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Quickly’s Neighbors, July 4

Updated: August 5, 2012 6:08AM



Valparaiso’s new downtown park is a hit! How sad that the bland name chosen for this park, unlike Fairgrounds Park, will not remind visitors of Valpo’s historic past when lines formed around the corner to see a movie at the Premier Theater. Doesn’t “Premier Plaza” have a nice ring?

Thanks to the management at the Portage IMAX 16 for making room for the smaller movies that are introduced during the summer months. And, don’t worry — we’ll still be there for the blockbusters.

I think it’s a shame the residents of Gary are paying these huge water bills and here we are up in the hundreds this week and there’s not even a swimming pool open around here for the kids to go to. You are hiring all these people but you can’t open a swimming pool.

I sure do wish the Cedar Lake Police Department would do something about these Illinois plates over here. It’s unbelievable. It’s about time these people start paying their own way around here.

Cancel the fireworks because it is going to be so dry it will be very dangerous. My back yard could be set on fire by a simple spark.





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