10:00 AM - Saturday -

Divertidos tiempos de cuentos virtuales con sus bibliotecarios Carly y Rodrigo.Toda la familia está invitada a este tiempo de cuentos virtual que ofrece libros para bebés, niños pequeños y preescolares. Instalaciones nuevas se estrenan en YouTube cada otro sábado a las 10am. Para ver este programa, haga clic en el enlace de abajo o introduzca esta dirección a su navegador web; https://bit.ly/2Vfrh53. Puede encontrar otros programas familiares divertidos en nuestra cuenta de YouTube.
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10:00 AM - Tuesday -

This program will be available Tuesdays via YouTube at https://bit.ly/2Yaurca

Join community librarians for songs, rhymes, stories and fun!

Experts agree that talking, singing, reading, writing and playing with your young child will prepare them for learning how to read, and will teach them the six skills needed to read. A child who enters kindergarten with a strong vocabulary, a love of books, and a familiarity with playing with words, has a definite advantage. You can help those skills develop with story time!

For more information about early literacy and how to talk, read, rhyme, play and write with your child, visit: https://www.deschuteslibrary.org/kids/literacy

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5:30 PM - Tuesday -

This is a live, interactive meeting. Click here to join the program https://zoom.us/j/94954891160?pwd=enFpU3VuR0c4S1VSVTUyOE1kWDJ4Zz09or click "Join Program" above. Meeting passcode: 361989

A recording will be available after the program.

Hear from a panel of authors including Rosanne Parry, Cat Winters, Cidney Swanson, and Amber Keyser.

The mission of Central Oregon Writers Guild is to provide Central Oregon area writers a forum for mutual support and education through meetings, annual events and workshops. Their goal is to advance growth and success for individual writers of all genres and at all skill levels. Founded in 2002, the Guild is a non-profit organization, where volunteers coordinate the group's activities. *zm*

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6:00 PM - Tuesday -

This is a live Zoom webinar. Register here for the link:
https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_uT9gy-0zSVqLrjkbK_uqzw

Recording will be available after March 11.

Learn about the wolf’s natural history, biology, and society & their history of eradication up to today’s current management programs.

Learn about the wolf's natural history, including their taxonomy and adaptations, diet, and elements of their society. The history of eradication and their return to the West in recent decades will be discussed, along with current management programs that address conflicts with wolves, including livestock depredation, effects on big game, and their perceived threats to humans.

Wolf biologist Dick Thiel was raised in southeastern Wisconsin and became interested in the plight of wolves in his home state at age 13. He graduated with a B.S. in Natural Resources Management and Biology from the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point in 1975. In 1980 he was hired as the state’s first wolf biologist - creating and managing Wisconsin’s wolf recovery program from 1980 to 1990. Then serving at Sandhill Wildlife Area deer research facility as coordinator of an Outdoor Skills Education Center and retiring in 2011 after 33 years of service. Despite his career shift into wildlife education, he was responsible for Department of Natural Resources (DNR) wolf monitoring activities within Wisconsin’s Central Forest Region from the time wolves first colonized there in 1994-95, and sat on the DNR’s Wolf Technical Committee from its inception in the early 1990’s to retirement.

In retirement Dick served for a time as Chair-person of Timber Wolf Information Network, a Wisconsin-based wolf education organization he helped found in 1989, and serves on the Board of Directors of the International Wolf Center, based in Minnesota. He remains active in wolf matters, conducting educational workshops for both organizations which are dedicated to presenting accurate, science-based information on wolf ecology, and as a consultant.

He has written numerous professional and popular articles on wolves, porcupines, turtles and other creatures. He’s authored The Timber Wolf in Wisconsin: the Death and Life of a Majestic Predator, published by the University of Wisconsin Press (1993) and Keepers of the Wolves, followed chronicling his experiences as a neophyte wolf biologist during the 1980s, also published by the Press (2001) and re-released in 2018, with updates on Wisconsin wolf status.
In addition, he co-edited the International Wolf Center’s 2013 book, Wild Wolves We Have Known: Stories of Wolf Biologist’s Favorite Wolves, supplying two of the 23 stories contained within. Recently he co-edited the childhood autobiographical memoir, As the Twig is Bent, by pioneer wildlife biologist, Wallace Grange, also published by the University of Wisconsin Press (2020).

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12:00 PM - Wednesday - Common Area (in front of service desk)

Pick up your weekly craft or activity kit for children!

Kits will vary by week and are good for preschool aged children. Some will be appropriate for younger ages with heavy parent help. These kits contain a story time rhyme sheet, thematic craft and a link to view a related video on the library's YouTube page.

Supplies are limited and will be first come, first served.

All supplies are to be taken home, no crafting will be done in the library.

All kits are created at least a week in advance and not touched in the interim to ensure safety.

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2:00 PM - Wednesday -

Learn how to use Google Drive in this interactive training. Join via Zoom: https://zoom.us/j/92572171490

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3:00 PM - Wednesday -

Use items from around the house for an activity inspired by A Boy Called Bat, and get excited for one of Oregon's Battle of the Books titles for the 2020-2021 school year.

This book is available via OverDrive and Hoopla (downloadable and free with your Deschutes Public Library card) or in CD or paper formats at your local library.

Part two of our three part series around A Boy Called Bat, a 2020-2021 OBOB selection for grades 3-5. The book is recommended for ages 6-10.
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6:00 PM - Wednesday -

This is a live meeting. Click here https://zoom.us/j/95081655277?pwd=TmVwYlp1QlJvMjVwV09CbWVGMklVQT09 to join the meeting or click "Join Meeting" above.

This event will not be recorded.

A virtual open mic and poetry slam to uplift voices and ideas of those that are historically unheard.

Join us at virtually for night of poetry and friendly competition. All writers and readers and word-lovers invited to attend and read.

Co-hosts Jessica Amascual or Tita Jess and Kaya Crump will be facilitating and hyping you up for the slam!

Schedule looks like this:
*6pm- Sign-ups via the Zoom chat feature as well as welcoming remarks, introductions of hosts and judges, format overview and special artist feature.

*6:15- Open Mic for those wanting to warm up or try something out on the mic before the poetry slam. Each person gets 5 minutes at the mic.

*6:40- Poetry Slam! Each person gets 5 mins at the mic with immediate scoring following their set by a panel of guest judges.

*7:20- Winner and prize announced and closing set by special guest!

Check out the Facebook page for details. Register in advance if you'd like to secure your spot, or just show up and step up. To register in advance, please contact Paige M. Ferro at paigef@deschuteslibrary.org.
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10:00 AM - Thursday -

Interactive storytime with songs, rhymes, and movement.
This video will premiere live on Facebook at 10:00 a.m.; visit www.facebook.com/deschuteslibrary to tune in.” Early literacy skills to get your child ready to learn to read are the focus of these storytimes. You and your child will hear great stories while also becoming more familiar with letter sounds, rhyming, vocabulary, and print. Fun for everyone with opportunities to sing, join in on movement rhymes

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6:00 PM - Thursday -

A link to view this program will be available beginning Thursday, March 11 at 6:00 p.m.

We want to hear from you: please fill out this short survey https://conta.cc/2WjLWoT.

Take a wildflower journey across Oregon with author Damian Fagan.

Take a wildflower journey across Oregon with stops at various wildflower hotspots. Explore some of the natural history, ethnobotany, and ethnology of Oregon's flora and discover resources to aid in wildflower identification and information.

Damian Fagan is a former National Park Service ranger and field biologist who has a passion for plants. With a B.S. in Botany from the University of Washington, Fagan has photographed and studied wildflowers throughout the West. He has written two wildflower field guides: Wildflowers of Oregon and Canyon Country Wildflowers. A freelance writer and occasional outdoor recreation instructor for COCC's Continuing Education, Fagan is most at home surrounded by the flora and fauna of the Great Outdoors.

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10:00 AM - Saturday -

Cada otro sábado, sus bibliotecarios bilingües le recomiendan un libro nuevo.Bibliotecarios bilingües Rodrigo y Carly le ayudan a encontrar su próximo libro, ya sea electrónico o físico. Subrayamos libros disponibles en las plataformas de Hoopla o Libby, para que pueda empezar a leer de una vez desde la comodidad de su hogar.
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All Day - Tuesday -

Drop in to any of our DPL locations and grab your Write On! swag bag full of must-have writing essentials for poets. These bags are loaded with supplies to help you get your creative poetry write-on during spring break and beyond.

Write On! bags available for teens March 16-20th during open hours at all Deschutes Public Library locations while supplies last.

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10:00 AM - Tuesday -

This program will be available Tuesdays via YouTube at https://bit.ly/2Yaurca

Join community librarians for songs, rhymes, stories and fun!

Experts agree that talking, singing, reading, writing and playing with your young child will prepare them for learning how to read, and will teach them the six skills needed to read. A child who enters kindergarten with a strong vocabulary, a love of books, and a familiarity with playing with words, has a definite advantage. You can help those skills develop with story time!

For more information about early literacy and how to talk, read, rhyme, play and write with your child, visit: https://www.deschuteslibrary.org/kids/literacy

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3:00 PM - Tuesday -

This program will be available to watch on-demand beginning March 16th at 3:00 p.m.

Learn how you can help pollinators this spring and get acquainted with native bees in this two part presentation with Basey Klopp of the Bend Pollinator Pathway and Toni Stephan, Horticulture and Small Farms Instructor at the OSU Deschutes County Extension Office.

Get an overview of the Bend Pollinator Pathway, a new project launching this spring in our community. Pollinator populations around the world are in precipitous decline. That is the bad news. The good news is that we know exactly what we need to do to help them. We need to plant food and shelter that pollinators can use to replace some of what has been lost by development and loss of habitat. We also need to connect that habitat so that the vast majority of pollinators can move through our landscapes and find what they need to thrive.

There are well over 500 species of bees in Oregon and the high desert is home to many of them. Learn about and see photos of a few of the native bees in our local area. Short, home videos will be included to show the bees at work. A short list of native plants will be included with the bees to help the viewer identify what plants may be of importance to our native bees.

Basey Klopp is the founding member of the all-volunteer group that comprises the Bend Pollinator Pathway. She has been planting Central Oregon native plants for pollinators since she arrived in Bend in 2008. When she ran out of space in her home garden, she started looking for funding to plant for pollinators around the community. In 2014, she received a grant to install a public native pollinator garden, partnering with the city of Bend. She has continued to grow pollinator habitat around town, connecting with schools and various community organizations, sharing native plants whenever possible.

The Bend Pollinator Pathway is the first native pollinator habitat connectivity project in our region. Based on a successful program in the Northeastern United States, the plan is to grow to include all communities throughout Central Oregon and beyond.

Toni Stephan, Horticulture and Small Farms Instructor, Oregon State University, Deschutes County Extension Service. Toni has worked for Extension from 2000-2005 and again from 2012 to present. Her primary role is to assist in the Master Gardener Program but she has a small role with pollinators as part of the Oregon Bee Atlas - part of the Oregon Bee Project. In this project we have been collecting and curating bees throughout the state to build a more accurate record of the native bees within the state.

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5:30 PM - Tuesday -

Discover new books, library resources, and online author events.https://www.crowdcast.io/e/dpl-book-club-central

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All Day - Wednesday -

Drop in to any of our DPL locations and grab your Write On! swag bag full of must-have writing essentials for poets. These bags are loaded with supplies to help you get your creative poetry write-on during spring break and beyond.

Write On! bags available for teens March 16-20th during open hours at all Deschutes Public Library locations while supplies last.

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12:00 PM - Wednesday - Common Area (in front of service desk)

Pick up your weekly craft or activity kit for children!

Kits will vary by week and are good for preschool aged children. Some will be appropriate for younger ages with heavy parent help. These kits contain a story time rhyme sheet, thematic craft and a link to view a related video on the library's YouTube page.

Supplies are limited and will be first come, first served.

All supplies are to be taken home, no crafting will be done in the library.

All kits are created at least a week in advance and not touched in the interim to ensure safety.

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2:00 PM - Wednesday -

Learn how to use and share Google Docs in this interactive training. Join via Zoom here:https://zoom.us/j/91640806439

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All Day - Thursday -

Drop in to any of our DPL locations and grab your Write On! swag bag full of must-have writing essentials for poets. These bags are loaded with supplies to help you get your creative poetry write-on during spring break and beyond.

Write On! bags available for teens March 16-20th during open hours at all Deschutes Public Library locations while supplies last.

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10:00 AM - Thursday -

Interactive storytime with songs, rhymes, and movement.
This video will premiere live on Facebook at 10:00 a.m.; visit www.facebook.com/deschuteslibrary to tune in.” Early literacy skills to get your child ready to learn to read are the focus of these storytimes. You and your child will hear great stories while also becoming more familiar with letter sounds, rhyming, vocabulary, and print. Fun for everyone with opportunities to sing, join in on movement rhymes

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10:30 AM - Thursday -

Music and movement to develop literacy skills.  3-5 yrs. Join live via zoom.

Movement and literacy skills are closely connected.  Your child will hear songs that include singing, dancing, and musical instruments to build motor skills.  30 min.
Grab a scarf, sock anything to wave around and an instrument. If you don't have an instrument, two spoons or pots and pans work!

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5:00 PM - Thursday -

This is a live program. Click here to join the program https://zoom.us/j/93824735258?pwd=WTlSa0ZxNE14aXlVcE4rVjlEcmRzZz09or click "Join Program" above.

This program will not be recorded.

Gary Powers Jr., son of U.S. Cold War spy Francis Gary Powers, details the harrowing true events of the Cold War that inspired the movie Bridge of Spies.

During this 1-hour program, Gary will show a short clip from the 2015 Steven Spielberg movie, Bridge of Spies, that depicts his father’s exchange for a Soviet spy in February 1962.

Throughout the program, Gary will reference his two books, Spy Pilot and Letters from a Soviet Prison. He will talk about the Cold War, the misinformation surrounding the U-2 Incident, and what his family has done to set the record straight over the past 30 years. Q&A to follow after the program.

Born June 5, 1965, in Burbank, California, he is the son of Francis Gary and Claudia “Sue” Powers. Gary holds a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Philosophy from California State University, Los Angeles, and a Master’s Degree in Public Administration / Certification in Non-profit Management from George Mason University (GMU), Fairfax, Virginia. He graduated in 2019 with his Master’s Degree in U.S. History from Adams State University, Alamosa, CO.

Gary is the Founder and Chairman Emeritus of The Cold War Museum, a 501(c) (3) charity located at Vint Hill, VA 45 minutes west of Washington, DC. He founded the museum in 1996 to honor Cold War veterans, preserve Cold War history, and educate future generations about this time period. As Chairman of the Presidential Advisory Committee for the Cold War Theme Study he works with the National Park Service and leading Cold War experts to identify historic Cold War sites for commemorating, interpreting, and preservation. Gary is the past President and CEO of the Vienna Tysons Corner Regional Chamber of Commerce (2000-2005) and in 2015 he consulted for the Steven Spielberg Cold War thriller, Bridge of Spies, about James Donovan who brokered the 1962 spy exchange between KGB spy Rudolph Abel and CIA U-2 pilot Francis Gary Powers, Sr.

Gary is the author of Letters from a Soviet Prison and Spy Pilot which both help to dispel the fake news surrounding the U-2 Incident. He is a Board Member of the Strategic Air Command and Aerospace Museum near Omaha, NE and an Honorary Board Member of the International Spy Museum in Washington, DC. Because of his efforts to honor Cold War veterans the Junior Chamber of Commerce selected him as one of the “Ten Outstanding Young Americans” for 2002. Gary lectures internationally and appears regularly on C-SPAN, the History, Discovery, and A&E Channels. He is married and has one son.

For more information or to order autographed copies of Gary’s books go to: www.spypilotbook.com and www.garypowers.com *zm*

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All Day - Friday -

Drop in to any of our DPL locations and grab your Write On! swag bag full of must-have writing essentials for poets. These bags are loaded with supplies to help you get your creative poetry write-on during spring break and beyond.

Write On! bags available for teens March 16-20th during open hours at all Deschutes Public Library locations while supplies last.

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All Day - Saturday -

Drop in to any of our DPL locations and grab your Write On! swag bag full of must-have writing essentials for poets. These bags are loaded with supplies to help you get your creative poetry write-on during spring break and beyond.

Write On! bags available for teens March 16-20th during open hours at all Deschutes Public Library locations while supplies last.

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10:00 AM - Saturday -

Divertidos tiempos de cuentos virtuales con sus bibliotecarios Carly y Rodrigo.Toda la familia está invitada a este tiempo de cuentos virtual que ofrece libros para bebés, niños pequeños y preescolares. Instalaciones nuevas se estrenan en YouTube cada otro sábado a las 10am. Para ver este programa, haga clic en el enlace de abajo o introduzca esta dirección a su navegador web; https://bit.ly/2Vfrh53. Puede encontrar otros programas familiares divertidos en nuestra cuenta de YouTube.
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4:00 PM - Sunday -

This is a live, interactive webinar. Join the webinar here:
https://zoom.us/j/93006149814?pwd=MXJJUTVQMjNzdExpN2VjVUlaUnJ1UT09 or click on Join Program Here link above.

Join award winning author, Imbolo Mbue for a discussion about her work, including her new novel How Beautiful We Were

We want to hear from you. Following the presentation please fill out this short survey here: https://conta.cc/2WjLWoT

Imbolo Mbue is the author of the New York Times bestseller Behold the Dreamers, which won the PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction and was an Oprah’s Book Club selection. The novel has been translated into eleven languages, adapted into an opera and a stage play, and optioned for a miniseries.

Her new novel, How Beautiful We Were, will be published on March 9, 2021.

A native of Limbe, Cameroon, and a graduate of Rutgers and Columbia Universities, Mbue lives in New York.

This program is made possible with support from Oregon Humanities, the National Endowment for the Humanities, the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, and the Oregon Cultural Trust.

Since 2009, Oregon Humanities has hosted onstage conversations with writers, civic leaders, activists, and artists in bars, cafes, pubs, and theaters in Portland and around Oregon, including events in Deschutes County. Originally called Think & Drink, the program was renamed Consider This in 2020. Deschutes Public Library has hosted five events in partnership with Oregon Humanities including presentations by Walidah Imarisha, Rinku Sen, Rich Benjamin and Matika Wilbur. *zm*

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10:00 AM - Tuesday -

This program will be available Tuesdays via YouTube at https://bit.ly/2Yaurca

Join community librarians for songs, rhymes, stories and fun!

Experts agree that talking, singing, reading, writing and playing with your young child will prepare them for learning how to read, and will teach them the six skills needed to read. A child who enters kindergarten with a strong vocabulary, a love of books, and a familiarity with playing with words, has a definite advantage. You can help those skills develop with story time!

For more information about early literacy and how to talk, read, rhyme, play and write with your child, visit: https://www.deschuteslibrary.org/kids/literacy

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6:00 PM - Tuesday -

A link to view this program will be available beginning March 23 at 6:00 p.m.

Matt Puccio Jr. shares a musical saga of experience in the outdoors.

Let us know what you thought about this program by filling out a short survey: https://conta.cc/2WjLWoT

From the hills of Vermont to the grasslands and forest of the Midwest to the Central Oregon Cascades, Matt’s journey has discovered the healing power of the natural world. Sit back and enjoy his lyrical voice and delicate fingerstyle guitar as he takes you across the continent.

Matt Puccio Jr. is a folk singer who acts as a voice for the outdoors, education, and mental health. His songwriting and performances speak to the power of place and the way community can meaningfully change how people interact and support each other. His lyrical voice and delicate fingerpick style of guitar draws the listener in, simultaneously relaxing them and reminding them to be intentional in their day to day interactions with one another. Matt has an edge when it comes to engaging crowds and creating an atmosphere of calm contentment thanks to a history as an educator. *oo*

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3:00 PM - Wednesday -

A link to view this program on-demand will be available beginning Wednesday, March 24th at 3:00 p.m.

Hear how the story of two Chinese gentlemen in early John Day reveals a more realistic version of Chinese Experience from the mid-1800s-1960s with Don Merritt, Museum Curator and Archaeologist at Kam Wah Chung State Heritage Site.

Chinese-American influence in the United States was relatively just a foot note in the larger picture of American history until recent years. With more researchers digging into the history and archaeology of the historic Chinese community, a broader and more complex story is being unveiled that challenges the assumptions even 30 years ago. As a case in point, Kam Wah Chung is just one of many sites that is slowly revealing the true story of Chinese in America from the mid-1800s through the 1960s. Kam Wah Chung is the story of two Chinese gentlemen, a businessman Lung On and herbal doctor Ing “Doc” Hay. Having one of the most complete historical records in the world including business and personal letters, financial records, and medical records, Kam Wah Chung does not completely fit the stereotype of what the general public is told about Chinese Americans living in the country for over 100 years. What was found in the historic Kam Wah Chung building dates back to the 1860s through the 1960s. Within that information, a more realistic history of the Chinese Experience in America come to light by way of personal and social interactions between two Chinese gentlemen and the community of Oregon.

Don Merritt is the Museum Curator for the Kam Wah Chung State Heritage Site in John Day, Oregon. "As an archaeologist and museum curator, I have worked on some very interesting projects and surveys during the last 14 years. Living in six states in 14 years after leaving Michigan in 1998, I just tell people “I am from the west” when people ask me where I am from, though I am calling Oregon home these days. I graduated from the University of Montana in 2010 with a Master’s Degree in Archaeology. After graduation, I worked for cultural resource management firms, state, and federal agencies throughout the west. I then took a job working for Utah State Parks as the museum curator and Utah State Park’s archaeologist at Fremont Indian State Park in 2014. Beginning January 3, 2017, I started my current position as museum curator for Oregon Parks and Recreation Department, Kam Wah Chung State Heritage Site. During my tenure as archaeologist, I surveyed and documented for listing a segment of the California-Mormon-Pony Express Trail in Utah, one of the most complete and intact segments in the state which included two camping sites previously unknown. I also helped survey and record portions of the Rosebud Battlefield near the Battle of the Little Bighorn in Montana. My thesis was the archaeology and history of Fort Owen in southwest Montana, which I am currently writing a book about. But most importantly, I helped my brother Chris Merritt on his PhD dissertation on The Chinese of Montana, for which I gained the most knowledge on Chinese artifacts. Now I am the steward for the most unique historic Chinese collection in North America at Kam Wah Chung.

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10:00 AM - Thursday -

Interactive storytime with songs, rhymes, and movement.
This video will premiere live on Facebook at 10:00 a.m.; visit www.facebook.com/deschuteslibrary to tune in.” Early literacy skills to get your child ready to learn to read are the focus of these storytimes. You and your child will hear great stories while also becoming more familiar with letter sounds, rhyming, vocabulary, and print. Fun for everyone with opportunities to sing, join in on movement rhymes

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