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Tribe’s
meeting deserves input
By Herald Staff
September 17 2003 |
Tomorrow is an important day for Old Man
House State Park. It’s an important day for the Suquamish
community as well.
If all goes as it should, the state-owned park will be returned
to its rightful owners — the tribe — and will remain open to
the public. Maintenance should then fall on the tribe and
members of the Suquamish Olalla Neighbors.
If all goes better than expected, the Friends of Old Man House
Park will attend the 7 p.m. workshop at the tribal center and
opt into the upkeep plan. This is, after all, a community park.
As such, whatever dividing issues between the tribe and the
Friends should be overlooked and a partnership that will benefit
all should be created. Not a likely result but a good one to
hope for.
Why the two groups haven’t been working together from day one
shows that there are some old skeletons in Suquamish’s
closet that need to buried and put to rest. This meeting can be
the first step in that direction.
Both parties want the same thing — an excellent park that is
open to the public.
The tribe has waited about 99 years to re-attain the land and
shouldn’t have to wait an even 100 to realize this.
In the meantime, Old Man House State Park is still up for grabs
but why both groups aren’t reaching for the same goal
is beyond us. |
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