Shawn P. Kildea, Lawrenceville
To the editor:
As a resident of Lawrenceville and a parent heavily involved with youth sports in town, I was dismayed this past spring at the sight of an American Flag draped out of the press box at Central Park where I coached my boys in Little League baseball.
With those three beautiful little league fields all together one would think a flagpole in the middle of the park would make sense so that the flag could be properly displayed during the national anthem.
I was extremely happy to see that someone else took notice before I even had time to lodge a complaint and was surprised at how quickly a flagpole was erected and a flag was proudly waving. I found out that, in fact, a flagpole was already at the site but had been overgrown with tree brush, so much so that I never even knew it was there and I’ve spent more hours than I could count at that park.
I found out that a father of one of my son’s teammates was responsible for getting the trees cut back and the flagpole operating after years of neglect. The father in question is Glenn Collins, a candidate for town council in this fall’s election. I think it speaks well of a man aspiring to serve the public that he takes notice of things that need fixing that many of us in town don’t even see anymore.
My dad used to tell me that sometimes the best cure for a problem is a fresh set of eyes.
Thank you Glenn.
Shawn P. Kildea
Lawrenceville

