What are your teens doing this Friday night???

[Stephanie Toole]

Well I've just made the trip to the Lakewood Y twice in the last 20 minutes.

Trip one was to drop off 3- 13 year olds and a 19 year old college student home for spring break to play some basketball at the Y. While dropping them I recgonized no less than 6 players from the LHS Varsity basketball team as well as another 6 or 7 junior high boys heading into the Y with basketballs.

Less than 15 minutes later my boys call and tell me the Y gyms are closed from 5-8pm for an Easter Egg event. While I am in no way critizing the Y for holding such an event, I am extremely frustrated as a mother. Here you have all these kids, boys and girls, looking for a place to play basketball, and there is not a court around for them!

Not only is the Y gym closed tonight, but it is booked with programs on Saturday from 7am-8pm! With the popularity of the Y they can not even begin to fill the need and demand there is for basketball courts for our community.

Where are we as a city filling this need???

NO WHERE!!!

Where are these kids supposed to gather to play, exercise, blow off some steam?? Not all kids these days are glued to computers and electronic gaming systems!

There are no open gyms scheduled this weekend at any of our awesome schools gyms either!

Even if the weather warmed enough to play basketball outside our kids would be high and dry again. Once again.....not a single outdoor basketball court survives in Lakewood!

[ryan costa]

during the winter it is better to throw snowballs at each other in the streets, and play with fire down by the lake.

[Corey Rossen]

Don't forget running with scissors.

[Lynn Farris]

It is absolutely horrible that our city took down the hoops for outdoor play. That gave kids something to do. I know a lot of kids go to play in Rocky River. But they shouldn't have to.

But that isn't really great for winter, but I do hope that our new administration fixes this problem of the hoops before summer.

What can kids do?

I would suggest Winterhurst.
All Ages – Open Sessions – Day and Night
Resident $3.00 Non-Resident $5.00
Skate rental (hockey and figure skates): $ 2.00

Recreational Skating.

Friday 8:30 PM - 10:30 PM All Ages
Saturday 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM All Ages
8:30 PM - 10:30 PM All Ages
Sunday 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM All Ages
8:00 PM - 10:00 PM All Ages


Skate with the Easter Bunny
• Saturday, March 22, 2008 - 2:00-4:00 PM.

Easter Vacation Skates
These sessions are in addition to our normal sessions:
• Friday March 21 - 1:00 - 3:00 PM - All Ages
• Monday March 24 - 1:00 - 3:00 PM - All Ages
• Tuesday March 25 - 1:00 - 3:00 PM - All Ages
• Wednesday March 26 - 1:00 - 3:00 PM - All Ages
• Thursday March 27 - 1:00 - 3:00 PM - All Ages
• Friday March 28 - 1:00 - 3:00 PM - All Ages
• We are closed Sunday March 23, 2008.

Or how about swimming at the HS pool?
School Year Open Swim Schedule
Tuesday, Thursday - 7:00-8:30 PM
Friday - 7:30-9:30 PM
Sunday - 2:00-4:00 PM
During the Open Swim sessions, there is at least one lap lane available for adults only.

Lakewood High School Pool
14100 Franklin Blvd
Phone: (216) 529-4014

School Year Fees:
Adults: $3.50*
Students: $3.00
Children Under 6: Free (MUST be accompanied at all times by a swimming adult)

Adult Only Sessions: Adults $2.00*

Because my daughter was on the swim team, and they sometimes had meets on Friday night - I would call before I took a group swimming:
Lakewood High School Pool
14100 Franklin Blvd
Phone: (216) 529-4014

These all cost a little - but they are the best sports type of thing that I could come up with in the winter. Hope it helps.