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<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal
align=center><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Tw Cen MT'">Anne Tran, 2011 Recipient of
the OYEA! (OYAN’s Your Excellent Award!)<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Tw Cen MT'">On Thursday, April 7, Anne Tran, bi-lingual
Youth Librarian at Multnomah County Library’s </SPAN><st1:place><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Tw Cen MT'">Midland</SPAN></st1:place><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Tw Cen MT'"> branch, was honored for her work with teens at
a reception held at the OLA Conference.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>The OYEA! is awarded annually</SPAN><SPAN class=regulartext><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Tw Cen MT'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"> to “an
in</SPAN></SPAN><STRONG><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Tw Cen MT'; FONT-WEIGHT: normal; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold">dividual
. . .</SPAN></STRONG><SPAN class=regulartext><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Tw Cen MT'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"> that has made a
positive and significant contribution to teens in libraries in the state of
</SPAN></SPAN><st1:State><st1:place><SPAN class=regulartext><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Tw Cen MT'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">Oregon</SPAN></SPAN></st1:place></st1:State><SPAN
class=regulartext><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Tw Cen MT'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial">.”<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The award includes a certificate, trophy
and a $100 contribution to the teen library program of her choice.
<o:p></o:p></SPAN></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Tw Cen MT'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Tw Cen MT'">Anne was nominated for having developed the
largest teen council at MCL, for offering creative teen programs, and for her
creative work on the MCL Teen Action Team.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>Nominated by a colleague, Anne also received letters of support from
three MID Teen Council members.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</SPAN>Teen Councilor, Cheryl Yee, said it all when she
wrote,<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Tw Cen MT'; COLOR: black; mso-bidi-font-family: Times">“Anne
deserves this award for loving her library, loving her volunteers, loving to
read to children, and most importantly loving her job. I can't think of another
person that truly deserves this award and I hope she can be recognized this
year. I personally am graduating high school this year and one of the things I
will miss is being part of Teen Council with a friend like
Anne.” </SPAN><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Tw Cen MT'; COLOR: black"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Tw Cen MT'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt" class=MsoNormal><SPAN
style="FONT-FAMILY: 'Tw Cen MT'">Congratulations, Anne!</SPAN></P>
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and her partner, Ben, at the OYAN<SPAN class=411122621-12042011>/CSD
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