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TURN AWAY THE ENCYCLOPEDIA SALESMAN!
The Sierra Madre Library has a deal for you! The World Book Encyclopedia, expanded and updated . . . at no charge to you. The “World Book Online” – with more than 25,000 encyclopedia articles, 10,000 pictures, a dictionary, an atlas, selected magazine articles, videos, and sound clips -- is now accessible on the Library’s web site at www.sierramadre.lib.ca.us.
Other online reference resources available free through the Library are:
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“Books in Print” (including audiobooks and videos);· Gale Group Reference Databases (magazine articles, biographies, literary criticism, business profiles, Kids Infobits);
· “College Source” (17,000 full-text college catalogs);
· “GroveArt” (prehistoric to present-day art);
· “GroveMusic” (dictionary of music, musicians, operas, and more);
· “Litfinder”(database of stories, poems, and essays – updated monthly);
· “Newsbank” (Los Angeles Times, Christian Science Monitor, San Diego Union-Tribune, San Francisco Chronicle);
· “NoveList” (books, authors, book discussions guides, and more);
· “Rand California” (statistics on California); and
· “Reference USA” (information on businesses and households).
The Library Technology Enhancement Project, funded by a congressionally-directed grant administered by the Institute of Museum and Library Services, is providing funding for the Library’s new, innovative services. To use these sources, go to the Library’s web site, select “Online Services” in the left sidebar, and click on the icon of your choice. Sign in once with your Sierra Madre Public Library card number and PIN, assigned at the Library’s front service desk.
The Sierra Madre Public Library is located at 440 W. Sierra Madre Boulevard in Sierra Madre. For further information on this program and other Library programs and services please visit the Library’s web site at www.sierramadre.lib.ca.us or call the (626) 355-7186 after 11 a.m.
Received 4/3/02
EVENT ANNOUNCEMENT
SIERRA MADRE PUBLIC LIBRARY
440 W. Sierra Madre Blvd.
SIERRA MADRE CA 91024
DATE & TIME: Thursdays, May 1, 15, 29, and June 12, 19.
7 – 8:30 p.m.
EVENT: WRITE!
Writing workshop with Jim Kincaid. For anyone of any age
interested in writing anything. Beginners especially welcome.
Run -- don't walk -- to sign up, or call the Library at (626) 355-7186.
LOCATION: SIERRA MADRE PUBLIC LIBRARY
440 W. SIERRA MADRE BLVD.
SIERRA MADRE CA
ADMISSION: FREE
TELEPHONE INFORMATION: (626) 355-7186 after 11 a.m.
WEB SITE INFORMATION: http://www.sierramadre.lib.ca.us
Received 4/3/02
The Sierra Madre Public Library will be closed until 2:00 p.m. on Wednesday,
April 9, for staff training. The Library will open at 2 p.m. Remember:
the Library is always open on the Web at www.sierramadre.lib.ca.us.
Received 4/3/02
VISIT TIMELESS AFRICA AT THE SIERRA MADRE LIBRARY
“Splendor in the Grass: Predators of the East African Plains” will be the TRAVELERS & COLLECTORS program on Friday, April 11 at the Sierra Madre Library at 7:30 p.m. Robert Cooper and Jon Perica will present this program, which is free and open to the public.
The slide narrative will focus on the fascinating behavioral traits and contrasting life styles of the great animals that inhabit East Africa’s Serengeti-Mara Plains. Both presenters are naturalist photographers and adventure travel consultants.
This is the penultimate program in the Library’s “Travelers & Collectors” 2002-2003 series sponsored by the Friends of the Sierra Madre Library.
The Sierra Madre Public Library is located at 440 W. Sierra Madre Boulevard in Sierra Madre. For further information on services and programs please use the Library’s web site at www.sierramadre.lib.ca.us or call the Library at (626) 355-7186 after 11 a.m.
Received 12/30/02
LIBRARY DISPLAYS MCCARTY BROTHERS CERAMICS
During the month of January the Sierra Madre Library’s display case will feature figurines from the McCarty Brothers Ceramic Arts Pottery, once located on East Montecito in Sierra Madre. During the 1940s Lee and Willard McCarty produced high-quality art objects that were sold all over the world from Sierra Madre’s original pottery plant. Local residents Gloria Hinshaw, Barbara Grippi, and Julie Morez lent items for the display, which is available to everyone at no charge during the Library’s open hours: Monday through Thursday from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. and Friday and Saturday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
The Sierra Madre Public Library is located at 440 W. Sierra Madre Boulevard in Sierra Madre. For further information on Library services and programs please visit the Library’s web site at www.sierramadre.lib.ca.us or call the Library at (626) 355-7186 after 11 a.m.
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TEENS READ AT THE SIERRA MADRE LIBRARY!
Your teenagers can read there, too! A new session of the popular Teen Book Club starts Thursday, December 12 and runs twelve weeks through Thursday, March 13, 2003 at the Sierra Madre Library. The group meets Thursday afternoons from 4 to 5 in the Library basement,
Under the design and guidance of Cathy Ryne, the Library’s Young Adult Librarian, readers have gone from cover to cover through a variety of genre: Agatha Christie’s mystery And Then There Were None, science fiction (including Phillip Pullman’s The Golden Compass and Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card), books on contemporary and adolescent issues (Hard Love by Ellen Wittlinger and Joan Bauer’s Rules of the Road), “classics” such as The Grapes of Wrath, 1984, and The Catcher in the Rye, and non-fiction: Into Thin Air by Jon Krakauer and Irene Gut Opdyke’s memories In My Hands.
Readers in grades 7 and up may register at the front desk at the Library until December 9.
The Sierra Madre Public Library is located at 440 W. Sierra Madre Boulevard in Sierra Madre. For further information on Library services and programs please visit the Library’s web site at www.sierramadre.lib.ca.us or call the Library at (626) 355-7186 after 11 a.m.
DATE & TIME: Friday, December 13 at 7:30 p.m.
EVENT: TRAVELERS & COLLECTORS
“TURKEY: A Country of Beauty, Wonder, and Tradition”
By Don and Janet Heins
LOCATION: SIERRA MADRE PUBLIC LIBRARY
440 W. SIERRA MADRE BLVD.
SIERRA MADRE CA
ADMISSION: FREE
TELEPHONE INFORMATION: (626) 355-7186 after 11 a.m.
WEB SITE INFORMATION: http://www.sierramadre.lib.ca.us
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
Slide/narrative program sponsored by the Friends of the Sierra Madre Library.
Travelers and Collectors
Dana Bleitz will present “The Channel Islands”, a slide narrative show, at the Sierra Madre Library on Friday, November 8 at 7:30 p.m. The program, which is sponsored by the Friends of the Sierra Madre Library, is free and open to the public. This is the second program in the Library’s annual series Travelers & Collectors, which continues on the second Friday of each month through May. On Friday, December 13 Don and Janet Heins will present “Turkey: A Country of Beauty, Wonder, and Tradition.”
Award-Winning Poet Chris Abani Speaks at Library Last Monday evening, October 21, poet Chris Abani read from his poetry and discussed his experience as a refugee from Nigeria coming to Southern California. This special event was supported by Poets & Writers, Inc. through a grant it has received from The James Irvine Foundation. Abani’s first novel, Masters of the Board, published in 1985, landed him in a Nigerian prison at the age of eighteen. He fled Nigeria in 1991. His experiences as a political prisoner and of civil war in his homeland are articulated in a highly personal and explicit way in his continued writing, for which he has won praise and awards. For his recent book of poems, Kalakuta Republic, Abani was named “Writer in Exile” by P.E.N. West and awarded the PEN USA West Freedom-to-Write Award for poetry in 2001. He also received a prestigious 2001 Prince Claus Award, acknowledging him as “a promising poet and a persuasive humanist, whose work has universal resonance.” Above photo courtesy of Sierra Madre Public Library
SIERRA MADRE PUBLIC LIBRARY
SEPTEMBER 13, 2002
SUMMER READING CLUB: CHALLENGER’S AWARD CEREMONY -- To see pictures from the ceremony, click here.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
What a terrific summer it has been at the Library! Summer Reading Club is over but the elated feeling of a successful program lingers on!
The last official number of children that joined the Summer Reading Club is over 650! Of that number, 200 children joined the Challenger’s Division and read over 35 hours in a eight week period.
An Award Ceremony was held at the Library on September 13, 2002 at which over 75 young readers received a Certificate of Achievement and a library bound Newbery Award Winning book, A SINGLE SHARD by Linda Sue Park. Collectively, these proud students read over 3,000 hours! Paul Magaris, President of Sierra Madre Kiwanis Club, Tammy Gates, City Manager, Toni Buckner, Director of Library Services, and Cathy Ryne, Children’s and Young Adult Librarian all said a few words and handed out the awards to the recipients. The Sierra Madre Kiwanis Club generously sponsored the Challenger’s Program.
Those readers who were honored were:
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AARON GREEN ADAM DINAULLY ALEXIS ASHJIAN ALICIA HERRON AMANDA WOODGRIFT ANTHONY LANDIS ASA DE SAL BASSANT IBRAHIM BRANDON SCHIRMER CAREL OTTE CARISSA HACKMAN CECILY HUNT CELESTE ZUMWALT CHEYENNE WINGATE CHRISTINE MAK CINDY JIN COREY SCHIRMER DAVID SALAZAR DEREK BROUSSARD DILLON CRANSTON-CUEBAS ELLIOT HIMMELFARB EMILY HIGLEY ERICK MORCILLO ERIK SAKAMOTO EVAN GODFREY |
FRANCES MCCLOSKEY GIULIANA DAVAR HARAM PARK ISAAC BOVYER JAKE JOHNSON JAMES GILLETTE JASON PETRO JESSICA MCKINNEY JORDAN WINGATE JOSHUA FORRESTER KATIE EILER KEELY MAYNARD KELSEY WALSH KRISTI SAKAMOTO KYLE TERRY LAURA HILL LAUREN BANIS MADDY EILER MADELINE HERLACHE MADELYNNE JENSEN MALLORY COHEN MARJORIE HUNT MARY TRACY MEAGHAN PASCHALL |
MERANDA BERTIROTTI MICHAEL ANDERSON MICHELLE CONSIGLIO NICHOLAS BONAVOLONTA NIKKI DERSE PAGE TWO RACHEL ROSENBAUM REBECCA READ SABRINA CONSIGLIO SADIE GOFF SAMUEL COOK SAMUEL USLE SARAH PETRO SEAN ALONZO SEAN BRENNAN SHAE CROSBY SPENCER TERRY STEPHANIE MORCILLO STEPHANIE ROTHROCK STEVEN LOSORELLI TORI POPE TRACY SULLIVAN YASMINE IBRAHIM YAZEED DINAULLY YERAM PARK |
LIBRARY OFFERS “WRITE YOUR MEMORIES” WORKSHOP
The Sierra Madre Library is offering a workshop in memory writing starting Thursday evening, August 29, and continuing for six Thursday evenings through October 3. The workshop, which is free and open to the public, will meet from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Please call the Library at (626) 355-7186 to sign up.
This is the second program in SIERRA MADRE READS “THE GRAPES OF WRATH,” part of a statewide project designed to strengthen California communities by bringing people together to read and discuss John Steinbeck’s great work of literature in the context of their own community and personal history. Libraries around California are encouraging patrons to read the book this summer in anticipation of library events planned in October to honor the one-hundredth anniversary of Steinbeck’s birthday.
James Kincaid – Sierra Madre resident, Library trustee, author, and professor of English at the University of Southern California – will conduct the workshop, which will focus on the participants’ stories of coming to California and/or Sierra Madre.
Kincaid says, “Surveys tell us that most Californians feel dissociated from their community, their neighbors, and their own lives. Story sharing is an excellent way to rebuild community. This relaxed no-pressure workshop is designed as an introduction to fun storytelling and listening, to encourage us all to feel that we are already writers and storytellers. We will work together on crafting our individual stories, making them effective and strong. All we need is pencil and paper – and each other.”
SIERRA MADRE READS THE GRAPES OF WRATH is part of the state-wide “California Stories: The Grapes of Wrath,” a project of the California Council for the Humanities in partnership with the California Center for the Book and the California State Library, and is supported in part by the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act, administered in California by the State Librarian, and by Penguin Books.
The Sierra Madre Public Library is located at 440 W. Sierra Madre Boulevard in Sierra Madre. For further information on Library services and programs please visit the Library’s web site at www.sierramadre.lib.ca.us or call the Library at (626) 355-7186 after 11 a.m.
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Sierra Madre Public Library would like to thank the following for participating as readers at the Grapes of Wrath Read-a-Thon (if I mis-spelled your name, my apologies, please e-mail me here so I can correct it):
| Jim Kincaid | Jill Schofield | Caitlin Skelly |
| Marianne Siberell | Debbie Henderson | Wendy Skelly |
| Julianne & Stephen DeSal | Dr. Paul Neiby | Catriona Shafer |
| Barbara Grippi | Joylouise Harte-Smith | Aastha Madaan |
| Tonja Torres | Katrelya Angus | Shreshtha Madaan |
| Pat Daggerty | Nina Bartolai | Eryn Talevich |
| Andrew Catalano | Clem Bartolai | Grover Whitmore |
| Ashe Macy | John Buchanan | Bill Coburn |
| Cindy Kalter | Fran Garbaccio | Lisa Elliot** |
| Sophia Duran | Tina Tsoutshos | Art Logullo** |
| Karen Neese | Sylvia Clark | Maggie Matchim** |
| Arlene Afshangol | Jane Eiler | |
| Shirley McGillicuddy | Pam Matson | |
| Jay Whitcraft | Lois Heilemann | ** Book ended before they got to read |
EVENT ANNOUNCEMENT
SIERRA MADRE PUBLIC LIBRARY
440 W. Sierra Madre Blvd.
SIERRA MADRE CA 91024
DATE & TIME: Thursday, August 29, 7:00 - 8:30 p.m.
EVENT: SIERRA MADRE READS "THE GRAPES OF WRATH"
"Write Your Memories" Workshop
First in a series of 6 consecutive Thursday
evening workshops in memory writing, focusing on each participant's story of
coming to southern California. Taught by James Kincaid, Professor of
English at USC.
PARTICIPANTS MUST CALL LIBRARY TO REGISTER
LOCATION: SIERRA MADRE PUBLIC LIBRARY
440 W. SIERRA MADRE BLVD.
SIERRA MADRE CA
ADMISSION: FREE
TELEPHONE INFORMATION: (626) 355-7186 after 11 a.m.
WEB SITE INFORMATION: <http://www.sierramadre.lib.ca.us>
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: This event is part of California Stories: The
Grapes of Wrath, a project of the California Council for the Humanities in
partnership with the California Center for the Book and the California State
Library, and is supported in part by the U.S. Institute of Museum and
Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology
Act, administered in California by the State Librarian, and by Penguin
Books.
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
SIERRA MADRE PUBLIC LIBRARY
440 W. SIERRA MADRE BLVD.
SIERRA MADRE CA 91024
THE GRAPES ARE HERE!!!
SIERRA
MADRE READS “THE GRAPES OF WRATH”
this summer to honor John Steinbeck’s
100th birthday.
And now is the time to start!
Copies
of the new centennial edition of The
Grapes of Wrath are available to
the public at the Sierra Madre Public
Library, which is sponsoring the
community reading project in
anticipation of events in October to
celebrate this great novel and author.
The
Penguin centennial edition of The
Grapes of Wrath is also available
for purchase at Vroman’s Bookstore on
Colorado Boulevard and in Hastings
Ranch.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
SIERRA MADRE PUBLIC LIBRARY
440 W. SIERRA MADRE BLVD.
SIERRA MADRE CA 91024
JOIN THE GRAPES OF WRATH READ-A-THON
The Sierra Madre Public Library is sponsoring a public read-a-thon of John
Steinbeck's The Grapes of Wrath from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. Friday, August 9 and
again on Saturday, August 10 from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. in the Library's Reading
Room. Everyone is invited to participate . . . and to listen! The event is
free and open to the public.
The read-a-thon -- the first event in "Sierra Madre Reads The Grapes of
Wrath," the Sierra Madre Library's summer city-wide read of Steinbeck's
great novel -- provides a "kick-off" opportunity for the community to read
The Grapes of Wrath before the Library events honoring the book and John
Steinbeck's one-hundredth birthday take place in October.
Individual readers, groups of friends and neighbors, businesses, civic
organizations - everyone! -- may sign up for one-half hour reading shifts by
calling the Sierra Madre Library at (626) 355-7186 after 11 a.m. Monday
through Saturday. To read the entire book aloud will take approximately 21
hours. Refreshments will be served.
"Sierra Madre Reads The Grapes of Wrath" is part of the state-wide
"California Stories: The Grapes of Wrath," a project of the California
Council for the Humanities in partnership with the California Center for the
Book and the California State Library, and is supported in part by the U.S.
Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library
Services and Technology Act, administered in California by the State
Librarian, and by Penguin Books.
The Sierra Madre Public Library is located at 440 W. Sierra Madre Boulevard
in Sierra Madre. For further information on Library services and programs
please visit the Library's web site at www.sierramadre.lib.ca.us or call the
Library at (626) 355-7186 after 11 a.m.
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EVENT ANNOUNCEMENT
SIERRA MADRE PUBLIC LIBRARY
440 W. Sierra Madre Blvd.
SIERRA MADRE CA 91024
DATE & TIME: Thursday, August 8 at 10:00 a.m.
EVENT: LIVE FAMILY ENTERTAINMENT
"Randel McGee & Groark"
Ventriloquist
LOCATION: SIERRA MADRE PUBLIC LIBRARY
440 W. SIERRA MADRE BLVD.
SIERRA MADRE CA
ADMISSION: FREE
TELEPHONE INFORMATION: (626) 355-7186 after 11 a.m.
WEB SITE INFORMATION: <http://www.sierramadre.lib.ca.us/>
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
For children of all ages. Sponsored by the Sierra Madre
Volunteer Firefighters' Association.
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
SIERRA MADRE PUBLIC LIBRARY
440 W. SIERRA MADRE BLVD.
SIERRA MADRE CA 91024
EXPERTS ON EGYPT TO SPEAK TO TEENS AT SIERRA MADRE LIBRARY
Two specialists on ancient culture will speak at the Sierra Madre
Library at 7:00 p.m. on July 26. The program is for students in grades 6
and up, but younger avid Egyptologists may be interested as well. The
program is free and open to the public.
Ahab Afifi, who teaches at Cerritos, Chaffey and Rio Hondo colleges,
will share his adventures in archeology, showing sites of ancient Egypt and
treasures from the Egyptian Museum in Cairo and other collections.
Patricia Ancona, Senior Museum Educator at the Los Angeles County Museum of
Art (and a long-time Sierra Madre resident), will explore the shared beliefs
between ancient Egypt, China, and Mesoamerica. Her focus will be on an
Egyptian sarcophagus from the LACMA collection.
The program is funded by the Library Services and Technology Act
administered by the California State Librarian.
The Sierra Madre Public Library is located at 440 W. Sierra Madre Boulevard
in Sierra Madre. For further information on Library services and programs
please visit the Library's web site at www.sierramadre.lib.ca.us or call the
Library at (626) 355-7186 after 11 a.m.
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
SIERRA MADRE PUBLIC LIBRARY
440 W. SIERRA MADRE BLVD.
SIERRA MADRE CA 91024
"THE MUMMY LADY" COMING TO SIERRA MADRE LIBRARY
Maria Copelan, "The Mummy Lady," will present a special program for
teenagers at the Sierra Madre Library on Wednesday, July 24, at 10 a.m. Ms.
Copeland will show the actual scientific process of ancient Egyptian
mummification.
This demonstration depicts the processing of a body: including evisceration,
use of natron, perfuming and wrapping. Ms. Copelan will explain the entire
procedure, share information about Egyptian culture of mummies, and answer
questions.
THIS PROGRAM IS RECOMMENDED FOR CHILDREN IN 6th GRADE AND OLDER. PARENT
DISCRETION FOR YOUNGER CHILDREN IS ADVISED. Due to limited space, seating
will be first come, first served.
The program is funded by the Library Services and Technology Act
administered by the California State Librarian.
The Sierra Madre Public Library is located at 440 W. Sierra Madre Boulevard
in Sierra Madre. For further information on Library services and programs
please visit the Library's web site at www.sierramadre.lib.ca.us or call the
Library at (626) 355-7186 after 11 a.m.
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
SIERRA MADRE PUBLIC LIBRARY
440 W. SIERRA MADRE BLVD.
SIERRA MADRE CA 91024
Puppet Show at Sierra Madre Library
The LA Puppet Professionals will perform an Indonesian trickster tale "Tiger
and the Mousedeer" for an audience of all ages at the Sierra Madre Library
on Thursday, July 18 at 10 a.m. The Sierra Madre Volunteer Firefighters'
Association sponsors this program, which is free and open to the public.
This is the second of three programs in the Library's "Live! Family
Entertainment" summer series. The final program, "Randel McGee & Groark,"
ventriloquist, will be on Thursday, August 8, at 10 a.m.
The Sierra Madre Public Library is located at 440 W. Sierra Madre Boulevard
in Sierra Madre. For further information on Library services and programs
please visit the Library's web site at www.sierramadre.lib.ca.us or call the
Library at (626) 355-7186 after 11 a.m.
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
SIERRA MADRE PUBLIC LIBRARY
440 W. SIERRA MADRE BLVD.
SIERRA MADRE CA 91024
Archaeological Adventure at Sierra Madre Library
Audiences of all ages are invited to Wonders of Wildlife's "The Magic of
Egypt -- Secret of the Sphinx" at the Sierra Madre Library on Thursday, July
11 at 10:00 a.m. The program is free and open to the public.
Join the expedition team on a search for stolen artifacts! Meet animals
that played a part in ancient Egypt! Live animals and the magic of Egypt
come alive in this interactive program, which encourages reading and the use
of the library as a valuable resource.
This is the first of three programs in the Library's "Live! Family
Entertainment" summer series sponsored by the Sierra Madre Volunteer
Firefighters' Association.
The Sierra Madre Public Library is located at 440 W. Sierra Madre Boulevard
in Sierra Madre. For further information on Library services and programs
please visit the Library's web site at www.sierramadre.lib.ca.us or call the
Library at (626) 355-7186 after 11 a.m.
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Received 6/17/02
EVENT ANNOUNCEMENT
SIERRA MADRE PUBLIC LIBRARY
440 W. Sierra Madre Blvd.
SIERRA MADRE CA 91024
DATE & TIME: Thursday, July 18 at 10:00 a.m.
EVENT: LIVE FAMILY ENTERTAINMENT
"Tiger and the Mousedeer"
Bu LA Puppet Professionals
LOCATION: SIERRA MADRE PUBLIC LIBRARY
440 W. SIERRA MADRE BLVD.
SIERRA MADRE CA
ADMISSION: FREE
TELEPHONE INFORMATION: (626) 355-7186 after 11 a.m.
WEB SITE INFORMATION: <http://www.sierramadre.lib.ca.us/>
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
For children of all ages. Sponsored by the Sierra Madre
Volunteer Firefighters' Association.
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