Re: GEN:TEXAS

[Jeanette Carolyn Larson <jlarson@TENET.EDU>]

Governor and Mrs. Bush have been and continue to be very strong
supporters of libraries and reading.  There support is wide spread and
varied.  They have lent their names and time to events such as
young writers conferences, library grand openings, school reading/library
programs; they have demonstrated their committment to reading by giving
their daughters books for Valentine's Day and other holidays; Mrs. Bush
helped with the development of the first Texas Book Festival which raised
money for books for public libraries (2nd Festival is November 1 and 2,
1997 in Austin); Governor Bush signs the certificates given to children
as part of the Texas Reading Club (a program that provides reading club
promotional materials to libraries at no cost to them, sponsored by the
Texas State Library); Governor Bush announced his committment to
improving children's reading skills at the beginning of his term of
office (before it became a national cause).  These are just a few of the
ways Gov. and Mrs. Bush have helped promote libraries and reading.

Jeanette Larson
Texas State Library
jlarson@tenet.edu

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