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Residents urge review of Middlebury Public Library youth materials during Elkhart County public comments
Summary
During public comments at the Dec. 2, 2024 Elkhart County commissioners meeting, multiple residents asked the county to press the Middlebury Public Library to remove or restrict certain youth materials they described as sexually explicit and harmful to minors; no formal action was taken.
Four residents used the meeting's public-comment period on Dec. 2, 2024 to urge the Elkhart County Board of Commissioners to press the Middlebury Public Library to remove or restrict certain materials in its youth sections that the commenters described as sexually explicit and harmful to children. Commissioners did not take formal action during the meeting; the remarks were made during the privilege of the floor.
Cindy Hytchek of Goshen said her concern "is on a narrow category of materials accessible to unaccompanied minors." Hytchek described those materials as "graphic" and said they include depictions or graphic descriptions of sexual conduct that she believes are inappropriate for unaccompanied children.
Pam Keiser of Middlebury addressed library governance and budgetary…
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