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Two Rivers Reading Council

Region 5 North Central Region
Regional Directors:  Tamara Springer & Susanne Picchi


Two Rivers Officers

Tamara Springer, President
(815) 935-5863

Jan Serena, Vice President

Jeanne Hatting, Secretary

Heidi Pommier, Treasurer

Joan Reed, Membership



Two Rivers Newsletters


September 2008


July 2007



Upcoming Events

December 2-3, 2008: Two Rivers Reading Council and I-KAN Regional Office of Education will host Two Days with Debbie Diller at the Quality Inn, Bradley, Illinois. Offerings will include one day on Spaces and Places, and one day on Practice with Purpose: Literacy Work Stations for Grades 3-6. More information and registration will be available on the I-KAN website.

December 5, 2008: Two Rivers Reading Council will participate in the Gallery of Trees Gala from 6:00 to 8:30 PM at Kankakee County Historical Society, 801 S. 8th Avenue, Kankakee, Illinois.

February 21-25, 2009: International Reading Association will host its 54th Annual Convention Beyond the Horizon featuring Two Great Events in Two Great Cities. In February, IRA will host Multiple, Pathways to Literacy in Phoenix, Arizona. IRA will host Reading, Writing, and Conversations from May 3-7, 2009 in Minneapolis, Minnesota. To find out more about these exciting conventions, check out the Annual Convention section at www.reading.org.

March 19-21, 2009: IRC Conference, Reading! Engage! Excite! Ignite!, in Springfield, Illinois. Please take a moment to peruse the Preliminary Program highlighting the ENGAGING authors and EXCITING speakers awaiting you at the 2009 Conference that are sure to IGNITE your passion for reading! The early Registration deadline is February 1, 2009. The Housing Form is due to the Springfield Convention Vistors Bureau (SCVB) by February 15, 2009.

April 3, 2009: Two Rivers Reading Council will hold it Election Meeting for New Officers at the Great Wall Restaurant, Kankakee, Illinois. For more information, please contact Tammy Springer at (815) 935-5863.

April 25, 2009: Two Rivers Reading Council will participate in the District 111 Literacy Celebration from 10:00 AM to 12:00 PM at Northfield Square Mall, Rt 52 Bradley, Illinois.




Illinois Reading Council
an affiliate of the
International Reading Association

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