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Info for Next Meeting and Book/Valley News Press Coverage

Thank you to all of you who voted in the poll to choose our next book and meeting date. The next book will be "No Picnic on Mt. Kenya," by Felice Benuzzi, and we'll meet at the usual time on June 14th. The library will have a limited number of copies available. 

On a separate note, those of you who were at our last meeting may remember that we had some press coverage. We were featured in yesterday's Valley News, which is quite exciting. If you haven't already seen the article, follow the link here to check it out. 

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