple style='word-wrap:break-word;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>Hi everyone, Apply <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'> Julie Palakovich Carr <julie@juliepalakovichcarr.com> <br><b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, May 13, 2025 9:00 AM<br><b>To:</b> Yasmin Reyazuddin <yasmin81065@gmail.com><br><b>Subject:</b> Julie's Journal: May 13th Edition<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse'><tr><td width="100%" valign=top style='width:100.0%;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse'><tr><td valign=top style='padding:7.5pt 0in 7.5pt 0in'><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width=600 style='width:6.25in;border-collapse:collapse'><tr><td width=600 valign=top style='width:6.25in;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 style='max-width:6.25in;border-collapse:collapse'><tr><td valign=top style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse'><tr><td valign=top style='padding:6.75pt 6.75pt 6.75pt 6.75pt'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 align=left width="100%" style='width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse;margin-left:-2.25pt;margin-right:-2.25pt'><tr><td valign=top style='padding:0in 6.75pt 0in 6.75pt'><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in'><img width=442 height=442 style='width:4.6083in;height:4.6083in' id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:~WRD0000.jpg" alt="Image removed by sender."></span><o:p></o:p></p></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div></td></tr><tr><td valign=top style='background:white;padding:15.0pt 0in 22.5pt 0in;background:cover;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;background-size: cover;background-position-x:50%;background-position-y:50%' id=templateBody><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width=600 style='width:6.25in;border-collapse:collapse'><tr><td width=600 valign=top style='width:6.25in;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 style='max-width:6.25in;border-collapse:collapse;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><tr><td valign=top style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse'><tr><td valign=top style='padding:6.75pt 0in 0in 0in;min-width: 100%;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 align=left width="100%" style='width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse;margin-left:-2.25pt;margin-right:-2.25pt'><tr><td width=600 valign=top style='width:6.25in;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 align=left width="100%" style='width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse;margin-left:-2.25pt;margin-right:-2.25pt'><tr><td valign=top style='padding:0in 13.5pt 6.75pt 13.5pt;max-width:100%;min-width: 100%;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;float:left'><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:150%'><span style='font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#222222'>Dear Yasmin,<br><br>Each year, my office provides tens of thousands of dollars in scholarships for students attending undergraduate and graduate institutions of higher education.<br><br><a href="https://juliepalakovichcarr.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=e6eca5fb9f212127bb083f617&id=2ba68f06ae&e=d37a141d0c" target="_blank"></a></span><!--[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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This includes applicants who worked for a federal agency or for a federal contractor and been laid off, terminated, subject to reduction in force, or taken a buyout or early retirement. This scholarship is also open to the spouse of a displaced federal worker or contractor and for dependent children whose parent is a displaced federal worker or contractor.<br><br>Applications will be accepted on a rolling basis. <a href="https://juliepalakovichcarr.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=e6eca5fb9f212127bb083f617&id=360895fd6f&e=d37a141d0c" target="_blank"><span style='color:#1966AD'>View the scholarship application.</span></a><br><br>My office continues to also offer <a href="https://juliepalakovichcarr.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=e6eca5fb9f212127bb083f617&id=7529afca7b&e=d37a141d0c" target="_blank"><span style='color:#1966AD'>scholarships for low- and middle-income students</span></a>. Applicants will only be eligible for one of the two scholarships.<br><br>Please keep reading for more news.<br><br>Best,<br></span><span style='font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#222222;border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in'><img border=0 width=90 height=70 style='width:.9416in;height:.725in' id="Picture_x0020_2" src="cid:~WRD0000.jpg" alt="Image removed by sender."></span><span style='font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#222222'><br>Julie Palakovich Carr<br>State Delegate, District 17 <o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td></tr></table><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse;min-width: 100%;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><tr><td style='padding:13.5pt 13.5pt 13.5pt 13.5pt;min-width: 100%;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse;border:none'><tr><td style='border:none;border-top:solid #EAEAEA 1.5pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;min-width: 100%;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'></td></tr></table></td></tr></table><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse;min-width: 100%;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><tr><td valign=top style='padding:6.75pt 0in 0in 0in;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 align=left width="100%" style='width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse;margin-left:-2.25pt;margin-right:-2.25pt'><tr><td width=600 valign=top style='width:6.25in;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 align=left width="100%" style='width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse;margin-left:-2.25pt;margin-right:-2.25pt'><tr><td valign=top style='padding:0in 13.5pt 6.75pt 13.5pt;max-width:100%;min-width: 100%;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%;float:left'><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:150%'><span style='font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#222222'><a href="https://juliepalakovichcarr.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=e6eca5fb9f212127bb083f617&id=fae2f91c0b&e=d37a141d0c" target="_blank"></a></span><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shape id="Picture_x0020_3" o:spid="_x0000_s1027" type="#_x0000_t75" alt="Image removed by sender." href="https://juliepalakovichcarr.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=e6eca5fb9f212127bb083f617&id=fae2f91c0b&e=d37a141d0c" target=""_blank"" style='position:absolute;margin-left:173.8pt;margin-top:0;width:225pt;height:291pt;z-index:251659264;visibility:visible;mso-wrap-style:square;mso-width-percent:0;mso-height-percent:0;mso-wrap-distance-left:0;mso-wrap-distance-top:0;mso-wrap-distance-right:0;mso-wrap-distance-bottom:0;mso-position-horizontal:right;mso-position-horizontal-relative:text;mso-position-vertical:absolute;mso-position-vertical-relative:line;mso-width-percent:0;mso-height-percent:0;mso-width-relative:page;mso-height-relative:page' o:allowoverlap="f" o:button="t" stroked="t" strokeweight="56e-5mm">
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The event will be in person in Rockville in a transit accessible location.<br><br><a href="https://juliepalakovichcarr.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=e6eca5fb9f212127bb083f617&id=b5a4458e14&e=d37a141d0c" target="_blank"><span style='color:#1966AD'>Register</span></a><br><br> <o:p></o:p></span></p><h3>Some State Parks to Require RSVP<o:p></o:p></h3><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:150%'><span style='font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#222222'><br>Certain state parks that receive many visitors will start requiring advance reservations. The new policy goes into effect on May 19th at Greenbrier State Park in Boonsboro and Sandy Point State Park in Annapolis and will expand to other state parks later this summer.<br><br>\u201cThe goal of this new <a href="https://juliepalakovichcarr.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=e6eca5fb9f212127bb083f617&id=b5da5b230b&e=d37a141d0c" target="_blank"><span style='color:#1966AD'>day use reservation system</span></a> is making our parks more welcoming and accessible to all,\u201d said Maryland Park Service Director Angela Crenshaw. \u201cBy allowing visitors to plan ahead, we\u2019re helping families make the most of their time outdoors \u2014 with less stress and more confidence that they\u2019ll have a great day in our state parks.\u201d<br><br>With the new system, advance reservations are mandatory on weekends and holidays from Memorial Day weekend through Labor Day\u2014no same-day drive-up access will be allowed. Reservations must be made online and can be made starting seven days in advance of a visit. Reservations may be edited or canceled until 8 am the day before the visit.<br> <o:p></o:p></span></p><h3>Bike to Work Day<o:p></o:p></h3><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:150%'><span style='font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#222222'><br>The DC metro area will hold Bike to Work Day on Thursday, May 15th. The first 18,000 who <a href="https://juliepalakovichcarr.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=e6eca5fb9f212127bb083f617&id=ad003bfb2e&e=d37a141d0c" target="_blank"><span style='color:#1966AD'>register</span></a> and attend one of 100+ pit stops (including multiple in Montgomery County) will receive a free T-shirt. Register and you'll also be entered into a raffle for a chance to win a free bike. I'll be participating again this year!<br> <o:p></o:p></span></p><h3>Gaithersburg Book Festival<o:p></o:p></h3><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:150%'><span style='font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#222222'><br>Join in the fun at the Gaithersburg Book Festival on Saturday, May 17, 10 am - 6 pm. This is a fabulous free event at Bohrer Park where you can hear from more than 130 featured authors, including Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Rick Atkinson and Pulitzer Prize-winning humor columnist Dave Barry. Free to attend, free to park (shuttle), and fun for all ages! Details at <a href="https://juliepalakovichcarr.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=e6eca5fb9f212127bb083f617&id=6dddecd472&e=d37a141d0c" target="_blank"><span style='color:#1966AD'>www.GaithersburgBookFestival.org</span></a><br> <o:p></o:p></span></p><h3>Community Happenings<o:p></o:p></h3><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:150%'><span style='font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#222222'><br></span><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shape id="Picture_x0020_4" o:spid="_x0000_s1026" type="#_x0000_t75" alt="Image removed by sender." style='position:absolute;margin-left:98.8pt;margin-top:0;width:150pt;height:199.5pt;z-index:251660288;visibility:visible;mso-wrap-style:square;mso-width-percent:0;mso-height-percent:0;mso-wrap-distance-left:0;mso-wrap-distance-top:0;mso-wrap-distance-right:0;mso-wrap-distance-bottom:0;mso-position-horizontal:right;mso-position-horizontal-relative:text;mso-position-vertical:absolute;mso-position-vertical-relative:line;mso-width-percent:0;mso-height-percent:0;mso-width-relative:page;mso-height-relative:page' o:allowoverlap="f" stroked="t" strokeweight="56e-5mm">
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</v:shape><![endif]--><![if !vml]><img width=202 height=268 style='width:2.1in;height:2.7916in' src="cid:image003.jpg@01DBC3E7.DBC564D0" align=right alt="Image removed by sender." v:shapes="Picture_x0020_4"><![endif]><span style='font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#222222'>I was honored to be recognized as one of Maryland's Top 100 Women by <em><span style='font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif'>The Daily Record</span></em>! I<span class=break-words>t is such an honor to be in this accomplished group of women, including Rockville Mayor Monique Ashton.</span><br><br>I again participated in Yom HaShoah, Holocaust Memorial Day, by reading names of people who were murdered in the Holocaust. <a href="https://juliepalakovichcarr.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=e6eca5fb9f212127bb083f617&id=6eeb10995a&e=d37a141d0c" target="_blank"><span style='color:#1966AD'>The video commemoration is online.</span></a><br><br>Local non-profit Identity celebrated the ribbon cutting of their new headquarters and community center. The project was made possible, in part, with $1 million in funding from the State of Maryland. The District 17 and 39 legislators worked together to make this funding possible for this Gaithersburg-based organization.<br> <o:p></o:p></span></p><h3>In the News<o:p></o:p></h3><ul type=disc><li class=MsoNormal style='color:#222222;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:150%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><span style='font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif'>From the New York Times: "<a href="https://juliepalakovichcarr.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=e6eca5fb9f212127bb083f617&id=f813623ffd&e=d37a141d0c" target="_blank"><span style='color:#1966AD'>Maryland Protected Nearly a Third of Its Land, and It\u2019s Reaching for More</span></a>"<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='color:#222222;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;line-height:150%;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><span style='font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif'>From the Institute of Taxation and Economic Policy: "<a href="https://juliepalakovichcarr.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=e6eca5fb9f212127bb083f617&id=09992c340d&e=d37a141d0c" target="_blank"><span style='color:#1966AD'>Maryland\u2019s New Budget Boosts Tax Revenue and Equity</span></a>"<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></td></tr></table><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse;min-width: 100%;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><tr><td style='padding:13.5pt 13.5pt 13.5pt 13.5pt;min-width: 100%;-ms-text-size-adjust: 100%;-webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%'><table class=MsoNormalTable border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width="100%" style='width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse;border:none'><tr><td style='border:none;border-top:solid #EAEAEA 1.5pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;min-width: 100%;-ms-text-size-adjust: 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