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size=3>MaryJane Butters to Sign First Book</FONT></P>
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size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">MaryJane Butters, <?xml:namespace prefix =
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/><st1:City><st1:place>Moscow</st1:place></st1:City>’s organic pioneer, will
sign copies of her first book at seven Palouse area locations between the book’s
national release date, May 24, and May 30, the day she begins her national book
tour.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The book, <I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">MaryJane’s Ideabook Cookbook Lifebook For
the Farmgirl in All of Us</I>, is published by Clarkson Potter, a division of
Random House, and focuses on the themes of a simplified and hopeful lifestyle,
including keeping a home, raising a family, socializing with friends, and
contributing to the community.<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></P>
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size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">The booksigning events include:
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size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">*Tuesday, May 24, <st1:time Hour="19"
Minute="0">7pm</st1:time>, at BookPeople, 512 <st1:place>S. Main</st1:place>,
<st1:City><st1:place>Moscow</st1:place></st1:City><o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></P>
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size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">*Wednesday, May 25, <st1:time Hour="12"
Minute="0">noon</st1:time>, at Country Mercantile, <st1:Street><st1:address>103
Steptoe Street</st1:address></st1:Street>,
Oakesdale<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></P>
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size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">*Thursday, May 26, <st1:time Hour="12"
Minute="0">noon</st1:time>, at Whitman County Library, 102 S. Main,
Colfax<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></P>
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size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">*Thursday, May 26, <st1:time Hour="15"
Minute="0">3pm</st1:time>, at
<st1:place><st1:PlaceType>University</st1:PlaceType> of
<st1:PlaceName>Idaho</st1:PlaceName></st1:place> main bookstore,
<st1:address><st1:Street>710 Deakin Street</st1:Street>,
<st1:City>Moscow</st1:City></st1:address><o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></P>
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size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">*Thursday, May 26, <st1:time Hour="19"
Minute="0">7pm</st1:time>, at <st1:City><st1:place>Moscow</st1:place></st1:City>
Library, 110 <st1:place>S. Jefferson</st1:place>,
<st1:City><st1:place>Moscow</st1:place></st1:City><o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></P>
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size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">*Friday, May 27, <st1:time Hour="12"
Minute="0">noon</st1:time>, at Green Frog Café, <st1:Street><st1:address>110
Bridge Street</st1:address></st1:Street>, Palouse <o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></P>
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size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman">*Friday, May 27, <st1:time Hour="17"
Minute="0">5pm</st1:time>, at <st1:City><st1:place>Moscow</st1:place></st1:City>
Food Co-op, 221 East Third,
<st1:City><st1:place>Moscow</st1:place></st1:City></FONT></FONT></P>
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face="Times New Roman" size=3>The booksigning reception at the Moscow Food Co-op
will also include Bill London signing copies of his book, <I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Getaways: 50 Public Places and Community
Spaces in Latah County, Idaho</I>, and Carol Hill, the graphics artist who
designed the books for Butters and
<st1:City><st1:place>London</st1:place></st1:City>, signing both
books.</FONT></P>
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face="Times New Roman" size=3>MaryJane Butters’ book reflects her experiences
growing up in a loving Mormon family and then later breaking down gender
barriers as a wilderness ranger and carpenter.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>In 1986, Butters purchased a small farm
eight miles southeast of
<st1:City><st1:place>Moscow</st1:place></st1:City>.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Following the
<st1:City><st1:place>Chernobyl</st1:place></st1:City> nuclear disaster, she
founded the environmental organization that became the Palouse-Clearwater
Environmental Institute and served as the group’s first president.</FONT></P>
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face="Times New Roman" size=3>To develop markets for locally-produced organic
beans, in 1990 she started selling falafel, the first of more than 60 prepared
organic foods she now markets worldwide under her MaryJanesFarm brand, through
retail sales, websites (www.maryjanesfarm.org), and her ad-free
magazine.</FONT></P>
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face="Times New Roman" size=3>The success of her magazine resulted in the Random
House contract, signed in October of 2003 for $1.35 million, for her books.
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face="Times New Roman" size=3>Random House is planning a national campaign to
publicize the book and introduce MaryJane Butters.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The book tour will include booksignings
and media exposure in a dozen cities, including <st1:State><st1:place>New
York</st1:place></st1:State> and
<st1:City><st1:place>Chicago</st1:place></st1:City>.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>In May, a full-page ad for the book will
appear in the <I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">New York Times</I>.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>In June, a three-page review will appear
in <I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Family Circle</I>.</FONT></P>
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face="Times New Roman" size=3>At the MaryJanesFarm location near
<st1:City><st1:place>Moscow</st1:place></st1:City>, she is now building a
three-story headquarters for her food packaging, magazine publishing, and bed
and breakfast operation.<SPAN style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>Visitors
interested in touring MaryJanesFarm are invited to the Farm Fair festival,
scheduled for the weekend of July 2 and 3.</FONT></P>
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size=3><FONT face="Times New Roman"><I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">MaryJane’s Ideabook Cookbook Lifebook</I>
includes 416 pages and more than 600 illustrations and photographs.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>The book retails for $35
hardcover.</FONT></FONT></P>
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