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THE BULLETIN• FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 2014
PAHENTS + KIDS
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FAMILY CALENDAR
TODAY STORYTIMES — PRESCHOOL PARADE:Ages 3-5 years; 10:30 a.m.; Downtown Bend Public Library, 601 NW Wall St.; www. deschuteslibrary.org/bend or 541-617-7050. "NO TURNINGBACK":Showing of Warren Miller's 65th ski film; $17 plusfees in advance;6 p.m .;The Old Stone, 157 NW Franklin Ave., Bend; www.oldstonechurchbend. com or 541-322-7273. "ATOMB WITH AVIEW": A dark comedic play about a family that inherits a large fortune; $5; 7 p.m.; Mountain View High School, 2755 NE 27th St., Bend; www.bend.k12. or.us or 541-355-4401. "DESIGNING WOMAN": A screening of the 1957 comedic film with Gregory Peck and Lauren Bacall; free; 7:30 p.m.; Rodriguez Annex, Jefferson County Library, 134 SE E St., Madras; www.jcld.org or 541-475-3351. "NO TURNINGBACK":Showing of Warren Miller's 65th ski film; $17 plusfees in advance;8:30 p.m.;The Old Stone, 157 NW Franklin Ave., Bend; www.oldstonechurchbend. com or 541-322-7273.
SATURDAY STORYTIMES — FAMILY SATURDAYSTORIES: All ages; 9:30 a.m.; East Bend Public Library, 62080 Dean Swift Road; www. deschuteslibrary.org/eastbend or 541-330-3760. STORYTIMES — SENSORY STORYTIME:Ages 1-7 with caregiver, for children with sensory integration challenges; free; 11 a.m.; East Bend Public Library, 62080 Dean Swift Road; www. deschuteslibrary.org/eastbend or 541-330-3760. "BILLYELLIOT,THE MUSICAL LIVE":Live production of the m usical abouta young boy's struggle to be a dancer; $18, $15 for seniors and children; 12:55 p.m.; Regal Old Mill Stadium16 8 IMAX, 680 SW Powerhouse Drive, Bend; 541-312-2901. OLD ST. FRANCIS10 YEAR ANNIVERSARYPARTY: Featuring live music by Freak Mountain Ramblers and Blackstrap,
and more; free; 4-10p.m.; McMenamins Old St. Francis School, 700 NW Bond St., Bend; www.mcmenamins.com or 541-382-5174. "NO TURNINGBACK":Showing of Warren Miller's 65th ski film; $17 plusfees in advance;6 p.m .;The Old Stone, 157 NW Franklin Ave., Bend; www.oldstonechurchbend. com or 541-322-7273. "ATOMB WITH AVIEW": A dark comedic play about a family that inherits a large fortune; $5; 7 p.m.; Mountain View High School, 2755 NE 27th St., Bend; www.bend.k12. or.us or 541-355-4401. BROADWAY ON WALLSTREET: Featuring classics from "Wicked," "Rent," "The Lion King," "Spamalot" and more; $40 plus fees; 7 p.m.; Tower Theatre, 835 NW Wall St., Bend; www. towertheatre.org or 541-317-0700. CHALLENGE OFCHAMPIONS BULL RIDING TOUR:Featuring 40 professional bull riders, six junior bull riders, giveaways and
more; $12 plusfees inadvance, $15 at the door; 7-9 p.m., doors open at 5:30 p.m.; Deschutes County Fair 8 Expo Center, 3800 SW Airport Way, Redmond; www. challengeofchampionstour.com or 541-580-8901. "NO TURNINGBACK":Showing of
Warren Miller's 65th ski film; $17 plusfees inadvance;8:30 p.m.;The Old Stone,157 NW Franklin Ave., Bend; www.oldstonechurchbend. com or 541-322-7273.
Regal Old Mill Stadium16 8 IMAX, 680 SW Powerhouse Drive, Bend; 541-312-2901.
SUNDAY
STORYTIMES —TODDLIN'TALES: Ages 0-3; 9:30 a.m.; East Bend Public Library, 62080 Dean Swift Road; www.deschuteslibrary.org/ eastbend or 541-330-3760. STORYTIMES — MOTHER GOOSE 8 MORE:Ages 0-2; free; 10:15 a.m.; Redmond Public Library, 827 SW Deschutes Ave.; www. deschuteslibrary.org/redmond or 541-312-1050. STORYTIMES — TODDLIN'TALES: Ages 18-36 months; 10:15 a.m.; Downtown Bend Public Library, 601 NW Wall St.; www.deschuteslibrary. org/bend or 541-617-7050. STORYTIMES — BABYSTEPS: Ages 0-18 months; 11:30 a.m.; Downtown Bend Public Library, 601 NW Wall St.; www.deschuteslibrary. org/bend or 541-617-7050. STORYTIMES — TEEN TERRITORY:Ages12-17, strategy games, crafts, Wiiandmore;1 p.m.; La Pine Public Library, 16425 First St.; www.deschuteslibrary.org/ lapine/or 541-312-1090.
BROADWAY ON WALLSTREET: Featuring classics from "Wicked," "Rent," "The Lion King," "Spamalot" and more; $40 plus fees; 2 p.m.; Tower Theatre, 835 NW Wall St., Bend; www. towertheatre.org or 541-317-0700. CASCADE WINDSSYMPHONIC BAND FALLCONCERT:The band plays music by Curnow, Galante, Respighi and more; free, donations accepted; 2 p.m.; Summit High School, 2855 NW Clearwater Drive, Bend; www.bend.k12.or.us or 541-383-7516. VICTORIA ROBERTSON:The soprano singer performs, presented by the Redmond Community Concert Association; $60, $25 for students 21 and younger, $125 for families, season subscriptions only; 2 p.m. (SOLD OL!T) and 6:30 p.m.; Ridgeview High School, 4555 SW Elkhorn Ave., Redmond; www.redmondcca. org, redmondcca©hotmail.com or 541-350-7222.
WEDNESDAY
THURSDAY
MONDAY
STORYTIMES — PRESCHOOL PARADE:Ages 3-5; 9:30 a.m.; East ANIMAL ADVENTURES WITHTHE Bend Public Library, 62080 Dean HIGH DESERTMUSEUM:Ages Swift Road; www.deschuteslibrary. 3and older, live animals, stories org/eastbend or 541-330-3760. and crafts with the High Desert STORYTIMES — ROCKIETALES Museum; free; 10 a.m.; Redmond PUPPET SHOW: Ages 3-5 years; Public Library, 827 SW Deschutes Ave.; www.deschuteslibrary.org/ free; 9:30 a.m.; East Bend Public Library, 62080 Dean Swift Road; redmond or 541-312-1050. www.deschuteslibrary.org/eastbend STORYTIMES — FIZZ! BOOM! or 541-330-3760. READ!:Ages 3-5 years, stories, STORYTIMES — PRESCHOOL songs and science; 10:30 PARADE:Ages 3-5; free; 10:15 a.m.; Downtown Bend Public Library, 601 NW Wall St.; www. a.m.; Redmond Public Library, 827 SW Deschutes Ave.; www. deschuteslibrary.org/bend or 541-617-7050. deschuteslibrary.org/redmond or 541-312-1050. STORYTIMES — FAMILYFUN: TUESDAY Ages0-5;10:30a.m.;La PinePublic ANIMAL ADVENTURES WITHTHE Library, 16425 First St.; www. HIGH DESERTMUSEUM:Ages deschuteslibrary.org/lapine/or 3and older, live animals, stories 541-312-1090. and crafts with the High Desert STORYTIMES — FAMILYFUN: Museum;10 a.m.;EastBend Ages 0-5; 10:30 a.m.; Sisters Public Public Library, 62080 Dean Swift Library,110 N. Cedar St.; www. Road; www.deschuteslibrary.org/ deschuteslibrary.org/sisters or calendar or 541-312-1055. 541-312-1070. STORYTIMES — TODDLIN' STORYTIMES — MUSIC, TALES:Ages 18-36 months; 10:15 MOVEMENT &STORIES:Ages a.m.; Downtown Bend Public 3-5; 10:30 a.m.; Downtown Bend Library, 601 NW Wall St.; www. Public Library, 601 NWWall St.; deschuteslibrary.org/bend or www.deschuteslibrary.org/bend or 541-617-7050. 541-617-7050. STORYTIMES — FAMILYFUN: STORYTIMES —LISTOS Ages 0-5; 10:30 a.m.; Sunriver PARA ELKINDER(READY FOR Area Public Library, 56855 Venture KINDERGARTEN INSPANISH): Lane; www.deschuteslibrary.org/ Ages 0-5, interactive stories with sunriver/or 541-312-1080. songs, rhymes and crafts; free; STORYTIMES — TODDLIN' 11 a.m.; Redmond Public Library, TALES:Ages 18-36 months; 11 827 SW Deschutes Ave.; www. a.m.; Downtown Bend Public deschuteslibrary.org/redmond or Library, 601 NW Wall St.; www. 541-312-1050. deschuteslibrary.org/bend or STORYTIMES — BABYSTEPS: 541-617-7050. Ages 0-18 months; 1:30 p.m.; ANIMAL ADVENTURES WITHTHE Downtown Bend Public Library, 601 HIGH DESERTMUSEUM: Ages NW Wall St.; www.deschuteslibrary. 3and older, live animals, stories org/bend or 541-617-7050. and crafts with the High Desert YOUNG BIRDERS OFCENTRAL Museum; 11:30 a.m.; La Pine Public OREGON: A bird-watching club for Library, 16425 First St.; www. ages 9-18, backyard bird watching deschuteslibrary.org/calendar or sponsored by the East Cascades 541-312-1055. Audubon Society; free; 2-5 p.m.; STORYTIMES — PRESCHOOL private residence, 1945 SW Knoll PARADE:Ages 3-5 years; 1:30 Ave., Bend;ybcobirds©gmail.com p.m.; Downtown Bend Public or 541-385-1799. Library, 601 NW Wall St.; www. "TRUTH ANDBEAUTY3D": deschuteslibrary.org/bend or Three-dimensional mountain 541-617-7050. biking movie, presented by Pine "BILLYELLIOT,THE MUSICAL Mountain Sports; $5; 9 p.m.; LIVE": Live production of the McMenamins Old St. Francis musical aboutayoung boy's School, 700 NW Bond St., Bend; struggle to be a dancer; $18, $15 www.mcmenamins.com or for seniors and children; 7 p.m.; 541-382-5174.
Afather's honest roadraising a daughter with Downsyndorme By Corbie Hill The News 4 Observer (Raleigh,
N.C.)
RALEIGH, N.C. — Paul Austin's daughter, Sarah,
is thoughtful and helpful, though she goes about it her own way. He recalls an awful day, years ago, when he went for an an-
gry walk after getting in a fight with his brother over the phone. Paul had a broken arm, his wife, Sally, was out of town, and there were people working on the house.
"I walked up and down the block about five or six times, and when I came up
the porch, Sarah was on
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that swing," the Durham
author and e mergency room doctor recalls with a smile. "And she goes, 'No problems here, Dad!'"
Another time, Paul came home from work and told
a 9- or 10-year-old Sarah he'd had a terrible day.
A O' A T H K R T R A N S t' O R ss K O
"Not me, Dad!" she de-
clared and slapped him on the arm. Both times, it was exactly what he needed to hear.
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Sarah is now in her early 20s and living in a group home in Chapel Hill. Her dad's second book, "Beau-
Courtesy Norton Publishing
tiful Eyes: A Father Trans-
formed," was published recently by Norton. Sarah has Down syndrome, and Paul's book is an unflinching look at his own par-
portant reader, Sarah, has already OK'd the book. "She
enting experience. In the
lems she had with it and what
book, he's not reluctant to
she disagreed with," Paul says. "In terms of meeting
admit his faults and fail-
had some problems with the book... and she felt free and
able to verbalize the prob-
ures. Over 278 pages, Paul that standard, I'm straight." documents the rocky path P aul doesn't j u s t d e l v e from the shocked new into his own imperfect reacdad he was in 1987 — one tion to having a child with who couldn't see through D own syndrome, but a l so his daughter's Down syn- humanity's often awful treatdrome diagnosis — to the ment of people with disabiliparent he is in 2014, who ties through recent history. simply sees a daughter, no With a Univeristy of North qualifier needed. Carolina history professor "We are pretty trans- guiding his reading, he disparent about ou r i n i t ial covered that ancient Babyreactions, and my reaction lonians read birth defects as took years to get past," omens, whereas Greeks and Paul says. Sally, sitting Romans simply sacrificed across the family's airy these children to their gods. living room, nods. "I'm a There was the United States' psychiatric nurse and be- eugenics movement, and lieve strongly in putting the Holocaust; Paul traveled things on the table," she to Austria and stood by the says. "Mental health has Danube, where a monument been hidden, and mental marks the spot where Nazis
illness has been hidden for so long in our society." In the same way that
the less service that is for other people," she says. Paul admits he's ner-
vous that some in the disabilities community may
and out and has dreams of screenwriting and acting. One day, when she was talking to her dad about who would play whom in a "Beautiful Eyes" film, she said she wanted to play herself. Paul said he wasn't sure it would become a movie. "Is
it because I have Down syndrome?" Sarah asked. No, Paul said, it would have nothing to do with that, but her
question stung. Shortly after, they went out to dinner, and
Sarah said, "It's hard, Dad." "What?" Paul said.
"Having Down syndrome." As he recounts the story, Paul covers his face with his hand: "I think it's so easy for
us to know the version of Sarah we know. It is easy for us to fail to register what car-
rying that means," he says. "When she said, 'It's hard, Dad' — I'll bet it is."
Yet he and Sally are proud that she has the confidence a nd self-awareness to e x -
unceremoniously dumped the cremated remains of peo- press both her struggles and ple with disabilities into the
other parents' honest feed- water. And then there's Peter back was helpful when Singer, a modern philosoSarah was born, Sally pher and Princeton instructor feels Paul's book can help whose opinion that parents families in similar situaof disabled children should tions feel less isolated. Sal- be allowed to euthanize their ly and Paul had an agree- kids continues to alarm and ment: He could write anyoffend PauL "It was history I thing he wanted, and she didn't quite believe," he says. It's bleak stuff, one possicould come back through with a red pen and cut out ble reason Sarah declared anything she wanted. But an early draft of th e book she removed nothing: "I "too sad." Shortly after, an think the more you hide,
cals — she knows them inside
her dreams. And recently at
the Regulator Bookshop in Durham, Sarah sat beside her father and signed his latest
book. It may not be a movie role, but she was still its star. Visit Central Oregon's
editor at Norton echoed that. Sarah wanted it to be a hap-
pier book. And now that it's finished, she wonders if it'll become a movie. After all,
Sarah loves movies and musi-
take offense at his blunt
honesty, but his most im-
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