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EDUCATION OPPORTUNITIES
College Placement Testing offered
College Placement Testing offered on-site at the Adult Education Building
for Chemeketa Community College, Linn-Benton Community College and
Mount Hood Community College. The Placement Test is one of the first steps
to beginning college classes. Call 503-879-2282 to sign up for your placement
test – allow about one week for scheduling purposes. n
~ Announcements ~
Youth Education Activity Schedule:
Osborne Aquatic Center-Aug. 5
Ground Kontrol Arcade-Aug. 6
Shanghai Tunnels-Aug. 7
Oaks Park-Aug. 8
High School Girls Night Out-Aug. 10-11
High School Boys Night Out-Aug. 11-12
Media Camp-Aug. 12-14
K5 Program Closed-Aug. 11- 22
Middle/High School Program-Closed Aug. 18-22
LIBRARY HOURS:
Monday – Friday: 9 a . m . – 6 p . m .
(closed Monday - Friday: noon – 1 p . m .)
Saturday: 10 a . m . – 2 p . m .
The Shanghai Tunnels
Hosted by Youth Education
August 7
Details
This unique tour shows you the hidden side of Portland with a journey
underground—literally, socially, and figuratively. Wind your way
through the streets of the Old Town and Chinatown and learn about
crimes, scandals, and controversial characters. After spending the ma-
jority of the tour in the daylight, take a flashlight and head subterra-
nean. Journey under Old Town Pizza to an area which once led to the
legendary "Shanghai Tunnels" to explore the scandalous activities
from Portland's past, including the one that gives the "Shanghai Tun-
nels" their name.
Leaving time
approximately 10:00 am
Return time
approximately 7:00 pm
-lunch and snack provided
Contact Alexandria Thorsgard for more information 503-879-2318
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Tribal Library Summer Program: June 16 through July 31.
This year’s Summer Program theme is “FIZZ, BOOM, READ!”
Reading Incentive Program: We have 51 registered participants
and 16 active readers. Our readers have read 227 books for a total
of 6,860 minutes so far.
New items in the Collection: Children’s Collection: “Crazy
Concoctions,” “Color Chaos,” “Mystery Math,” “Mermaid Parade,”
“The Story of Things,” “Robots” and more. Young Adult Collection:
“The Art of the Catapult,” “Threatened,” “Man Made Boy,” “Hollow
City” and “Stick It! Duct Tape Projects.” Adult Non-fiction: “The
Lisa Beamer Story.” Adult Fiction: “American Gods” and “Freedom.”
DVDs: Approximately 50.
Donations: Many thanks to the following contributors to the
library collection: Lewis Younger, Tribal Court, Charlene McMa-
nis, Faye Smith, Pattie Mercier, Veronica Gaston, Mark Mercier
and Cory Dysart. We appreciate the great additions to the library
collection.
Reminder: Donated items must be clean and in good condi-
tion.
The Tribal Library is a CCRLS Circulation Site: Use your
Chemeketa Cooperative Regional Library Services library card to
place electronic holds on resources in the 18 partner libraries and
items will be couriered here for check out and can be checked back
in here as well.
Inter-Library Loan services: The Tribal Library partners with
Oregon State Library to offer “library to library” inter-library loan
services. By completing the inter-library loan form, library patrons
may request items from the Oregon State Library collection. OSL
lending policies apply for return of items.
Book review: “Out of the Easy”
Ruta Sepetys is a writer, as well as a musician although in college
she majored in International Finance. She loves to travel and has
visited more than 42 countries on six continents. She has written
two novels, “Out of the Easy” and “Between Shades of Gray.”
“Out of the Easy” is about a teenager who wants more out of life
than the Big Easy has to offer. Yet living in New Orleans, a place
full of secrets, she finds herself in the middle of an investigation that
challenges everything she knows, including her relationships.
Josie Moraine is the teenager growing up in New Orleans in the
1950s. This book is a historical fiction novel that tries to show what
was happening around this time in New Orleans.
If I were asked to do a review on historical fiction a few months
ago, I would have told you “No, it’s not my thing.” But after reading
this book, I would read it in a heartbeat. This book did a very good
job of capturing and keeping my attention. It was well-written and
fun to read. I also read “Between Shades of Gray” and would also
recommend that book. – Jade Colton