Mail Call

- Hagerstown

"Before closing the Hagers-town Ice and Sports Complex for good, a few things should be considered. Where else can our teenagers go in the evening to meet with friends and have clean, safe fun? Would we rather have them out on the Dual Highway, hanging out in parking lots or wandering the mall? Where can a family go weekly and have fun without spending a lot of money? The HISC was constructed for recreation. We have plenty of ballfields, soccer fields, basketball facilities, but only one ice rink. The next closest ice rink is Frederick. The families that don't participate in ball sports need a place to go to. I'm ashamed of our City Council for just shutting the doors cold turkey. A plan for new management should (have) been in the works and changed hands without a disruption in operations. How do you expect the HISC to make any money for the 2007-08 year when it is still closed?"

"I finally watched some of that movie, 'An Inconvenient Truth,' by Al Gore. I had to sit there and laugh, because this is politically motivated nonsense. I used to watch those types of films, and I learned that information when I was in elementary school back in the late '50s and early '60s. This environmental thing has just been blown out of proportion, but like everything else in this country, it's politically motivated by special interest groups."

- Hagerstown