Larry Knapp, a Nampa businessman, is withholding his $10,000 donation to the public library pending the boards decision regarding the ban of two sex manuals. This action was in support of Randy Jackson who is making his second attempt to have the manuals, The New Joy of Sex and The Joy of Gay Sex, removed from library shelves. Both Jackson and Knapp feel the materials are pornographic and inappropriate for a community library.

Jackson’s first attempt in 2006 was met with a decision by the board to relocate the books to a higher shelf. Jackson, dissatisfied with the ruling, is now making his case again with the boards two new members. Library Director Karen Ganske, who approved the purchase of the manuals, will follow whatever decision the board sees fit to make.