This is the third batch of early Three Rivers pictures that I found in my pictures collection. I think they are interesting and wanted to pass them along.. I have more and will post them in batches of 10. Check out the rest here Batch #1 and Batch #2.

This is the second batch of early Three Rivers pictures that I found in my pictures collection. I think they are interesting and wanted to pass them along. I have more and will post them in batches of 10. Check out the rest here Batch #1 and Batch #3.

I cannot remember where I got these early pictures of Three Rivers but they are interesting and I thought I would pass them along. I have more and will post them in batches of 10. This is the first batch. Check out the rest here Batch #2 and Batch #3.

Early Three Rivers Post Card

I know the above is from an automotive plant but I can’t remember the name. Anybody?

White Pigeon Train Station

Three Rivers Post Office

Three River Train Station

I have some questions about the Sports Complex but first I need to add a short amount of context because when I say I don’t know anything about it, I mean I don’t know anything about it. In fact I think the first time I ever heard about it was a month or so ago and I didn’t give it another thought about it until Mike Tilbury brought it up in another post.

So here is the context.

Recently, in a private conversation, I admitted to being fairly out of touch with local politics, which stems from the latter days of the Liberty 1st forum. Near the end of the forum it became clear to me that getting people engaged in political discourse was challenging enough but keeping them engaged is next to impossible. Anyway at then end I was burnt out on local politics and felt that developing my technical skills was a better way to spend my “extra” time so I spent the years up to now working on that and ignoring most of what was going on locally. Having said that I was recently reminded of the importance of local politics so I am back. At least through this election cycle. And depending on the response to my efforts maybe  longer.

And here are the questions

So now here are my questions.

1. Where did the idea come from? I mean who in the community is the force behind it?
2. What is the major controversy surrounding it?
3. What is the next event that is going to happen in the community where it will be discussed publicly?

Candidate Cody Sharpe said this on his Face Book page.

The issues that I have are the amount money spent on the property, the fact taxpayer dollars are being spent for court hearings, and the majority of the residents living need the proposed site don’t want it close to their homes.

So I (think) I know where he stands but I am interested in what others think. Oh and I did read the mission statement from their site, which reads…

We envision a complex designed for our youth that can be used by the entire community. Our youth sports programs will be moving from school sports fields and parking lots to a complex designed for each sport. We will alleviate chaos between games and draw people to the area for a financial impact to the community;and demonstrate an  investment in our youth.

In general I tend to be against anything that is going to raise my tax bill but I know that is not practical for all things in life. In closing if you don’t know the answers to the questions above I would still love to know what you think about this project (pro or against). Please add your thoughts to the comment section below.