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<P>Tom Ivie wrote:</P>
<P>"...All the people that live in the houses surrounding the creek are elderly and on fixed incomes..."</P>
<P>I don't know what "surrounding" entails exactly in this context, but a certain sibling of mine lives quite near this proposed bridge and I'm sure he has no plans of moving. I think it'd be a fair guess to say that the citizens living at the end of 3rd street near the proposed bridge would appreciate a quicker response from fire and police over their new bridge that creates an easier flow of transportation! Change happens. Long-term homeowners see many changes in the neighborhood around them. It's the nature of things. I grew up in a house in east Moscow bordered on two sides by farm fields as far as the eye could see, that is now smack dab in the middle of quite a large dubdivision. Things happen. </P>
<P>As far as senior programs, they have been moved already from the Old Post Office to the 1912 building, and may be moved again sometime in the near or distant future. Again, change happens. I would venture to say most people in this community values these programs, but the exact location of them is not that big of a part of the equation.</P>
<P>An underlying theme I noticed in Mr. Ivie's post is that he fears change. He expresses the fear of change of his neighbors and friends. I DO NOT fear change, as change brings about new and exciting things. If we never let anything change in our town, we'd have no new track and football field at the high school, we'd have no Kibbie Dome, we'd be swimming in the old, cracked pool I swam in as a child....see the pattern? I'm all for positive, forward change, and I don't think I'm alone.</P>
<P>JC</P>
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