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<p class="MsoNormal"><a name="_MailEndCompose"><span style="color:#1F497D">Despite my short time back, I can tell you retirement is indeed everything it’s cracked up to be. Enjoy! It’s been great knowing and working with you. <o:p></o:p></span></a></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Stan Horton<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Associate Dean, Library, e-Learning, and Learning Support Services<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Grays Harbor College<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">360-538-4050<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> LIBRARYDIR [mailto:librarydir-bounces@lists.ctc.edu]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Jane Blume<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, December 4, 2018 9:29 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> WACTC Library Directors <librarydir@lists.ctc.edu><br>
<b>Cc:</b> myravv@comcast.net; Lauri K <lmkram1968@gmail.com>; Whittaker, Shellie <ShellieW@bigbend.edu><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [LIBRARYDIR] The next chapter...<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black">This email originated from outside Grays Harbor College. If this email seems unusual - DO NOT click links or open attachments unless you know for certain the content is safe and you know the sender.
You can always contact the Help Desk at x4064 or email <a href="mailto:helpdesk@ghc.edu">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif">I am retiring from Bellingham Technical College on December 31. I wish I had been able to attend the October LLC to be able to say good bye to everyone in person.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif">It has been an honor to work with all of you and in the community and technical college system for the last 34 years. When I started to teach at Whatcom Community College,
I felt I had found my calling. I love working with our students. At Bellingham Technical College I was hired to create a new library. The college had just moved from the K-12 to the CTC system. It has been 48 years that I have worked in libraries; 43 years
as a Librarian. I have found that even though I have worked in libraries for a long time, that it continues to be a challenging profession that constantly evolves and grows. It has gone from manual typewriters to computers to networks to the Internet to the
cloud. One constant has been the wonderful people I have worked with wherever I have worked.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif">I will let the words of Walt Whitman in
<i>Song of the Open Road</i> speak for me. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif">Afoot and light-hearted I take to the open road,
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif">Healthy, free, the world before me,
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif">The long brown path before me leading wherever I choose.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif">Henceforth I ask not good-fortune, I myself am good-fortune,
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif">Henceforth I whimper no more, postpone no more, need nothing,
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif">Done with indoor complaints, libraries, …,
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif">Strong and content I travel the open road…<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif">Please keep in touch. I’ve included my contact info below if you are ever in Bellingham.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif">Jane<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif">Jane Blume<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif">Director|Library & Media Services<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif">Bellingham Technical College<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif">360-752-8472 – office<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif">360-752-8383 – library<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="mailto:jblume@btc.edu"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif">jblume@btc.edu</span></a><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="mailto:jane.blume@gmail.com"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif">jane.blume@gmail.com</span></a><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif"> – personal email<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">360-510-1126<o:p></o:p></p>
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