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See You in Seattle! IRA’s 19th West Regional Conference
Literacy Connections -- October 9 - 11, 2008
WORD and IRA are co-sponsoring the 19th Regional IRA Conference in Seattle, October 9 - 11. This conference, Literacy Connections, promises to deliver you with wonderful speakers, authors,  sessions, workshops, institutes, and meal functions. Moreover, we promise lots of good fun—a critical component of good professional development. You will have the opportunity to connect with:

• Inspiring general session speakers such as Esme Raji Codell, Ralph Fletcher, and Regie Routman
   
• Celebrated authors like Kadir Nelson, Graham Salisbury, Kirby Larson, Laura McGee Kavasnosky, Margaret Chodos-Irvine, Mitch Weiss, and Martha Hamilton
   
• Fabulous featured speakers including Linda Hoyt, Ray Reutzel, Alfred Tatum, Ardith Cole, Carol Jago, Nancy J. Johnson, Jerry Johns, Roger Farr, Bevery Chin, Nancy Boyles, Rebecca Sitton, Spencer Kagan, and Donna Knoell, Gail Boushey and Joan Moser
   
• Super sessions, invigorating institutes, and wondrous workshops
   
• Great educational products at more than 60 exhibit booths
   
• Networking opportunities with others who share your passion for literacy; and
   
• All the fun, excitement, shopping, and adventure that Seattle has to offer!

More information will be available on the IRA web page www.reading.org. Registration opens on May 20, 2008. Prepaid deadline is September 25, 2008. Please contact Connie Ramsey at conaram@qwest.net if you would like to volunteer to help with onsite registration at this inspiring event. Please mark October 9 - 11 on your calendar and plan to join us for Literacy Connections in Seattle!

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