There is a possibility of adding a stronger tax on the purchase of alcohol and tobacco. Since many of the decisions and recommendations in our society frown on the use of these products, those who must indulge should contribute more readily to the prevention of such by our youth. It is high time for those citizens who feel that building a strong, well informed citizenry by investing more in youth education to stand up and be counted. If we continue as we are in placing emphasis on things other that our youth, which we seem to be having less and less time for, the pursuit of happiness and safety will be more of a lost dream. Whether to build a large complex or to build and to maintain recreation facilities in communities throughout the citv appears to be the quesfion.
Most discussions seem to center around the economics of the two choices.
There have even been suggestions about building a small complex with some emphases on making small investments in ommunity recreation. Regardless to how many discussions you hear about, there is the underlying idea that economics play the greater part in the ideas put fort. There are those who are busy promoting the idea as a means of making Lynchburg into a central sports center which would attract tournaments, regional conferences and tourism. The so called Sports Authority is said to envision drawing folk to Lynchburg for three or four day weekends. This in effect is a move to commercialize rather than to truly provide recreation for the citizens of the city.