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<h2 style="font-size: 200%;">MEDIA ADVISORY</h2>
<p style="font-size: 120%; margin-top: -5px; font-weight:bold;">January 10, 2018</p>
<p style="float:right; font-weight:bold; margin-bottom: 75px; font-size: 120%; text-align:right;">CONTACT: Elise Buchheit
<br />Program Specialist, Office of Cultural Affairs
<br />573-874-6387
<br />OCA@CoMo.gov</p>
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<div style="font-size: 110%; line-height:200%;"><h3 style="clear:both; margin-top: 75px; margin-bottom: 10px; font-weight: bold; font-size: 170%;">Columbia Values Diversity Celebration to be held Jan. 11</h3>
<div class="content"><span style="padding-left: 50px;">(COLUMBIA, MO)</span> - <p style="display:inline;">The 25th annual Columbia Values Diversity Celebration will be held Thursday, Jan. 11, at the Holiday Inn Expo Center, 2200 Interstate 70 Dr. SW. Doors open to the public at 7 a.m., with the program beginning at approximately 7:30 a.m. Members of the media are welcome to arrive early, beginning at 6:30 a.m., and should check in at the registration booth (in the glass foyer on the west side of the Expo Center) for a press packet.</p>
<p>The event is sold out. Please contact the Office of Cultural Affairs at 573-874-6387 for more information.</p></div>
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<em>Columbia is the best place for everyone to live, work, learn and play.</em></p>
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