If your teenager or child loves to skate or skateboard, there's a new skate park open in Henderson... About two years ago, downtown business owners and courthouse officials got tired of the shredding on their doorsteps. Mayor Buzz Fullen knew they had to have a place for the skaters to skate otherwise they could give up a physical activity for a criminal one.

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By the way, kudos to Henderson Mayor Buzz Fullen for this comment:

"We don't have them all downtown running around and in the parking lots where it could be dangerous for them," Fullen said. (Emphasis added.)

I understand that the mayor has to keep businesspeople - who are also taxpayers and voters - happy. But it's great to know that he's also concerned about the safety and the future of the young people in his community. Way to go, mayor!  :-)

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