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Hathaway also said the summer concert series put on by the e Littleton Museum and the Friends of the Library and Museum usually overlaps with Western Welcome Week, but this concert season ends before the Western Welcome Week celebration. Other events this year include gold panning on the South Platte River, a 5k fun run and walk starting at Hudson Gardens and Event Center, swing dancing, a quilt show, a craft fair and more.

Hathaway also said the week’s main festival day on Aug. 19 will have many

For several years now, the program has continued to receive support from the Friends of the Littleton Library and Museum foundation.

Fetters said support from local businesses, which provides the library with vouchers to be given out as reading prizes, encourages participants to read more while drawing business to the area.

As the program grows and the role of the library in the community changes, Fetters emphasizes the need to engage everybody, particu- highlights including a robotics demonstration from local schools. e Honor Bell from Fort Logan National Cemetery will also be on display to honor veterans and more than 100 organizations will have booths, including the South Metro Safety Foundation.

Hathaway said more events will be added to the schedule as the celebration approaches, so community members should check Western Welcome Week’s website for the most up-to-date list of events.

‘To 100 years and beyond’

Hathaway said her favorite things about Western Welcome Week are its history and tradition.

“We’ve got families that have been larly children, with local libraries.

“ e kids and the young families, these are the supporters of libraries in the future,” Fetters said. “You can get lots of things online, but there’s something about a library, a community center.”

Books and Blankets was featured in the New York Times earlier this year in the piece “A Love Letter To Libraries, Long Overdue.” An included photo of Stephenson reading to a group of families on the library’s front lawn is a familiar scene for coming for, you know, four generations,” she said. “I think it’s just that community spirit because it really is a community event.”

She said Western Welcome Week’s goal is to make it “to the 100th anniversary and beyond,” which she thinks will be possible thanks to its community support and dedicated sponsors.

For organizations that are considering supporting the event, Hathaway said there are many personalized ways to do so.

“If they love Western Welcome Week, support Western Welcome Week,” she said. “Each individual business is di erent. When they call me and ask me about sponsorships, I kinda ask what their goals are ... We really cater our sponsorship pack- patrons of the Summer Reading Program, and a reminder of Bemis as a community staple. e Summer Reading Program runs through July. Whether you’re in a reading slump, looking for a summer family activity, or hoping to meet some new people, Bemis is the place for you. ages.”

“[ e kids] are just so engaged in the fun of it, and so just seeing everyone’s excitement, happy to be at the library, is the best part,” Stephenson said.

With its mission of “celebrating community,” Western Welcome Week owes its thanks to the great people that support it each year, Hathaway said.

“ e people that are involved — our board and our volunteers … they’re there because they want to participate and support the community,” she said. “ e big thing is we’re just here to support the community and we hope that they in turn, turn around and support us.” ose interested in contributing to Western Welcome Week can learn more at westernwelcomeweek.org/ sponsors/sponsor-levels and should reach out to the organizers before the end of July. wild owers, watch the streams rushing down the mountainside, or look out at the amazing vistas from the openings through the trees?

We are de nitely a society on the go. We want the speed limits to be higher, our ights to get us to our destination faster. We want our meals delivered to our homes or tables in unreasonably fast times. We expect the elevator to show up as soon as we press the button. It’s the pace of the race these days that we are trying to keep up with and the pace is getting quicker and quicker each day.

I thought about the snail again. And as I did, I was reminded that moving at a snail’s pace is okay sometimes. I enjoy a slow brewing pot of co ee as it lls the kitchen with that beautiful co ee aroma. I love reading and spending time slowly letting the story develop and not racing to nish the book. I nd it so much more meaningful to pray slowly as it connects me at a deeper level to those I am praying for and to my faith. And when I can slow down enough before rushing out of the house to write notes to my family and leave them around the house, it makes everyone feel so loved and appreciated.

Is it time to slow down a bit for you?

Are you running a race that just gets faster and faster all the time? I would love to hear your story at gotonorton@gmail.com, and when we can move at a snail’s pace sometimes, it really will be a better than good life.

Michael Norton is an author, a personal and professional coach, consultant, trainer, encourager and motivator of individuals and businesses, working with organizations and associations across multiple industries.

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