[Vision2020] proposed ball fields/sports-complexacrossfromarboretum

[g. crabtree]

So what exactly are these " social skills " of which you speak?

g.




----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Donovan Arnold" <donovanjarnold2005 at yahoo.com>
To: "g. crabtree" <jampot at adelphia.net>; "Julie Crumley" 
<joodge at hotmail.com>; <vision2020 at moscow.com>
Sent: Friday, October 14, 2005 11:36 PM
Subject: Re: [Vision2020] proposed ball 
fields/sports-complexacrossfromarboretum


> g. Crabtree,
>
> All work and no play makes Johnny a very boring boy.
> Not to mention he will not develop social skills. When
> I was 17-18 I had a full time job, went to high school
> and was taking classes at the junior college. However,
> I still needed a place to meet with friends and have a
> social life. Life should be more than about work or
> school.
>
> Donovan J Arnold
>
> --- "g. crabtree" <jampot at adelphia.net> wrote:
>
>> 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:
>> >
>> >
>> > ---------------------------------
>> >
>> > 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
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > *****VOTE DAN CARSCALLEN FOR CITY COUNCIL*****
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > COPYRIGHT 2005 JULIE CRUMLEY. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
>> SO
>> > THERE.
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > *~*The real voyage of discovery consists not in
>> > seeking new landscapes, but in having new eyes.*~*
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >>
>> >
>>
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