Youth

[Melodie Armstrong <melodie@moscow.com>]

Fellow visionaries,

I agree that alternative and potentially less destructive recreational activities for our youth are important. I also feel that giving youth a sense that they are an important and contributing part of our community makes a difference. I quote from the Bill Londons' posting (  Subject: government programs; Resent-Date:  Fri, 22 Jan 1999 09:19:32 -0800 (PST))
 
Quoting Christine McElroy, program administrator at the Washington
Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction (OSPI).:

> "We caught kids at an important age, 14 and 15.  It was 
> important to get them on a college campus and working meaningful jobs 
> for 4 hours daily."
 Our youth are not just the adults of tommorrow - they are resources
for today, and deserve to be seen, enjoyed, taught, trained, and respected
as both the adults of tommorrow and a resource right now.

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Melodie Armstrong
108 S. Howard
Moscow, ID 83843

melodie@moscow.com
208-883-2668