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Show Sat/Sun/Mon/Tues, September 3-6, 2005 The Park Record C-12 Libraries beef up Spanish Presentation: 10a.,n. - W®T" "»'.,, , m-Wam / /^bbon-cuttingevent^iv-jv l - INTRODUCING THE NEW REDSTONE HEALTH CENTER Please come and visit the new Redstone Health Center. We're bigger, better and we're ready to serve your health care needs. • Family Medicine • Internal Medicine • Obstetrics/Gynecology • Mammography • Pediatrics Grand Opening Event • Opthalmology Sept. 9 from 10 a.m. - Noon • Optometry Open House week-long celebration • Optical Sept. 12-16 from 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. • Rehabilitation COMEBACK FREE health screenings: • Blood pressure SEPT. 12-16 • Glucose . FROM 9 A.M. J • Glaucoma •5 P.M. / • Visual acuities Discounts on glasses and contacts at Moran Optical Discounts in our Pharmacy: Receive 20% off all over-the-counter items • Sports Medicine • Dermatology • Gastroenterology • Podiatry • Cardiology • Radiology • Laboratory • Pharmacy "Door Prizes • 'Refreshments SAME DAY APPOINTMENTS AVAILABLE! Mon.-Fri., 8 a.m.-6 p.m., Sat., 8 a.m.-Noon Call or visit us today! University Health Care Most insurance plans accepted. Recfslono Health Center &. Moran Eye Center < Appointments: (435) 658-9200 Pharmacy: (435) 658-9280 Moran Eye Center: (435) 658-9250 1743 West Redstone Center Dr., Suite 115, Park City DENVER (AP) On a rainy Saturday, Micrcya Gomez quietly thumbed through a book titled "Los Colores" as her two young sons carried comic books to their father in the children's section of the Central Public Library on the outskirts of downtown Denver. "They really enjoy it here." Gomez said as her husband read ;i Spider-man comic to 3-yearold Israel, listening intently as he hugged his father's knee. "We come here mostly for the kids, for books and movies - educational and entertainment - in Spanish and English." Dozens of states have seen soaring growth in Spanishspeaking populations in recent years and hundreds of libraries have tried to keep pace by stocking up on books, magazines and movies. But the growth has been controversial in some places, with critics saying taxpayer money shouldn't be spent on a population that can include illegal immigrants or on proposals that promote languages other than English. In Denver, where the foreignborn population tripled between 1990 and 2000 largely because of Mexican immigrants, the public library system is considering reorganizing some of its branches to emphasize bilingual services and material. Similar efforts have been taken by libraries across the country, from the Queens Borough library in New York, whose Web site is offered in English, Spanish, Chinese, French, Russian and Korean, to the large Chinese-language collection at the San Francisco libraryInterest in foreign-language material is also expanding inland. "The interest is in rural areas and cities that aren't the usual Spanish areas, like New York or Miami, but in North Carolina, Illinois and the Midwest." said Carmen Ospina, editor of Critica. a magazine for librarians that highlights Spanish-language material. She said questions about how About 40 percent, of the to start Spanish-language collections have come from librarians material borrowed from Denver in Belton, Mo.. Nashville. Ga., libraries is for children and the and towns she had never heard use of adult books is decreasing. Meanwhile, about 48 percent of of. "It's definitely a growing Hispanic households in Denver trend," said Carol Brcy- arc families with children, while Casiano, former president of the only 15 percent of white houseAmerican Library Association. holds are families with children, "It's definitely something we're according to figures complied by seeing more and more, because the library. the Hispanic population is growThe Denver library's plan ing in our country'" suggests organizing branches in The plan being considered by four "service styles." Some would be contemporary the Denver Public Library system - the largest in Colorado libraries resembling book stores with coffee and comfortable - has come under scrutiny. Rep. Tom Tancredo. R-Colo., seating that emphasize adult sent a public letter to Denver material. Family libraries would focus Mayor John Hickenlooper this summer asking whether the on children's and adult material, library was considering Spanish- while children's libraries might activity stations. only branches or converting to include Spanish-language material at Learning and language libraries the expense of English material. would have more bilingual Tancredo. an outspoken critic of material and offer evening classU.S. immigration policies, said es to learn English or computer he had been contacted by con- programs. cerned librarians and patrons. Under the plan, all branches "When you have a strong cul- would still offer popular fiction tural identity and there aren't and children's summer reading set incentives to become events, said Diane Lapicrre, American, it creates a lot of ten- director of strategic initiatives sion and divides the communi- for the Denver Public Library. ty," said Tancrcdo's spokesman, "This is very specific to Will Adams. Denver and in response to our Those concerns were echoed own community," Lapierre said. by Michael Corbin, a radio talk "In 1913, we had a branch show host who helped organize library with Dutch and English. a protest outside Denver's cen- If anything, this is just a more tral library after sexually graph- coordinated effort - we're ic content was found in some looking at a system as a whole Spanish-language adult comic instead of tweaking one branch books that have since been at a time." removed. Libraries elsewhere in "The library issue kind of Colorado also carry material in borders on multiculturalism, Spanish. and J don't think we should be "We don't have bilingual catering to any particular branches, but we do have bilingroup." Corbin said. gual collections that I would say Added Bob Copley Sr., co- are used just as much by stufounder of the Colorado dents studying a second lanMinutemen: "Here we're being guage as by people who speak asked to bring another culture Spanish," said Terry Pickens, in, but it's coming in largely ille- director of the Mesa County Library in Grand Junction. gally." "We provide material to meet Denver library officials say they're not considering Spanish- the needs of the people in the only branches, but arc simply area, whether that be in English looking to accommodate a city or Spanish or another lanwhere 35 percent of residents guage." said Janet Cox, adult are Hispanic, as are more than services supervisor at the Pueblo half of the students attending Library District. "That's important. That's what libraries do." Denver public schools. Is your picture in The Park Record? Purchase a copy at www.parkrecord.com and click on 'Photo Gallery.' 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