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Tanner1996,
Hello, I am cat79. My real name is Cathy Perry. I was
born and raised in Groves. Graduated from PNG in 1979, but your cause has
really interest me. I guess one reason is, I am tired of seeing the
beautiful old buildings in Jefferson County being demo. or abandoned. The
only thing missing in downtown Port Arthur is the tumble weeds and at one
time downtown Port Arthur was a very beautiful place. As a child I use to
have my dance recitals at Woodrow Wilson. Now it sits abandoned
for vandalize to tear up. All that history wasted why, because of a missed
managed school board. Vocally they say they want to save the tax payers
money, when in effect they really could careless about the tax payers or
the tax payers students that is attending their missed managed school
system!
I guess another reason is, as alot of people know at PNG
we are inbreed ed with school spirit. I know I would not want what is
happening to ya"ll (the Greenies) to happen to PNG and I know someday it
could. If that was to happen, I would hope that other people that did not
graduate from PNG would stand up and support our cause. School
history and school spirit is something you accumulate over the years. It
is not something a engineer can build or money can buy. It is something
that attracts people to communities. Because the people in those
communities are proud of where they came from and what they have. They
also have the tendency to want to stay in those communities and help the
communities build. If a school is located clear across town, the pride in
that school is not as strong. Kind of the saying "out of sight, out
of mind". Once the community starts going down than the pride in the
community starts going down. It's a domino effect.
Well I guess I will get off my soap box now. If I can
help just let me know.
Cathy
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