[Vision2020] proposed ball fields/sports-complex across fromarboretum

[Donovan Arnold]

I agree with Chas. What about the kids that do not
play sports? Most do not in fact. I think the High
School has less than 300 students active in sports
(outside mandatory PE), out of how many, 700? What are
the teens and preteens suppose to do for social and
recreational events if they do not enjoy sports? It
seems as though Moscow is telling these kids, "You
either need to play sports, or you have to sit at home
or go to the mall." 

The other 400 High Schoolers need something to do
also. Also, let us not forget that it rains or snows
almost 200 days out of the year, when our youth cannot
use those fields. And indoor recreation and
socialization center could be year round fun and
include everyone.

-DJA.

--- Dan Carscallen <areaman at moscow.com> wrote:

> Chas says:
> 
> "Not being flippant, but what if we don't, as a
> community (or
> individually) value youth sports?  I didn't value
> sports as a teen, nor
> as a pre-teen, and I don't value them now.  If we
> are going to spend
> lots of money on something that huge numbers of
> teens enjoy, why not a
> gigantic youth center with dozens of Dance Dance
> Revolution machines
> (arguably as athletic as football, etc.), and an
> inexpensive salad bar
> so that our kids can eat healthily?"
> 
> While I'm not a fan of some youth sports, I do
> realize there are people
> (kids in particular) who do enjoy soccer, baseball,
> skateboarding,
> lacrosse, baseball, and football.  Therefore we
> should look at the
> greater public good. 
> 
> Maybe a couple Dance Dance Revolution machines at
> the HIRC would be a
> part of that . . .
> 
> DC
> 
>
_____________________________________________________
>  List services made available by First Step
> Internet, 
>  serving the communities of the Palouse since 1994. 
>  
>                http://www.fsr.net                   
>    
>           mailto:Vision2020 at moscow.com
>
¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯¯
> 


	
		
__________________________________ 
Yahoo! Mail - PC Magazine Editors' Choice 2005 
http://mail.yahoo.com