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Seven-year-olds could not sleep their financial acumen needs refreshing. ship Health Center for six summers. Over in unlocked cabins. The camp would have The easiest way to solve Fluvanna’s Guseman commended this time I have gained a deep apprecia- to build an eight foot wall around its pe- $100 million debt is to assess each house- As a former metropolitan newspaper tion for the experience Camp Friendship rimeter and place an armed guard at the hold $10,000 and that way we might be investigative reporter twice nominated provides to thousands of children every gate. Children might as well stay in D.C. able to get our debt under control. for a Pulitzer Prize, I have not often been year. It is my strong hope, therefore, that I ask the Board of Supervisors to con- – John Bauserman, Lake Monticello impressed by journalism appearing in the Fluvanna Board of Supervisors will sider what the loss of Camp Friendship the Fluvanna Review. This past week, deny the Walker’s Ridge Development would mean to the thousands of children Chesser complaint however, I gained new respect for our – because Camp Friendship cannot con- who come from as close as Palmyra to Mr. Joe Chesser, Supervisor of the county’s little weekly paper. Coverage tinue adjacent to Walker’s Ridge. as far as Egypt to attend the camp every Rivanna District saw fit to humiliate of the water and sewer issues facing our I practice in a large pediatric group year . Children need Camp Friendship one of his constitutes at the last Lake citizens and their elected representatives in Northern Virginia. My patients come more than ever. I sincerely hope Fluvan- Monticello Owners’ Association Board was truly outstanding. from a wide range of socioeconomic na County will preserve this experience meeting held on Sept. 12 to discuss Aqua In an analytical piece called “Water Sur- backgrounds. Yet they share a growing for children for many years to come by Virginia’s water proposal. Mr. Chesser vival Guide,” Christina Dimeo Guseman sedentary lifestyle, a diminishing ex- denying the Walker’s Ridge Development. presented his opinion then said, “the provided a thorough, fair and balanced perience with the natural world and an – Samantha Ahdoot, M.D., Alexandria next Board of Supervisors should get off examination of the issues related to increasing risk of obesity, hypertension, their chairs and do something”, looking current water and sewer proposals and of ADHD and anxiety disorders. Remedial economics straight at Rick Kelly, who is a candidate the controversy surrounding them. Then, Over the past 47 years, Camp Friend- After Wednesday’s public hearing for the Rivanna District position, and is in two longish reports of conversations ship has offered children an antidote to at the Board of Supervisors meeting, I handicapped, confined in a motorized and actions during the latest Board of Su- their sedentary, plugged in, urban life- wonder how the citizens of Fluvanna wheelchair. This was inexcusable, inap- pervisors meeting, Ms. Guseman present- style. As I walk through the camp on a County are being represented. The ra- propriate, disrespectful and a horrible ed information accurately and with suffi- given day, I see children jumping off the tional of three of the supervisors is that thing to say by anyone, especially from a cient depth to provide insight not always rope-swing into the lake, learning to kayak extending water to Zion Crossroads will public official who was elected to protect evident in meeting coverage. and making pottery. I watch them walk bring economic development. and serve the citizens of this district. Mr. I commend Ms. Guseman for her work across camp, joking with new friends According to Mrs (Mozell) Booker, “You Kelly did not seem upset, but I was.