She's still got it...

Ms. Betty Fay is back in the Fort Worth Star-Telegram Letters.  We're glad, we've missed her!


Helping troubled youth 

Suicides by children and teenagers, even assaults and murders in Fort Worth and nearby areas, are heartbreaking warning signals that beg many questions. As a community, are we doing all we can to support and care for our children?

Schools will soon be out for the summer. What will teenagers who have not the income for club memberships or money for other things do for entertainment? How many will turn to crime or making babies?

A caring society would find summer jobs for young people and spaces for wholesome outdoor recreation. In Fort Worth, our City Council is closing municipal swimming pools. How shortsighted is this? Before it's too late, let's spend the money to repair the pools, patrol them and give free swimming lessons. That would in itself make more job opportunities.

City leadership claims we can't afford to save swimming pools, but they, along with Water Board members, find millions of dollars to divert our already polluted Trinity River to build a useless lake downtown over contaminated land. The lake would be no good to our neglected children or adults who could not even fish in it.

It is time to wake up. Everyone must pay attention to individual children and, where possible, come together to show our youth they are important to us.

-- Betty W. Fay, Fort Worth