Committee: Campbell needs a youth center

CAMPBELL — The committee members all agree: The city needs a youth center.

The question is: How does it go about opening one?

An exploratory panel made up of school, religious and government representatives met for the first time Wednesday at Campbell Elementary School to brainstorm.

“How do you want to move along?” Dr. Robert Walls, Campbell Elementary School principal, asked the group.

Walls, who was asked two weeks ago by the Campbell Ecumenical Council of Churches to form the committee, said there are several avenues to go down.

“But I think we’re all on the same page in that we have to do something for the kids in Campbell,” he said.

“They need to socialize after school,” said panel member Elois Herns, secretary of the council of churches. “They fight one another,” she continued. “They need to learn how to socialize.”

Some members cited Girard’s community center as an example of what Campbell’s could ultimately be like.

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