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<br />Mayor Kitty Piercy and City Council <br />My name is Amanda Cantwell. I am an 8th grade student at Prairie Mountain <br />School. I would like to bring to your attention the Golden Garden Ponds, or as a lot <br />of people know it as "the pits". <br /> <br />I know just from living here in this community that these ponds are NOT a <br /> <br />priority 1, but let me tell you, my best friend drowned there, and to me there's no <br /> <br />other priority more important. Not only did Nick drown there, but 3 other boys <br /> <br />have lost there lives in the exact same place. <br /> <br />It's sad that people know about what happened, and they don't do anything <br /> <br />about it. Four kids have already died; how many more is it going to take for people <br /> <br />to realize that those ponds are dangerous? <br /> <br />I don't expect you to do everything; that's why my classmates and I are <br /> <br />starting to clean up around the banks of the pond and were even planning to put in <br /> <br />a memorial to show that people have died there. Maybe that will distract people <br /> <br />from the ponds. <br /> <br />You are the person that can make the difference, the difference to save many <br /> <br />lives! ... Please don't be selfish and just put this problem and this park on the <br /> <br />backburner. If we would have made it a priority years ago after the 3rd death, my <br /> <br />best friend would still be here. I will never be the same. Do the right thing and do <br /> <br />something with that place that has become a burial ground! <br /> <br />Sincerely, <br /> <br />Amanda Cantwell <br />