| Skate
Park Should be Cheap |
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To the editor:
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| My name is Naomi Riley and I am 14 years old. I think that
there should be a skate park in Reston, reason being that
after school and on the weekends I really have nothing to
do. |
| I've been in-line skating for about two years now and so
far I've been practicing on the hand railings outside of the
apartments. I live at Southgate. I also think it should be
placed at the community center because it's much more closer
to home and some days I can't come up with bus fare (even
though it's 50 cents) to ride around Reston to the YMCA. |
| If a skate park is put in Reston, it would be put to good
use by the teenagers that live in Reston and Herndon. I think
I speak for all of or most of the teenagers who live in Reston
when I say that we don't want to go all the way to Potomac
Mills mall. |
| Another thing, I think that it should be cheap enough so
that kids can get in. Nobody goes to a skate park that cost
almost $15 to get into. It's just a place were kids can go
to have fun. Most of the kids who live in Reston or Herndon
may not be in to school dances and on Fridays the Reston Town
Center is packed. |
| Another thing is that alot of radio stations promote and
hold concerts and things like that. Just over the summer I
went to the Mobil Skate Park Series that was sponsored by
a radio station in Washington D.C. |
| In conclusion, I think the skate park in Reston should be
a safe and local place were the skater's can just hang out,
have fun, and most of all just skate. |
| Naomi Riley |
| Reston |
