Library News and Events
By Dawn Anderson
International Gaming Day
 Games! Games! Games! The entire library will be filled with gaming for all ages on International Gaming Day. Saturday, Nov. 16, 6 pm. Preschoolers to teens to grandparents, there’s something for everyone.
The children’s area will include puzzles, board games, active play, early literacy fun, and “I Spy.” Bring your own DS and participate in a Pokemon tournament upstairs. Or you can bring your cards to play in a Pokemon card game. SSBB will be set up in the teen section and Rock Band and other Wii games will be in another part of the library.
If you like board games, many tables will be set up throughout the library to play popular favorites and newer “Euro” games like Ticket to Ride and Alhambra. Have a game you enjoy and would like to share with others? Bring it! Snacks and drinks will be provided. Bring the whole family. Every age will find some type of game that you will enjoy.
Swedish Roots, Oregon Lives
Sunday, Nov. 24, 2-3 pm. Author Lars Nordstrom discusses Swedish Roots, Oregon Lives, the latest release from the nonprofit research group, Swedish Roots in Oregon. This new book is a compilation of oral histories narrated by Swedes who immigrated to Oregon in the early to mid-Twentieth Century. Some of the stories are told by the children of these immigrants and include their memories of immersion in the Swedish American culture of the greater Portland metro area.
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