[RocketsNW] New Sign for 60 Acres Park

[George Christ]

First of all, I am not one of the easily offended (reference to an extension 
of this thread I have not included below) nor am I an apologist for Lake 
Washington Youth Soccer Association. I have long been one of the most 
vociferous critics of LWYSA attempts to acquire 60 Acres and a staunch ( I 
suppose it would be immodest to say eloquent) defender of open access to the 
park, appearing in Seattle Area Soaring Society's video on the topic and 
writing to King County executives, council members and newspapers.  I am not 
happy that the County Council granted LWYSA a lease!

That said, I have to say that LWYSA has been a lot more accommodating in the 
past couple years. Not only did they remove in early 2006 the signs 
forbidding any non-soccer use of the northern half of the park (which they 
have controlled for quite some time), they allowed the Sammamish Trails 
District to hold the 8th annual Cub Scout rocket launch on that field this 
past September. We normally have about 175 Scouts attend that event and 
launch between 300 and 340 flights. Yes, it was less this year due to the 
rain, but LWYSA could not have known what the weather would be when they 
agreed to let us use the field. LWYSA even made a very generous donation to 
help underwrite the event.

None of this guarantees that LWYSA will continue to be so accommodating, but 
it seems reasonable to give them credit for these positive actions and some 
degree of the benefit of the doubt. I hope that they continue to demonstrate 
good stewardship and support shared use...and I will be all over them once 
again if they do not!

George

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Sent: Friday, November 14, 2008 6:16 PM
Subject: Re: [RocketsNW] New Sign for 60 Acres Park


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