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 August 18th (12:00-1:00pm)<span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Place:  Novi United Methodist Church – 41671 West Ten Mile Road Novi, Michigan 48375.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Presentation by: Author, Jack Kresnak<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Jack will talk about his book “Hope for the City – A Catholic priest, a suburban housewife and their desperate effort to save Detroit” (Cass Community Publishing House). Books will be sold
 for $25.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Not a Rotarian, but want to attend this event... RSVP to
<a href="mailto:jfarkas@novilibrary.org">jfarkas@novilibrary.org</a> by Wednesday, August 17th. Cost is $12 at the door.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Over two decades covering juvenile justice and child welfare, Kresnak received dozens of awards for his work, including the Casey Center for Families and Children’s Medal for Meritorious Journalism on Behalf of Children, the Child Welfare
 League of America’s Anna Quindlen Award, the Toni House Journalism Award from the America Judicature Society, and the Excellence in Journalism award from the National Association of Child Advocates. He was twice named Journalist of the Year by the metro Detroit
 chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists. In 2008 he was inducted into the Michigan Journalism Hall of Fame.<o:p></o:p></p>
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 Farkas</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:#984806"> | Library Director<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:black">Novi Public Library | 45255 West 10 Mile Road | Novi, MI  48375<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:black">T: 248-869-7233 C: 248-331-7815  F: 248-869-7232 </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:#984806"><a href="http://www.novilibrary.org/"><span style="color:#984806">www.novilibrary.org</span></a></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:#984806">INFORM. INSPIRE. INCLUDE.<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
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