Week of September 29, 2022
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DOUGLAS COUNTY, COLORADO
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INSIDE: VOICES: PAGE 12 | LIFE: PAGE 14 | CALENDAR: PAGE 17 | SPORTS: PAGE 22
VOLUME 21 | ISSUE 32
County libraries receive few book-ban requests Displays highlight Banned Books Week BY MCKENNA HARFORD MHARFORD@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
A variety of local breweries were at the Lone Tree “Craftoberfest” on Sept. 24.
PHOTOS BY TAYLER SHAW
Hundreds celebrate Lone Tree ‘Craftoberfest’ Beer samplings provided BY TAYLER SHAW TSHAW@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
The taps of local craft brewers were flowing at Prairie Sky Park on Sept. 24 as hundreds of people attended the Lone Tree “Craftoberfest” celebration. Oktoberfest is an annual German festival held in autumn that is often referred to as a beer festival. While the festival takes place in Munich, Germany, other locations around the world host their own celebrations. Lone Tree’s festival offered a variety of attractions for adults and children, including yard games, live music, bouncy castles and axe throwing. Beer aficionados could select from breweries such as Lone SEE FESTIVAL, P13
Amid a sharp nationwide rise in the number of books facing library or school bans, Douglas County Libraries is spotlighting challenged media for National Banned Books Week. Banned Books Week, which runs from Sept. 18-24, celebrates free and open access to information by highlighting the harms of censorship and books that are frequent targets of bans. So far this year, the American Libraries Association reports 681 challenges to books, which almost reaches the 2021 total of 729 book challenges. Bucking the trend, Douglas County Libraries hasn’t seen a large number of challenges to books on its shelves, according to Douglas County Libraries Executive Director Bob Pasicznyuk. He said he has handled only a single complaint so far this year and has never reached the point of removing materials from the library due to a challenge in his eight-year tenure. Most complaints are handled by hearing patrons’ concerns, but there’s often not much the libraries can do in response, Pasicznyuk said. He noted that libraries being taxpayer-supported essentially means they operate as an arm of the government, so removing access to material would be censorship.
Glasses at the Sept. 24 Lone Tree “Craftoberfest” at Prairie Sky Park.
CELEBRATING AUTUMN Fall festivals abound across Front Range
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