Hating on the Park (April 18, 2006), and Our Response (April 25, 2006) Daily Star Public Debate
On April 18, an article was published by the Daily Star, featuring horribly misinformed commentary by Hammond resident John Schillace. Prior to the article you’ll see below, he had made some similarly uneducated and inflammatory statements concerning the Hammond Dreamland skatepark (we don’t have that one scanned in yet). I highlighted my favorite quote in the article, but you really should read the whole thing… it’s comedy gold. Here you go:
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After reading Mr. Schillace’s insane comments two weeks in a row, Small Times decided to cover as many bases as possible and disassemble each of the claims made in the article. Our response is here (printed on April 25, 2006):
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For a high-quality PDF of both of these articles together,
click here (PDF, 2.7 megs)
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click here (PDF, 2.7 megs)
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Before ending this website entry, Small Time Skates would like to commend Heather Crain for the thoughtfulness and responsible journalism she’s practiced concerning skateboarding in Hammond, and skateboarding in general. In the past year, she’s written several articles that truly reflected the enthusiasm that local skaters have for not only the park, but for skateboarding itself.In the case of our response to Mr. Schillace’s comments, Heather herself made sure that our rebuttal was printed, unedited, and in short time.
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