Editor,
Vernon Tucker hit the nail on the head last week in the Guestatorial “The community camel,” in my opinion.
Our community cannot afford another center when the Legion Hall is perfect for our needs. It’s in a great location, it has a good size kitchen, two public restrooms and lots of meeting space.
We don’t know who will be in charge of our nation’s government next year, so we don’t know how are economy will be high or low. If the GOP is still running the House of Reps and the Senate we can be in the Great Recession, again. Our little town cannot pay for a huge center used by office buildings and town council. The Legion Hut would be fine for council and other community meetings.
As for the old high school, it would be great for a vocational school, which I suggested last year. We have many students who can’t afford to attend college. However, we need young people in our community who need skills training, so we can have really well-trained students who can be used by carpenters, plumbers and mechanics in the area as apprentices.
It would also be swell if the skills’ operators would offer scholarships to our outstanding skills’ students. This would be a good use for the old high school and it wouldn’t cost as much to convert it to a Vo-Tech. Plus students would likely come to use the facility from around the area. We would be known [for] another business in town other than tourism. Students would be charged tuition at the Vo-Tech as well, but not as much as college. How about that idea?
Enid B. Swartz
We have more going on in this town than just a tourist spot. We have people who live in this town and need to supplement their businesses with jobs for our citizens.
(Eds. Note: The community center is not supported by tax money nor will it be used by city council.)