ON Litchfield Park Independent - 11-2019

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MMENTARY GUEST COMMENTARY

cial events, progress Youth sports injuries can

y Center haunt you years later
anes, and as many of our residents

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t might start off as a creaky knee or stiff joints
ojourns in cooler climates, our spe- or perhaps you feel a twinge in your back with
nce again. City staff has planned an ac- a simple movement. Old age? Maybe. But
chances are, if you injured yourself playing a
nue through- est in building in the City youth sport, you could be experiencing the painful
son. Our staff Center, we cannot begin consequences of an injury that didn’t heal properly.
ain bring you the process until we com-
ecial events to plete an amendment to In the U.S., about 30 ing basketball. It is his
very interest our General Plan, adopt a million children and old youth injury coming
ste. Please at- new zoning ordinance ap- teens participate in some back to haunt him. It’s
nd enjoy life in plicable to the City Cen- form of orga- likely he had an an-
ark.” ter and draft a model de- nized sports, and terior cruciate lig-
are also mak- velopment agreement. more than 3.5 ament (ACL) tear
ogress on our Staff is working diligent- million of them or meniscus tear
enter. The ba- ly on these prerequisites sustain injuries. which was left un-
n has been set with a completion target The most com- treated and eventu-
arious build- by year end. We will keep mon of these ally developed ar-
n our unique you updated as the pro- are sprains and Tim Bert
thritis.
style bordering cess continues. strains, but bro- Most of the youth
entral park. Contact our city staff, ken bones, stress knee injuries that
o encourage me or a council mem- fractures, dislocations, I typically see with old-
sinesses to in- ber with any questions or meniscus tears and oth- er patients are untreated
he park into comments. You can reach er injuries can be trou- ACL injuries, meniscus
es and prod- me at 623-935-5033 or at blesome decades later. tears that were surgical-
ark will have tschoaf@litchfield-park. The classic scenario is ly cleaned-up at the time
concerts and org. the 40-year-old male who of injury through menis-
s the cen- Editor’s note: Tom Schoaf has comes into our office cectomy that now has
special events been the mayor of Litchfield with a swollen knee af- worsening arthritis, or
Park since 2006.
ossible. ter playing pick-up bas- cartilage damage that
eral business- ketball. He played foot- was left untreated or has
ressed inter- ball back in high school been cleaned up through
and had an old injury a surgical procedure
where he felt a pop in his called chondroplasty and
THE EDITOR knee, but he “toughed” now has become osteoar-
it out. Now, years later, thritis.
P-38s as you will make way for the he re-aggravated it play- >> See Bert on page 11
e were single next generation of air-
ers such as craft. It really is inevita-
stang and the ble. The base has to bal- LOCAL VOICES
erbolt. ance the need to train Read more on Page 4.
ke entered the our nations F-35 pilots This is your public fo-
51, the area against remaining a good rum. We welcome your Nicole is a loving indi-
g Luke was neighbor. I feel for the opinions, which can be vidual that is loved and
esert. As the most part, they do a good emailed to wvnews@ supported by all that
ation grew, job. newszap.com or posted know her. Any contribu-
. Those mov- I live 2.5 miles from the online under the stories tion would be greatly ap-
area knew southern end of the run- at YourValley.net. preciated. — Dillon’s KC
t the base was ways at Luke, the pri- BBQ
more than like- mary departure path for
y jet aircraft. the base. Departures are Zoo worker Aww Nicole!! It’s so cra-
t changed where a jet is at its maxi- diagnosed with zy how this world is. If
rly 70 years. mum thrust. Studies have anyone can donate or
F-16s will leave shown the airplane is leukemia share she lost her dad
ake way for only slightly louder than Nicole Sagasta, a work- then right after that was
40 F-35s. De- the F-16. I have grown er at Dillon’s Kansas City diagnosed with leukemia.
now, the F-35s used to the sound of the BBQ inside the Wildlife — Alexis Moreno
airplanes and they rare- World Zoo, was recently di-
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