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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Hello Maryland Federationists:,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>The next meeting of the book club at the Library for the Blind and Physically Handicapped occurs on Saturday, December 11. We will be reading Happy Days, by H.L. Mencken. The annotation that appears on the BARD web site states of this book, "Lighthearted autobiographical account of the muckraking journalist's happy boyhood in 1880s Baltimore, covering his introduction to music, genesis as a bookworm, adventures as an athlete, and first steps in theology." For those interested in reading and joining us, the book identification number is RC or DB in other words both cassette and digital, 63090.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>As many know, Mencken is a journalist of renown from right here in Baltimore. We seek a mix of fiction and nonfiction and believed reading something from Mencken was a good choice. I am leading the discussion on the 11th because I want to learn more about him and his contributions to America and journalism. This particular book focuses more on his childhood but should offer an interesting look at a Baltimore that is probably much different than the one we know today. I hope to see many of you at the library and the book club begins at noon. Also, for those who want to make a day of it, the Technology User Group TUG, takes place before the book club starting at 10:00 and concluding at 11:30.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Jim McCarthy <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>