<html xmlns:v="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml" xmlns:o="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" xmlns:w="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word" xmlns:x="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:excel" xmlns:m="http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/2004/12/omml" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40">
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=us-ascii">
<meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 15 (filtered medium)">
<style><!--
/* Font Definitions */
@font-face
{font-family:Helvetica;
panose-1:2 11 6 4 2 2 2 2 2 4;}
@font-face
{font-family:"Cambria Math";
panose-1:2 4 5 3 5 4 6 3 2 4;}
@font-face
{font-family:Calibri;
panose-1:2 15 5 2 2 2 4 3 2 4;}
@font-face
{font-family:Garamond;
panose-1:2 2 4 4 3 3 1 1 8 3;}
/* Style Definitions */
p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal
{margin:0in;
margin-bottom:.0001pt;
font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;}
a:link, span.MsoHyperlink
{mso-style-priority:99;
color:#0563C1;
text-decoration:underline;}
a:visited, span.MsoHyperlinkFollowed
{mso-style-priority:99;
color:#954F72;
text-decoration:underline;}
p
{mso-style-priority:99;
mso-margin-top-alt:auto;
margin-right:0in;
mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
margin-left:0in;
font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;}
span.EmailStyle18
{mso-style-type:personal;
font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;
color:windowtext;}
span.EmailStyle19
{mso-style-type:personal-reply;
font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;
color:#1F497D;}
.MsoChpDefault
{mso-style-type:export-only;
font-size:10.0pt;}
@page WordSection1
{size:8.5in 11.0in;
margin:1.0in 1.0in 1.0in 1.0in;}
div.WordSection1
{page:WordSection1;}
--></style><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
<o:shapedefaults v:ext="edit" spidmax="1026" />
</xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
<o:shapelayout v:ext="edit">
<o:idmap v:ext="edit" data="1" />
</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]-->
</head>
<body lang="EN-US" link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72">
<div class="WordSection1">
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Garamond",serif;color:#222A35;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#222A35;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:4.5pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:14.5pt;background:white">
<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;color:#222A35;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#222A35;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%">Michigan Center for the Book Grant Recipients!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="mso-margin-top-alt:4.5pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:4.5pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:14.5pt;background:white;orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: 1;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px">
<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;color:#222A35;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#222A35;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%">Congratulations to the 2016/2017 Michigan Center for the Book Grant winners! Each library submitted a proposal
for a community enriching program. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="orphans: auto;text-align:start;widows: 1;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px">
<span style="font-family:"Garamond",serif;color:#222A35;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#222A35;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Garamond",serif;color:#222A35;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#222A35;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%">Alcona County Library – Conversation with Mardi Jo Link<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Garamond",serif;color:#222A35;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#222A35;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%">Alpena County George N. Fletcher Public Library – Alpena Book Festival 2016<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Garamond",serif;color:#222A35;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#222A35;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%">Brandon Township Public Library – 101 Things that Happened on the Mackinac Bridge<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Garamond",serif;color:#222A35;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#222A35;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%">Orion Township Public Library – Michigan Rarities and Oddities – Mysteries & Legends in Small Michigan Towns<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Garamond",serif;color:#222A35;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#222A35;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%">Paw Paw District Library – Geek Fest<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Garamond",serif;color:#222A35;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#222A35;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%">Presque Isle District Library – Into the Wild Isle Royale<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="mso-margin-top-alt:4.5pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:4.5pt;margin-left:0in;line-height:14.5pt;background:white">
<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;color:#222A35;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#222A35;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%">Like the MCB on Facebook to watch for more opportunities and activities @
</span><a href="https://facebook.com/MichiganCenterfortheBook/"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;color:#222A35;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#222A35;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%;text-decoration:none"><span style="color:windowtext">facebook.com/MichiganCenterfortheBook/</span></span></a><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;color:#222A35;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#222A35;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Garamond",serif;color:#222A35;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#222A35;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Garamond",serif;color:#222A35;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#222A35;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%">Edwina A. Murphy<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Garamond",serif;color:#222A35;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#222A35;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%">Michigan Collection Librarian<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Garamond",serif;color:#222A35;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#222A35;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%">Michigan Center for the Book Coordinator<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Garamond",serif;color:#222A35;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#222A35;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%">Library of Michigan<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Garamond",serif;color:#222A35;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#222A35;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%">702 W. Kalamazoo St.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Garamond",serif;color:#222A35;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#222A35;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%">Lansing, MI 48909<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Garamond",serif;color:#222A35;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#222A35;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Garamond",serif;color:#222A35;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#222A35;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;color:#222A35;mso-style-textfill-fill-color:#222A35;mso-style-textfill-fill-alpha:100.0%"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
</div>
</body>
</html>