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Ciarla: Removing Sun City activity is narrow-minded

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I read your article regarding residents and tennis (“Residents fighting to expand tennis,” Sun City Independent, May 19, 2021) and appreciate you quoting my concern about having variety.

Moving into a community with more activities than I could ever imagine doing is a little bit of a shock to the senses but really makes you think about how you want to enjoy your time.

It’s a great thing to see pickleball take off and expand, but I really feel that removing an activity (any activity) that is being used is a mistake that takes away the positive atmosphere of this community. It’s an obvious choice to convert tennis into pickleball due to the similarities but what if adding more pickleball meant removing other activities? 

Using the argument that “we have a lot of members, or more members” is a great way to try and expand an activity but using this same argument to remove an activity is a narrow-minded way of thinking and takes away from the variety of activities this community has to offer.

Bob Ciarla

Sun City