Central Chronicles Volume: 1 Issue: 4
FRIDAY, May 18th, 2018
Josh’s Park: A Place to Skate BY COLEMAN BERRY
As a skater in a small town with nowhere to skate, I believe we need somewhere to go. I’m not the only one. Our friend Josh had a plan. Josh Kinsman was a dedicated skater. “He would try to skate even when it snowed,” his mother told the Atchison Globe. Now it’s up to us to make his plan a reality.
Now it’s up to us to make his plan a reality. According to an article in the Atchison Globe, Josh’s parents talked to the Atchison City Commission to push forward a skate park project. His family has been in contact with city manager Justin Pregont for the last few months about a skate park in memory of Josh. “If I have to mow it, if I have to cut down trees, if I have to plant, I don’t care,
I’ll do whatever it takes to make this happen,” they told the governing body members at an April meeting.
Landen Williams had similar feelings and ideas. He told me “Josh was a street skater. But he would have loved a skate park.”
I talked with fellow Central School students Gabe Ackmann and Landen Williams about Josh and the skate park. Gabe believes a skate park would bring a positive feeling to the community and would be good for businesses such as Sonic.
“A s k a t e p a r k i s something better than getting into trouble.” —Landen Williams
I asked if any businesses would help? He said, “Yes, especially Sonic since they plan on building the park right next to it.”
“The park would be a world safer and better than the rides we use for our carnivals.” —Gabe Ackmann
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I agree with them, a skate park is good for businesses and something to entertain kids who both love to skate and socialize. Josh and I sat with each other at lunch, although I never really knew him well, we had something in common. We both liked to skate. I liked to hear his ideas of a park at lunch and would talk to also Gabe and Landen. So I want to help push on his ideas and make it happen.