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;X-APPLE-RADIUS=10;X-TITLE=Downtown Bend Library:geo :44.0572068,-121.3165935 GEO:44.0572068;-121.3165935 DESCRIPTION:Join an entertaining and educational talk about an unexpected bird..\nhttps://dpl.libnet.info/event/15704370 X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:Have you wondered if we have seagulls in C entral Oregon? \; Do you love learning about unusual bird visitors wit h their stories and the mysteries around their often unexpected presence?& nbsp\; Or maybe you just love gulls? \; Maybe you were intrigued by th e gull theme in this year's A Novel Idea pick\, \;Supersonic?
\nJoin this entertaining\, yet educational\, program about Central Oregon&rs quo\;s gulls.
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About the Presenter:
\nSharing her enjo yment and knowledge about our local birds\, Sevilla Rhoads leads birding o utings and programs for many Central Oregon organizations including Oregon State Parks\, the Sunriver Nature Center\, \; and the East Cascades B irding Alliance. \; Sevilla's experience also includes community scien ce projects\, such as bird \;surveys\, for various state\, federal\, a nd non-profit agencies. \; For more details\, visit her website at&nbs p\;https://www.deifer.net/ \;&nb sp\;
\n2026 A Novel Idea Book Selection:
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upersonic \;charts the rise of a boomtown city in the American We
st where ambition outpaces memory. In the present day\, PTA president Sami
Hasegawa-Stalworth is determined to rename her daughter&rsquo\;s elementa
ry school after her late grandmother&mdash\;a beloved music teacher and Ja
panese internment survivor. What begins as a symbolic family gesture spira
ls into a kaleidoscopic\, multi-generational story of struggle&mdash\;for
and against change\, and over who gets to define the future. \;
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Through interwoven lives&mdash\;an opioid-addicted 19th-centur
y conman\, a disgraced Navy seaman building a jet that will fly faster tha
n sound\, a stay-at-home dad turned weed entrepreneur\, and a family haunt
ed by the ghosts of progress&mdash\;Supersonic reveals how each e
ra tries to remake the same ground beneath its feet. At once intimate and
panoramic\, the story channels the restless energy that propels the West.&
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About the Author: \;
Th
omas \;Kohnstamm \;was born and raised in Seattle. He still lives
in the same house he grew up in&mdash\;now with his wife and two children.
\;A freelance writer for over twenty years\, \;he&rsquo\;s \;
been a Spanish &\; Portuguese translator\, travel writer\, video &\;
animation producer and has covered subjects ranging from rainforest conse
rvation to quantum computing to backcountry skiing. \;Supersonic&n
bsp\;is his third book. \;
Learn more about \;A Novel Idea
\nQuestions? Contact laurel h@deschuteslibrary.org \;
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