An indoor pool would be step toward better town

To the Editor:

I have belonged to the Manchester Recreation Center for two years. I am an arthritis patient and their therapeutic pool and arthritis classes are a Godsend. They are very helpful besides the heated therapeutic pool they also have an infant heated pool.

I believe it would be possible to build an indoor pool if some of the wealthy retired snowbirds and people that have made money from the nursery business would be willing to help sponsor this pool. It sure would be a selling point to bring in new businesses to help our young people and displaced people from factories that have closed down to find work. We need to stop fighting progress and get some interest in our community instead of complaining that it all goes elsewhere.

Judith Phillips
Collins River Dr.
Rock Island