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From: "PUBYAC: PUBlic librarians serving Young Adults and Children" <pubyac@prairienet.org>
To: "PUBYAC: PUBlic librarians serving Young Adults and Children" <pubyac@prairienet.org>
Sent: Tuesday, May 06, 2003 11:01 PM
Subject: PUBYAC digest 1103
PUBYAC Digest 1103
Topics covered in this issue include:
1) Paperback horse series
by tzignego@wcfls.lib.wi.us
2) Re: training manual for a children's librarian
by "Sonia Herrera" <SHERRERA@mail.ci.lubbock.tx.us>
3) Re: Dept of Ed's Summer Reading Program
by Margaret Siebert <psiebert12508@yahoo.com>
4) stumper
by Nancy Bonne <bonne@noblenet.org>
5) Re: Dept of Ed's Summer Reading Program
by "Stacey Irish" <Stacey.Irish@cityofdenton.com>
6) What's the difference? - book club vs. book discussion group
by susie <srrlys@neflin.org>
7) YA Author Conference in Ohio
by "RoseMary Honnold" <honnolro@oplin.lib.oh.us>
8) RE: New Furniture/Decor
by "Michele Farley" <mfarley@brownsburg.lib.in.us>
9) Stumper answered - elephant stuck in the floor
by Theresa Faris <tfaris@round-rock.tx.us>
10) kids accessing porn sites--help!
by Jennifer Baker <jbaker93711@yahoo.com>
11) Re: Dept of Ed's Summer Reading Program
by nkoebel@birchard.lib.oh.us
12) Re: Harry Potter craft
by "Melissa MacLeod" <mmacleod@sailsinc.org>
13) RE: Dept of Ed's Summer Reading Program
by Marge LochWouters <LochWouters@menashalibrary.org>
14) Re: Harry Potter craft
by "Donna Moran" <domoran@hotmail.com>
15) re:ummer reading visits to schools
by "Granny Sue" <pkb00700@alpha.wvup.wvnet.edu>
16) Re: Harry Potter craft
by "Glenice Molter" <slo_glenice@stls.org>
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From: tzignego@wcfls.lib.wi.us
To: pubyac@prairienet.org
Subject: Paperback horse series
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I would like to know if anyone has tried either the Horsefeathers or Winnie
the Horse Gentler series? If so, how are they circing? Another
series I'm
interested in is the Heartland series by Lauren Brooke. I'd like to buy
some new paperbacks to freshen-up my collection before the summer program
starts. Thanks in advance for any and all advice
Terry Zignego
tzignego@wcfls.lib.wi.us
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From: "Sonia Herrera" <SHERRERA@mail.ci.lubbock.tx.us>
To: <pubyac@prairienet.org>
Subject: Re: training manual for a children's librarian
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I would also like a training manual for the children's librarian, so i
really would appreciate a copy. Thank you
sherrera@lubbocklibrary.com
Sonia Herrera
Children's Services
Groves Branch Library-City of Lubbock
5520 19th Street
Lubbock Texas 79407
806-767-3733
sherrera@lubbocklibrary.com
>>> rfosdick@library.berkeley.edu
05/05/03 20:45 PM >>>
Hi there,
If anyone does have a training manual for a children's
librarian (or paraprofessional staff working in the children's
section) I'd love to see it as well.
You can reach me at: rfosdick@library.berkeley.edu
thanks!
Robin Fosdick
MLIS student
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From: Margaret Siebert <psiebert12508@yahoo.com>
To: pubyac@prairienet.org
Subject: Re: Dept of Ed's Summer Reading Program
Date: Tue, 6 May 2003 17:04:33 CDT
I don't see what there is to worry about. Around here we have summer reading
assignments from the schools, Barnes and Noble's program, our program, and
several politicians' programs all happening at once. Some children join only
one, but many enter more than one. They read the books they are required to
read for school then enter them on their school list, our list, and the list
they take to B&N. It doesn't matter to me that they get credit from three
sources for reading the same books. It says to me, and them, that three
different sets of s care about them and their
ability to read.Also,
don't forget that the government isn't going to be there to offer individual
advice or encouragement to these children when they are selecting books to
read. That remains our job, and that gives us the best opportunity to make
an impresson on these young minds.
Peg Siebert
Blodgett Library
Fishkill, NY
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From: Nancy Bonne <bonne@noblenet.org>
To: PUBYAC@prairienet.org
Subject: stumper
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Hi, all. This is one of those stumpers that is on the tip of everyone's
tongue, and we just can't come up with it....It's a Cinderella/King Lear
variant: When the king asks his daughters how much they love him, the
older sisters are extravagantly flattering, while the youngest says, "I
love you as much as meat loves salt". He's insulted, she gets thrown
out. It's from the eighties, not a recent one that someone
remembered. You can answer me directly: bonne@noblenet.org,
and thanks.
Nancy Bonne
Nancy Bonne
Children's Librarian
Beverly Public Library
bonne@noblenet.org
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From: "Stacey Irish" <Stacey.Irish@cityofdenton.com>
To: <pubyac@prairienet.org>
Subject: Re: Dept of Ed's Summer Reading Program
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I notice that the public library is not listed as a partner in this
study. How strange.
Stacey Irish-Keffer
Denton Public Library
502 Oakland
Denton, Texas 76201
940.349.7738
slirish@cityofdenton.com
>>> BrownK@ci.monterey.ca.us
05/05/03 08:43PM >>>
Have you read about the new srp started by the Secretary of Education
in
Atlanta? They say this is a pilot program and it will go nationwide
soon. According to publicity by No Child Left Behind, it is all
through the schools. Kids will be requiret to read 10 "
age-appropriate" books and "describe briefly the books they have read
by
completing a simple form. Targe, Scholastic and others are partners.
Does this worry anyone else? Please, someone from Atlanta, set my
mind
at ease. Can it be that people in the DOE don't know about this most
famous of public library activities? Will our long-standing role in
motivating and supporting summer reading be left in the dust?
Here's the press release
http://www.ed.gov/PressReleases/03-2003/03202003.html
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From: susie <srrlys@neflin.org>
To: PUBYAC <pubyac@prairienet.org>
Subject: What's the difference? - book club vs. book discussion group
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Hi all,
I've seen several posts about both book clubs and book discussion
groups. Forgive me for being naive, but what's the difference? I am
looking at starting something for upper elementary age kids (3,4,5
grade) this summer where we either read a book all together at a
"meeting" or we read a book independently and have a
"meeting" to
discuss what we've read. I've never done anything like this before, so
I would appreciate any help that anyone could offer me (how to/book
suggestions/do's & don'ts, etc). I just want to say that pubyac is a
terrific group of people. Ya'll are the best!
Thanks in advance,
Susie Johnson
Youth Services Coordinator
Suwannee River Regional Library
Live Oak, FL 32060
srrlys@neflin.org
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From: "RoseMary Honnold" <honnolro@oplin.lib.oh.us>
To: "PUBYAC" <pubyac@prairienet.org>
Subject: YA Author Conference in Ohio
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What a terrific opportunity to meet and hear some of today's hottest YA
authors! Check out this link to see who will be here and how to register.
http://www.olc.org/WorkshopDescription.asp?ID=228
Don't miss it!
RoseMary Honnold
Coshocton Public Library
655 Main ST
Coshocton, OH 43812
740-622-0956
honnolro@oplin.lib.oh.us
101+ Teen Programs That Work
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See YA Around: a Web site for librarians who work with teens
http://www.cplrmh.com
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From: "Michele Farley" <mfarley@brownsburg.lib.in.us>
To: <pubyac@prairienet.org>
Subject: RE: New Furniture/Decor
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Date: Tue, 6 May 2003 17:05:11 CDT
Christina,
We are getting some furniture from www.bigcozybooks.com
The furniture
looks like books and we are super excited about them. They have several
different pieces in a variety of colors.
HTH,=20
Michele
"I have a new philosophy. I am only going to dread one day at a
time."
- Charlie Brown
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From: Christina Johnson [mailto:marionthelibrarian@yahoo.com]=20
Sent: Monday, May 05, 2003 8:36 PM
To: PUBYAC
Subject: New Furniture/Decor
For those who have gone through new building projects, who are your
favorite suppliers for creative children's furniture and
decor?TIAChristina JohnsonLebanon Public LibraryLebanon IN
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From: Theresa Faris <tfaris@round-rock.tx.us>
To: "'pubyac@prairienet.org'"
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Subject: Stumper answered - elephant stuck in the floor
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Wow, you all are so amazing, and so fast! Thanks to all who answered my
stumper - the answer is "But No Elephants" by Jerry Smath.
-----Original Message-----
From: Theresa Faris [mailto:tfaris@round-rock.tx.us]
Sent: Monday, May 05, 2003 8:45 PM
To: 'pubyac@prairienet.org'
Subject: Stumper - elephant stuck in the floor
Hello collective brain,
I hope someone can help with this stumper. The patron remembers this book
from when she was young (she looks to be in her late 30's). The plot goes
like this:
An old woman is canning food for the winter. Animals begin to show up at
her house, because they are hungry. One of the hungry animals is an
elephant who comes in the house and falls through the floor. The woman
feeds the elephant throughout the winter, and he gets so fat he gets stuck
in the floor. So, the elephant walks and moves the whole house to a more
tropical climate.
Ring any bells? Thanks so much for your help!
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Theresa Faris
Children's Librarian
Round Rock Public Library System
Robert G. and Helen Griffith Building
tfaris@round-rock.tx.us
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From: Jennifer Baker <jbaker93711@yahoo.com>
To: pubyac@prairienet.org
Subject: kids accessing porn sites--help!
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Date: Tue, 6 May 2003 17:05:28 CDT
I have a two part question for you all...
We have a situation brewing here and I thought I'd
toss it out to the collective to see what bubbles up.
Over the weekend a parent using one our branches
observed a child (not hers) accessing porn on a
computer in the children's section of the library.
First let me say that we use filters, but as we all
know they aren't always 100% effective. As I
understand it, it has always been our policy that
parents are responsible for their own child's use of
the Internet (or any library resource for that matter)
and we are not in the business of playing parent or
police when it came to this. If someone, regardless of
age, is creating a disturbance to other patrons by
what they are looking at, they will be asked to move
to another computer or site.
Anyway, the parent in this story was not satisfied
with this. In this particular instance she approached
the child and asked him his name and phone number. He
gave her his name but not phone number but did upon
interrogation reveal which church he attended. She
then went to the church to try to identify the child's
family so they could be contacted--I don't know if she
was successful. She has also contacted our Board of
Supervisors (our interim director is out of town), is
threatening to call the newspapers and is calling all
of our branches to speak to staff about her concerns
and what she thinks we should be doing. She wants to
move all computers out of the children's area of all
branches and/or move computers to a location where
they can be observed by staff at all times. Then, if a
child is "caught" looking at something "inappropriate"
we should contact the child's parents.
She has also contacted (although I'm not certain why)
the local school districts--she homeschools herself.
So basically it just hit the fan. My questions to you
are:
1) Do you have a policy for what to do when a child is
"caught" accessing porn?
2) Regardless of what your policy is or isn't, what
would your response be to this patron?
Also if you have any other advice or anecdotes, I'd
just be curious.
TIA!
~j.
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From: nkoebel@birchard.lib.oh.us
To: pubyac@prairienet.org
Subject: Re: Dept of Ed's Summer Reading Program
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If you read the release carefully, the public library in Atlanta is also a
partner. I would suspect their summer reading program will be the backbone
of this school program.
Perhaps it allows the library to get additional funding for their program
through the Dept. of Ed. As a planner of both adult and YA summer programs
at our library, which is facing state funding cuts as I speak, I would
appreciate any outside source of funds to buy prizes, materials, etc.
At our library, we have cooperated with the schools for years by providing
certificates for the elementary students who participate at the beginning of
the school year.
Nancy Koebel
Birchard Public Library of Sandusky County
nkoebel@birchard.lib.oh.us
----- Original Message -----
From: Karen Brown <BrownK@ci.monterey.ca.us>
Date: Monday, May 5, 2003 9:43 pm
Subject: Dept of Ed's Summer Reading Program
> Have you read about the new srp started by the Secretary of
> Education in
> Atlanta? They say this is a pilot program and it will go nationwide
> soon. According to publicity by No Child Left Behind, it is all
> through the schools. Kids will be requiret to read 10 "
> age-appropriate" books and "describe briefly the books they have
> read by
> completing a simple form. Targe, Scholastic and others are
> partners.
> Does this worry anyone else? Please, someone from Atlanta, set my
> mindat ease. Can it be that people in the DOE don't know about
> this most
> famous of public library activities? Will our long-standing role
in
> motivating and supporting summer reading be left in the dust?
> Here's the press release
> http://www.ed.gov/PressReleases/03-2003/03202003.html
>
>
>
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From: "Melissa MacLeod" <mmacleod@sailsinc.org>
To: <pubyac@prairienet.org>,
Subject: Re: Harry Potter craft
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Date: Tue, 6 May 2003 17:05:46 CDT
You can make parchment paper for scrolls. Take a piece of paper (I think
they said preferably onion skinned but can't remember.) Tear strips off the
edges to give it that jagged look, crumple it into a ball then smooth out.
Next, rub with a sponge that has been dipped in a coffee & water solution,
this will darken it. We then toasted them in a toaster oven, about 30
seconds to a minute, with a supervisor doing the toasting and watching to
make sure they don't burn (if you are worried about fire hazard then you can
always try a hairdryer, although I don't know if it will give it that aged,
brown crispiness!) Finally, roll them into a scroll and tie with a ribbon.
The kids loved them! Also, you can make wizard hats. We made silk hats here
by covering card stock stapled into hat form with cheap silk that we sponged
stars and moons on, but for my son's B-Day we did a less time consuming
version by buying black and deep blue posterboard, prestapling them into hat
cones, then decorating them with metallic markers (really cool look!) and
different colored and shaped foil stars. Have fun, Melissa MacLeod, Carver
Public Library
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From: <Lin_Look/staff/cccl%LIBRARY@contra-costa.lib.ca.us>
To: <PUBYAC@prairienet.org>
Sent: Monday, May 05, 2003 9:43 PM
Subject: Harry Potter craft
> I know some people are sick of Harry Potter, but I am still searching for
a
> craft for our June party, and my sheaf of posting printouts seem to have
> apparated to another dimension. I'm planning to have the kids make
> snitches out of styrofoam balls, but that will probably take only a few
> minutes. If anyone else has a craft that's not a wand, I would be
most
> anxious to learn of it. Reply to the address below, and I'll post the
> results if anyone's interested.
>
> Thanks!
> Lin Look
> llook@ccclib.org
> Orinda Branch
> Contra Costa County, CA
>
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From: Marge LochWouters <LochWouters@menashalibrary.org>
To: "'pubyac@prairienet.org'"
<pubyac@prairienet.org>
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This effort is similar to the Read*Write*Now program sponsored by the feds
in the 90's. Same story...same lack of knowledge about Summer Reading
programs in public libraries across the nation. We had an a real push in
our area to do Read*Write*Now and I was lucky enough to get on the planning
committee. It helped to be able to present the public library perspective
and to point out how much was already in place. We were able to better
dovetail efforts and avoid duplication. Eventually the federal effort
fizzled and we local folks knew each other better, cooperated more fully and
our summer programs at our area libraries continued to blossom. Key is
cooperation and getting a place at the table. My fingers are crossed that
our ALA and ALSC are there at the federal level trumpeting the good news of
public library bedrock involvement in summer reading encouragement to the
"No Child Left Behind" folks and that those DOE folks actually educate
themselves on the marvelous opportunities already in place thanks to
faithful local taxpayers!!
Marge Loch-Wouters
Head of Youth Services
Menasha's Public Library
440 First Street
Menasha WI 54952
920 967-5166, ex. 700
lochwouters@menashalibrary.org
-----Original Message-----
Can it be that people in the DOE don't know about this most
famous of public library activities? Will our long-standing role in
motivating and supporting summer reading be left in the dust?
Here's the press release
http://www.ed.gov/PressReleases/03-2003/03202003.html
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From: "Donna Moran" <domoran@hotmail.com>
To: pubyac@prairienet.org
Subject: Re: Harry Potter craft
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We did this several years ago, along with the wands, with kids in grades K
to 6 and they really liked it. We cut out a basic owl shape (with wings
against body) from large paper grocery bags. They stapled 2 of the shapes
together (printed material on the inside) stuffed with shredded newspaper,
and decorated with colored chalk and markers. The "messenger
owls" came out
looking great, and each one was unique.
Donna Moran
Fresno County Library
>From: Lin_Look/staff/cccl%LIBRARY@contra-costa.lib.ca.us
>Reply-To: pubyac@prairienet.org
>To: PUBYAC@prairienet.org
>Subject: Harry Potter craft
>Date: Mon, 5 May 2003 20:43:59 CDT
>
>I know some people are sick of Harry Potter, but I am still searching for a
>craft for our June party, and my sheaf of posting printouts seem to have
>apparated to another dimension. I'm planning to have the kids make
>snitches out of styrofoam balls, but that will probably take only a few
>minutes. If anyone else has a craft that's not a wand, I would be most
>anxious to learn of it. Reply to the address below, and I'll post the
>results if anyone's interested.
>
>Thanks!
>Lin Look
>llook@ccclib.org
>Orinda Branch
>Contra Costa County, CA
>
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From: "Granny Sue" <pkb00700@alpha.wvup.wvnet.edu>
To: <pubyac@prairienet.org>
Subject: re:ummer reading visits to schools
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We do these visits too, and I think they're pretty successful. Some things
that we've found very effective:
1. Schedule early, in January or February. The schools' calendars fill up
quickly. I work through the media specialists, and call back to verify the
date in March or April. We can reschedule if something has gone wrong. I
suggest possible dates in a letter, then follow up with a phone call, then
call again to verify.
2. We do the schools in large groups, usually in the gym, cafeteria or
auditorium. We usually group them as K-1, 2-3, and 4-5th grades. Other
groupings are possible, of course, based on the size of the school.
3. Bring a sound system. You never know when an air conditioner or
compressor will kick on! And you can get louder than the kids if you need
to, although whispering is even better--they have to get quiet to hear you.
4. Bring a boom box and have music playing as the kids come in. It sets a
mood, and gives a good signal of when you're starting when you turn it off.
Play the music again as they exit.
5. Keep the program to 20-30 minutes, keep it exciting and interesting. For
example--last year we used the pencil through the plastic bag of water
trick. We asked if they thought the water would leak out, then had a kid
come up front and we pierced the bag over his/her head. Very effective
attention-getter.
6. Bring calendars of your library's events for every kid and teacher. This
is your best shot at getting this information in their hands. I pushed for
this for a long time, finally made my own copies and the response was
immediate. We get calls that same day from parents who want to know more.
Very effective use of resources.
7. Be very interactive in your presentation. We work in tandem, talking
about the program and prizes, special presenters, telling some short stories
or jokes, doing quick book talks. We often wear weird hats, clown noses,
whatever gets attention. One year we promised a clown nose to every kid who
registered on the first day of the program--because they liked our clown
noses so much! We gave away 144 noses the first day, and ran out.
8. Let them know it's free (if it is), have them repeat back to you the name
of your library and the beginning date of the program, and your phone
number. Encourage them to call with questions. Some will so be sure they are
treated with respect when they do call.
9. Stress that this is reading for the fun of it (if that's the case at your
library). They get to choose what they read, and how much they read. Tell
them this will keep them smart over the summer, give them a jump on the kids
who don't do it.
10. Have fun! This is really a fun thing to do, and the kids will remember
you even several years later, even if they don't get to participate
(remember, they depend on their caregivers to bring them, so it's often not
their fault if they can't come).
Susanna Holstein, Elk Valley Branch Library, Charleston, WV
aka:
Granny Sue
Stories from the Mountains and Beyond
R2 Box 110 Sandyville WV 25275
holstein_susanna@hotmail.com
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http://www.storynet.org/tellers/GrannySue.htm
http://members.tripod.com/storytellerswv/id17.htm
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From: "Glenice Molter" <slo_glenice@stls.org>
To: pubyac@prairienet.org
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We madw owls outof paper lunch bags using feathers and sheets of foamies=
cut out for ears, feet, etc., and then gave the children adoption papers=
for the owls they made. We also had beginning Quidditch with the
children=
straddling brooms, and having to go in and out of traffic cones (donated=
for the day by our City Works Dept.) and trowing a balloon through a hula=
hoop (we made sure that we had alot of balloons blown up and put in a=
garbage bag for the "head" of each house to hand out to the
first person=
in line. That person would go in and out of the cones put the
balloon=
though the hula hoop, and go back through the cones to the line where the=
next person would go and do the same thing......
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On 5/5/03 at 8:43 PM Lin_Look/staff/cccl%LIBRARY@contra-costa.lib.ca.us=
wrote:
>I know some people are sick of Harry Potter, but I am still searching for
>a
>craft for our June party, and my sheaf of posting printouts seem to have
>apparated to another dimension. I'm planning to have the kids make
>snitches out of styrofoam balls, but that will probably take only a few
>minutes. If anyone else has a craft that's not a wand, I would be most
>anxious to learn of it. Reply to the address below, and I'll post the
>results if anyone's interested.
>
>Thanks!
>Lin Look
>llook@ccclib.org
>Orinda Branch
>Contra Costa County, CA
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