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<!--StartFragment--><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:
Calibri">Author Josh Hanagarne, AKA “</span><a href="http://www.worldsstrongestlibrarian.com"><span style="font-family:Calibri;
mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri">The World’s Strongest Librarian,”</span></a><span style="font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri"> will speak at the
Salem Convention Center on Thursday, April 17, at 7:00 pm as the President’s Banquet speaker for the </span><a href="http://www.olaweb.org"><span style="font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri">Oregon Library
Association’s</span></a><span style="font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:
Calibri"> annual conference.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>Sponsored by </span><a href="http://www.emerick.com"><span style="font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri">Emerick Construction</span></a><span style="font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri">, the event is open to
the public. Tickets, which include dinner, are $35.95 and can be reserved on
the <a href="https://ola.memberclicks.net/index.php?option=com_mc&view=mc&mcid=form_148528">Oregon
Library Association's website</a>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri"><o:p> </o:p></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(38, 38, 38); font-family: Calibri; ">Josh Hanagarne couldn’t be invisible if he tried.
Diagnosed with severe Tourette Syndrome as a freshman in high school, the
young 6’7” Mormon underwent everything from quack remedies to lethargy-inducing
drug regimes to Botox injections that left him voiceless for three years.
Undeterred, Josh persevered to marry, father a son and earn a degree in Library
Science.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Happily, his struggles with
Tourette Syndrome were transformed after an eccentric, autistic strongman
taught Hanagarne how to manage his tics through extreme strength training.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri;color:#262626"><o:p> </o:p></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(38, 38, 38); font-family: Calibri; ">Today, Josh Hanagarne is a librarian at the main branch
of Salt Lake City’s public library. His 2013 memoir <i>The World's Strongest
Librarian: A Memoir of Tourette's, Faith, Strength, and the Power of Family</i>
illuminates the mysteries of this little-understood disorder, as well as the
very different worlds of strongman training and modern libraries. With humor
and candor, this unlikely hero traces his journey to overcome his disability—
and navigate his Mormon faith—to find love and create a life worth living.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri"><o:p> </o:p></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Calibri; ">Hanagarne’s appearance is a feature of the Oregon
Library Association’s annual conference, which attracts over 400 participants
annually from libraries throughout Oregon and the Pacific Northwest.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>The Oregon Library Association provides
advocacy, education, leadership and collaboration to continually strengthen
Oregon’s libraries and the communities they serve.<span style="mso-spacerun:
yes"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Calibri"><br></font></p><div>Penny Hummel</div><div>President</div><div>Oregon Library Association</div><div><br></div><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align: left;"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Calibri"><br></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: left;"><o:p> </o:p></p>
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