HERMISTON — More than 100 people helped turn the page to applaud 40 years of Battle of the Books in Hermiston. The event was held Tuesday, March 14 at West
In 1983, Linda Turner was a teacher at West Park Elementary School. She read about a book contest Alaska had on short-wave radio to answer questions about books, so she
Read to Achieve: New Oregon Battle of the Books Titles Released Since 2006, Oregon Battle of the Books has delighted students with its annual tournament-style.
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Life is grand in the information age, but for that ONE problem: along with all the information available to us, there s also a lot of DISinformation around. Pick your poison; from flat-earthers to voter-fraud conspiracies, there s plenty to go around.
Kate Weber wants to reduce the abundance as much as possible. She s the president of the
Oregon Association of School Libraries, promoting the value of libraries and the people who staff them.
Libraries can do wonders to direct young people to the truth rather than the rumor, even while students are not spending much time in school these days. Kate Weber visits the JX to make the case.