[Vision2020] proposed ball fields/sports-complexacrossfromarboretum

[Donovan Arnold]

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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