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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">I am passing on this inquiry from Anne Ford at American Libraries:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:black">I'm an editor at <i>American Libraries</i>, the magazine of the American Library Association. I am working on an article about library cats, and I'm wondering
if you happen to know of any libraries in your state that have resident kitties. If so, I'd be very glad if you'd point me to them.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:black">Thanks very much for entertaining this (slightly odd) request. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:black">All best,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:black">Anne<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:black">Anne Ford<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:black">Editor-At-Large, <i>American Libraries</i><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:black">American Library Association<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:black">(773) 398-8636<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:black"><a href="mailto:aford@ala.org"><span style="color:blue">aford@ala.org</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"">Diane McKee<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"">Howell Carnegie Library<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif"">517-546-0720 ext. 114<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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