Show guest editorial to the young people of green river it was a pleasure to read dour our letter published in the july issue of the green river journal and I 1 wish to concur in everything you had to say it is a healthy sign for any community when the young folks take an active interest in the community and want to make it a better place to live and I 1 hope that this community takes more interest in ou and does something about it and not wait until you have to move to some other town where you will mill have more modern homes and more opportunities to make a decent living A you are right when you ask why should we settle down and make our homes in green river or why should we stay here when other places offer so much more mor e for the past 20 vears or more this town has been on the down grade why because the elders have not done one thing toi toward ard making the town attractive progressive or modern they have gotten into a rut and contented with things as they are and have not tried to interest the young people in staying here and building their homes here or to get other people to settle here atie are deiy ve non progressive have no pride in how hom the domn looks ind lind seem to take the attitude that as long as ne w e can take in the dollars things are all right and we don t need any changes 1 hat the town needs is a lot of changes and it is up to you 3 oung people to make them A good place to start ais 1 b by bv v org organizing ionizing a clean up squad and clean up all the junk from the lots and yards ask the city officials why all the fhe weeds meed giomini gi owing in the streets and along the irrigation ditches can t be cut once in a while and other work done that aill improve the looks odthe of the town so that when strangers come in they will take notice and be impressed with the clean appearance of the town from one end of the street to the other and would become interested in settling here if they were looking for a good place to im li e I 1 have heard many outsiders make the remark that there was more junk scattered over this town for its size then they had ever seen and that there seemed to be no pride whatsoever in the way the town toun looks a little work will work wonders and you can help by making your desires known for you have a newspaper paper now and can through it make your voice heard I 1 come in contact with many of you young folks every iday day and I 1 want to say that I 1 have never met a nicer bunch of young people anywhere and I 1 admire all of you for what you are and your interest in making this world a better place to live and there is no reason why this community cannot build a youth CP center anter for you so that you can have a place for recreation and social life you deserve for the money invested in youth brings the biggest returns of bany any investment in any community why not make green river a city in which anybody would mould want to live A meeting should be called by you and a program that you would like to have here be outlined and presented to a town meeting with every citizen in this town present for citizens these young folks are all our boys and girls are you going to accept their challenge and help them and keep them here or wonder later why they built their homes in other places 9 |