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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><a name="_Hlk70930776"></a><a name="_Hlk532890042"></a><a name="_Hlk532890118"></a><a name="_Hlk68158823"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk532890118"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk532890042"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk70930776"><b><span style="font-size:48.0pt;font-family:"Avenir Next LT Pro",sans-serif">NEWS
RELEASE</span></b></span></span></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk68158823"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk532890118"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk532890042"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk70930776"><b><span style="font-size:15.0pt;font-family:"Avenir Next LT Pro",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></span></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk532890118"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk532890042"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk70930776"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Avenir Next LT Pro",sans-serif">For Immediate Release
Date: 09/01/21<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk532890118"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk532890042"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk70930776"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Avenir Next LT Pro",sans-serif">Contact: Public Information Office
Phone: (919) 560-0000/Fax: (919) 560-0020<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:2.5in;text-indent:.5in"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk532890118"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk532890042"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk70930776"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Avenir Next LT Pro",sans-serif">E-mail:
</span></b></span></span></span><a href="mailto:publicinformationoffice@dconc.gov"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk532890118"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk532890042"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk70930776"><span style="font-family:"Avenir Next LT Pro",sans-serif">publicinformationoffice@dconc.gov</span></span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk532890118"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk532890042"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk70930776"></span></span></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk532890118"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk532890042"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk70930776"><span style="font-family:"Avenir Next LT Pro",sans-serif">
</span></span></span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk532890118"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk532890042"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk70930776"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Avenir Next LT Pro",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk70930776"><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Avenir Next LT Pro",sans-serif">Watch the September ‘In Touch with Durham County’ Show<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk70930776"><a name="_Hlk68158767"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Avenir Next LT Pro",sans-serif">Commissioner Nida Allam and Library Director Tammy Baggett-Best
are our guests<o:p></o:p></span></a></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk70930776"><b><span style="font-family:"Avenir Next LT Pro",sans-serif">Durham, N.C. – </span></b></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk70930776"><span style="font-family:"Avenir Next LT Pro",sans-serif">The
Durham County Public Information Office continues to bring residents who are also social distancing important information on our programs and services with the “In Touch with Durham County” show for September 2021 shot completely online and safe!
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk70930776"><span style="font-family:"Avenir Next LT Pro",sans-serif">The show is available to watch on the DCo YouTube channel
</span></span><a href="https://youtu.be/tuy-vGrZKA4"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk70930776"><span style="font-family:"Avenir Next LT Pro",sans-serif">here</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk70930776"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk70930776"><span style="font-family:"Avenir Next LT Pro",sans-serif">;
as well as on the </span></span><a href="https://www.dconc.gov/county-departments/departments-f-z/public-information/the-durham-county-government-show"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk70930776"><span style="font-family:"Avenir Next LT Pro",sans-serif">Durham
County Government website</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk70930776"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk70930776"><span style="font-family:"Avenir Next LT Pro",sans-serif"> and the
</span></span><a href="https://durhamnc.gov/1104/Durham-Television-Network"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk70930776"><span style="font-family:"Avenir Next LT Pro",sans-serif">Durham Television Network</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk70930776"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk70930776"><span style="font-family:"Avenir Next LT Pro",sans-serif">.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk70930776"><span style="font-family:"Avenir Next LT Pro",sans-serif">In this month’s episode, host Deborah Craig-Ray, General Manager of Strategic Planning and Innovation, welcomes
Commissioner Nida Allam and Library Director Tammy Baggett-Best.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk70930776"><span style="font-family:"Avenir Next LT Pro",sans-serif">Commissioner Allam is a first-term member of the Durham Board of County Commissioners and joins us for the first
time. She is a member of the history-making first all-female BOCC in the more than 140-year history of the BOCC as well as being the first Muslim-American female to hold elected office in the state of North Carolina.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk70930776"><span style="font-family:"Avenir Next LT Pro",sans-serif">She joins us to talk about about her background, making history in Durham and North Carolina with her election,
what it's been like being a freshman Commissioner during a global pandemic, her priorities as a Board member, her family, and much more!<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk70930776"><span style="font-family:"Avenir Next LT Pro",sans-serif">Baggett-Best returns to the In Touch show with big news – the grand opening of the newly renovated Main Library
has finally occurred. The project, which began in 2017, was completed in early 2020, but instead of a grand opening in April 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic delayed opening the facility to the public until July 2021. It was certainly worth the wait, as Main Library
(located at 301 N. Roxboro St.) is a </span></span><a href="https://durhamcountylibrary.org/location/main-library/"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk70930776"><span style="font-family:"Avenir Next LT Pro",sans-serif">state-of-the-art facility</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk70930776"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk70930776"><span style="font-family:"Avenir Next LT Pro",sans-serif">
which has something for all ages.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk70930776"><b><span style="font-family:"Avenir Next LT Pro",sans-serif">About “In Touch with Durham County”<o:p></o:p></span></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk70930776"><span style="font-family:"Avenir Next LT Pro",sans-serif">The “In Touch with Durham County” show is a monthly program that provides governmental programming and access
to your local government and provides timely, ongoing coverage of Durham County Government. The show airs daily on the
</span></span><a href="https://durhamnc.gov/1104/Durham-Television-Network"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk70930776"><span style="font-family:"Avenir Next LT Pro",sans-serif">Durham Television Network</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk70930776"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk70930776"><span style="font-family:"Avenir Next LT Pro",sans-serif">
(DTN). DTN is available on Spectrum channel 8, Google Fiber channel 8, Frontier channel 70 and AT&T U-verse channel 99. To view past editions of the “In Touch with Durham County” show, visit the DCo YouTube Channel
</span></span><a href="https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLfYjpxKxVJ0FM3sAWsGZZYrGcYz7Mk1Tn"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk70930776"><span style="font-family:"Avenir Next LT Pro",sans-serif">here</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk70930776"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk70930776"><span style="font-family:"Avenir Next LT Pro",sans-serif">.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk70930776"><span style="font-family:"Avenir Next LT Pro",sans-serif">For more information on the Durham County Public Information Office, visit the
</span></span><a href="https://www.dconc.gov/county-departments/departments-f-z/public-information"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk70930776"><span style="font-family:"Avenir Next LT Pro",sans-serif">PIO website</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk70930776"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk70930776"><span style="font-family:"Avenir Next LT Pro",sans-serif">,
call 919-560-0000 or email </span></span><a href="mailto:publicinformationoffice@dconc.gov"><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk70930776"><span style="font-family:"Avenir Next LT Pro",sans-serif">publicinformationoffice@dconc.gov</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk70930776"></span></a><span style="mso-bookmark:_Hlk70930776"><span style="font-family:"Avenir Next LT Pro",sans-serif">.
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