Bend Public Library
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Flood Can’t Sink Library Lovers

Friends of the Bend Libraries lost its home and books, but comes back with new digs for its annual sale
Chris Miller

The late winter that blanketed Bend in snow caused school cancellations and left many buildings with water damage from ice dams and flooding. The Friends of the Bend Library lost about 11,000 books—and its home—when the Deschutes Public Library administrative building on Wall Street flooded from snow melt. But the Friends of the Library rose […]

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The Art of Summer

How to create, play and explore with your kids
MaryLea Harris

Summer break can be a source of anxiety for many parents and caregivers of young children. Visions of bickering siblings, tantrums and constant outcries of “I’m bored!” can give even the most experienced parent cold sweats. Have no fear, even if you’re not a so-called “crafty” person, I’ve got your back here. Taking as many […]

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Free Small Business Counseling at the Downtown Bend Public Library

Sherron Lumley

Submitted by Liisa Sjoblom Avoid time-consuming and costly mistakes by learning from someone who’s “been there, done that.”  Continuing April 5, 2016, SCORE business counselors will be available every Tuesday from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. for free one-on-one small business counseling in the Second Floor Tutor Room of the Downtown Bend Library.  Individuals who operate or […]

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Art Watch 2/17-2/24

Letters of Survival
Russ Axon

On Feb. 19, 1942, President Franklin D. Roosevelt issued Executive Order 9066. This order forced over 120,000 persons of Japanese descent, a majority of them American citizens, into internment camps for almost three years. The order was not officially rescinded until almost 30 years later. In 1979, Oregon was one of the first states to […]

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