For the record, we have not

participated in fund-raisers at the Georgia Dome or

Atlanta Motor Speedway, but not for any conscientious

objection to these activities. We simply don't have the

time. We do, however, work in the concession stand and

chaperone many band events at McIntosh High School, and

we sell fruit and candy. We've also allowed our daughter

to work at Georgia Dome fund-raisers since she turned 16.

Don't students develop a

sense of personal responsibility by helping to earn money

for their extracurricular activities? Would the anonymous

letter writer criticize a student for earning money for

band or football camp by working at a restaurant -

even a grocery store - that sells alcohol?

We applaud the parents who

give their time to fund-raisers at the Dome, Speedway,

and Lakewood Amphitheater, which also support the general

funds for these bands. Many parents prefer this form of

fund-raising to hawking pledges from friends and

neighbors.

My advice to the letter

writer: Get a life.

I trust that you're already

patronizing local fund-raisers for high school athletic

and band programs, or that your company sponsors one of

these programs. Otherwise, your complaint is the height

of hypocrisy.

My advice to The Citizen:

Give us some real news. Maybe then you'd have some real

credibility in this community.

Chuck and Marie Powers

Peachtree City

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