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OpinionSeptember 27, 1996

MY CALL is in response to the caller who wanted the land out on Interstate 55 donated for building a youth center. I think that's a great idea except for one problem: How on earth would the kids get there? It's way, way away from the kids who really need the center the most which is in South Cape. ...

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MY CALL is in response to the caller who wanted the land out on Interstate 55 donated for building a youth center. I think that's a great idea except for one problem: How on earth would the kids get there? It's way, way away from the kids who really need the center the most which is in South Cape. Even if all the kids in Cape used it, the kids that need it the most aren't old enough to drive, and how many parents are going to take their kids out there and drop them off and pick them back up? Do we want kids walking that far at night by themselves? Think about it.

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