[Vision2020] proposed ball fields/sports-complexacrossfromarboretum

[g. crabtree]

A suggestion for those poor 16-20 year olds who find themselves with too 
much time on their hands might be to get a JOB. I am sure they would be 
amazed at how the time flew by not to mention the added benefit of not 
having to put the touch on daddy quite as often. Try it, after all you might 
as well get in the swing of now as it will be your future.
seriously, g crabtree
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Donovan Arnold" <donovanjarnold2005 at yahoo.com>
To: "Julie Crumley" <joodge at hotmail.com>; <vision2020 at moscow.com>
Sent: Friday, October 14, 2005 9:43 AM
Subject: RE: [Vision2020] proposed ball 
fields/sports-complexacrossfromarboretum


> Julie,
>
> I did not wish to give the impression that I am
> opposed to athletic fields because not everybody uses
> them.
>
> I think it is great that we provide children with
> athletic fields. However, I think we place too much
> emphasis on the few and ignore the many. You do not
> need an expensive new playing field to enjoy sports or
> even be athletic. When I was growing up, we played on
> an old dusty dirt field.
>
> Look at Mt. View Park. When I go on my walks, rarely
> is that field being utilized, most the time the
> parking lot remains empty and the green fields bare
> except for a family or two. Least I mention other
> parks in the area that are also not fully used.
>
> Eggan Youth Center on the other hand, is packed all
> the time, and is only fit for Junior High Students.
> That state board ramp was a great idea.
>
> We need to update that facility, and build something
> like it for the older youth, like 16 to 20 years old
> that can get bored very easily being too old for the
> youth center and not yet old enough for most adult
> activities.
>
> I would get bored as a High School Student and between
> the ages of 16-20 in Moscow. I could not enter the
> bars and I did not play sports. Many of my peers just
> partied and did drugs, or dropped out of school and
> moved. More than a decade later, we have yet to
> improve on the situation.
>
> I dislike most organized sports because competition
> and the expensive equipment takes the fun out of them.
> I think before we build out 226th place to play soccer
> in a ten mile radius, we ought to give something to
> the youth that have nothing to do before building our
> 226th place to play soccer in Moscow.
>
> Take Care,
>
> Donovan J Arnold
>
>
>
> --- Julie Crumley <joodge at hotmail.com> wrote:
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> So because everyone does not like sports, the ones
> that DO are not provided for?  I, personally, do not
> see why people would oppose (as principle) building
> new fields for children that provide them with
> something healthy, fun, and safe to do, and keeps them
> out of trouble.  A kid can't vandalize or commit other
> crimes after school if they have soccer practice.
>
> But I do agree that other options for children should
> be available.  When I was in school, I was involved
> with many school activites that were NOT athletic
> (student council, senate, etc) and agree that more of
> those things should be available.  We DO have a youth
> center, perhaps putting more emphasis on it's use for
> actual YOUTH might be helpful.
>
> JC
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