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<p style="margin:0in;line-height:140%;background:white"><span style="font-size:16.0pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Arial Nova",sans-serif;color:#002060">Happy October! The Maine chapter of The Reading League has two amazing upcoming literacy events! I hope
you consider attending one or both! If you have additional questions, please contact TRL-Maine Chapter President Sarah Perle at
</span><span style="font-size:16.0pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Arial Nova",sans-serif;color:#0E0E5D"><a href="mailto:sarah@me.thereadingleague.org">sarah@me.thereadingleague.org</a></span><span style="font-size:16.0pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Arial Nova",sans-serif;color:black">.
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</span><span style="font-size:16.0pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Arial Nova",sans-serif;color:black"><a href="https://me.thereadingleague.org/">https://me.thereadingleague.org/</a>.</span><span style="font-size:16.0pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Arial Nova",sans-serif;color:#0E0E5D"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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