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Ballston Spa, NY

Jun 4, 2008

The F.A.N.S. Kelley Park Project a SUCCESS!

It has been a long road of fundraisers and campaigning, but at the end of the day on Sunday, June 1, Kelley Park in Ballston Spa had a brand new playground built and paid for by members of the community.

There is still some minor work to be done on the playground — like putting lettering on the pair of fire trucks that represent the village’s two fire departments — but thanks to two years of effort by Friends and Neighbors of Ballston Spa (FANs) it is now open for use.

“There were so many people who reached out,” said FANs’ volunteer organizer Shannon Hansen. “I keep feeling astounded because the whole was greater than the sum of the parts. Whatever people could give and whatever time or skill they could give they did, and it all came together.”
Making a sizable contribution to that end on Friday, May 30, was Assemblyman James Tedisco, R-Schenectady, who presented FANs with a $20,000 check at the building site.

“I can’t think of a better investment than to give these kids this playground,” Tedisco said. “This shows why we have the highest quality district in the state of New York.”

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Jun 5, 2008
 
My son went to the park and was having a great time until some @#$% teenager threw him in the creek!!!! I thought this park idea was for the children.HMMM Something really needs to be done about these out of control teens!
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Jun 15, 2008
 
not all teens are like that, i figured you should know that while you are complaining about teens, the little kids including you son are getting rebellious themselves, just the other day i was walking by a couple kids probably 8-10 and im 16, they actually threw a water bottle at me, and of course i got an aduklt and what did they do , yelled at me for harassing them, so i ust did the next think i could think of and that was take the bottle throw it and scare them till they cried, if there was a creek nearby i probably would have thron them in one, but the sgtaeriotypes need to stop, i only know a few teens who would throw a little boy into a creek just for fun, and theyre allready sent away, in my opinion, i think its the teens getting harassed to the point where they cant take it, theyre not pushing lines further, the lives are being ppushed on them, so relax and keep a closer eye on your kid, and ,make sure next time he goes to the park he wears some water wins,he probably will end up falling in because you cant keep an eye on him, if you were watching him better he wouldnt have gotten thrown into the creek, and i have to thank your genoration for introducng all these drugs that now a l;ot of parents are still hooked on and get it for their children, great job, trsust me the amount of teens using drugs isnt too extream, u and ur genoration were 95498755 times worse
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Jun 16, 2008
 
i can tell you are highly EDUMAKATED.And for your information i did not say anything about all teens.Just the idiot ones who who hang out in the little spaces in the new playground making out and doing other things i would rather not mention.Right there where the little kids are playing.Oh dont get me wrong...whenever a lil kid starts to go by, they just sit there and pretend nothing is going on.If you have been on the new playground then you will understand the little spaces i am referring to.
One more thing .I was born in the 70's,drugs didnt come from my generation.Most likely came from YOUR parents generation.
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Jun 22, 2008
 
As one of the playground coordinators, I would like to include that MANY teens spent hours building this playground and have a sense of belonging. I personally spent a total of 15 hours down there this week at various times of day and saw no issues. Yes teens are hanging out and they have every right too! Adults and Village police are making every effort to speak positively with teens and are working on improvng the skate park. This community can change for the better if we all take some responsibility!!!!
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