<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" ><tr><td valign="top" style="font: inherit;">Karen,<div>I don't know what kind of practices or whether other parks have the necessary facilities... but if you don't have the full story and if this is yr first contact, I'd say keep it short and sweet and just ask for more info, e g:</div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"> ---------------------------------------------------------------------<br></font><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Why did the Champaign Park District choose Millage Park in Cherry Hills for its [ softball-baseball-volleyball ] practices? A more central location would make those more accessible for all CU residents, especially when practices start at 530p. </font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font
class="Apple-style-span" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Please get back to me with more information about this? Thanks in advance.</font></div><div> ---------------------------------------------------------</div><div>Just my 2c worth.</div><div> --Jenifer<br>--- On <b>Wed, 8/25/10, Karen Medina <i><kmedina67@gmail.com></i></b> wrote:<br><blockquote style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(16, 16, 255); margin-left: 5px; padding-left: 5px;"><br>From: Karen Medina <kmedina67@gmail.com><br>Subject: [Peace-discuss] not a peace issue but a local one / need advice on a letter to the Champaign Park District<br>To: "Peace-discuss List" <Peace-discuss@lists.chambana.net><br>Date: Wednesday, August 25, 2010, 11:31 AM<br><br><div class="plainMail">I am writing a letter to the Champaign Park District and would<br>appreciate some advice. I am too angry to be
objective.<br><br> 2006 Winchester Dr.<br> Champaign, IL 61821<br> August 25, 2010<br><br><br>Champaign Park District<br>706 Kenwood Rd.<br>Champaign, IL 61821<br><br><br>Dear Champaign Park District,<br><br>The park district gets tax money because it works for the common good<br>of the community, not for the rich to the exclusion of the poor. In<br>fact, it would be better for the community if the park district did<br>more for the poor than for
the rich -- those kids are already at a<br>disadvantage and more likely to end up in trouble, more likely to have<br>low literacy rates, and more likely to not be involved in sports or<br>other after-school activities.<br><br>My criticism of the Champaign Park District concerns the team<br>practices in Cherry Hills subdivision. Cherry Hills has no bus<br>service. Cherry Hills is very hard to access if you live on the North<br>side of Champaign. The practices are at 5:30 -- a time that is very<br>hard for full-time employed parents to make without taking off work<br>(which is hard for middle class as well as lower economic levels to<br>do). Biking to Cherry Hills is also extremely difficult especially if<br>you have children with you -- Windsor at 5pm is horrible with car<br>traffic and Windsor is just ONE of the busy streets. If you have more<br>than one child with you, biking to Cherry Hills is far away from any<br>other park that would allow the kids
to use a bathroom or a place to<br>stop and rest.<br><br>MILLAGE PARK should not be used by the park district as a team<br>practice space, unless you specifically want the teams to be made up<br>of only rich kids. If this is the case, the park district is not<br>helping the community and tax payers should not support the park<br>district.<br><br>I look forward to your reply. If I don't get a reply, the News-Gazette<br>would happily publish it as a letter to the editor.<br><br>Sincerely,<br>Karen E. Medina<br>citizen of a Champaign since 1969<br>_______________________________________________<br>Peace-discuss mailing list<br><a ymailto="mailto:Peace-discuss@lists.chambana.net" href="/mc/compose?to=Peace-discuss@lists.chambana.net">Peace-discuss@lists.chambana.net</a><br><a href="http://lists.chambana.net/mailman/listinfo/peace-discuss"
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