Today, Judge Charles French, of Sno Co. Supr Ct, SCW will make a decision of Law accdg to what has been presented, along with deliberation, final argument, then weighing the preponderance of the evidence, and make his decision. Unhappiness is bound to occur - and faces grimaced, fingers pointed, head shaking, tears welling because so much has gone into this hurdle in Life. The Seniors don't want to lose their senior center that they put so much work into developing. The youth, naturally, want a youth center - youth centers are needed - these days especially! The City of Snohomish wants this land, that land and those lands - they have plans for the future, etc. They and Snohomish County have been past masters at this game. They win some and lose some. But, they never cease the seeking of land via the various "lawful means" and maneuvering that goes on over TIME. They have been through the hurdles of the history of the town's past and they know the weaknesses and strengths of how to attain what they want, in TIME. Snohomish had a youth center during WWII, as we all went there frequently - we had a name for it and I cannot recall ( like many things) the exact name of it . It was a place where kids, like we were, to go and dance, eat, drink (not "that" kind), play games, I suppose - but mostly dancing. The various Teachers, many from high school contributed their time after a full (& I do mean FULL) weeks of teaching and act as chaperons at this place, located NEAR the corner of Ave. A and First Street or Main street of Snohomish, but up the hill a few feet on the left hand, or West side of the street. The bldg still stands there & I believe it is the VFW, but I may be mistaken. In the 20s and the 30s it was a two story bldg. where the Pythians met, as I would attend those meetings, where we had to sit still, be quiet, and when the white/black ball voting for officers took place, we had to step out of the room - then when voting was over someone came to the peep-hole in the door and we could be admitted again, for another, long, drawn-out, boring session of the lodge meeting, during which most of us squirmed and twitched waiting for the thing to get over, to the tune of an old piano, marching, and all sort of shenanigans. That site became our youth center, and when I can find someone who can tell me what it was called, I will report it as it is a part of Dear Ol' Snohomish, of which we all are so fond. Yes, there were hurdles back then, also. And the Tribune would report it, or write according to their perspective of what happened. And there was always the rest of the Story, thinking. The youth center didn't deter those youth who insisted on smoking and drinking as their bent drove them. We had little or no vandalism of ppty, not even headstones, - that came a bit later - oh once in awhile someone would do something, like put sticks of dynamite in the barrel of the WWI cannon that stood on the Snohomish Library huge lawn near the corner of 1st and Cedar Streets. A bright flash, followed immediately by a blast that shook our house as we were playing checkers, at 806 -2nd Street (right across the St from the Starr Mall (former WA Nat'l Guard Armory)next to the Grange Hall. We ran to the front window of our house to see a flaming object fall into the deep gulch across the street - today the parking lot for the Collectors Choice Restaurant and other businesses. Those acts of vandalism didn't happen often - but it was maddening even then to see that cannon with its barrel split apart and the cannon was no more a symbol of our community. Time changes things, even objects. Must stop and go to Court, pdq. Carroll of Snohomish. CULtr! ___________________________________________________________________ You don't need to buy Internet access to use free Internet e-mail. Get completely free e-mail from Juno at http://www.juno.com or call Juno at (800) 654-JUNO [654-5866]