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Opinion for Saturday 9/13/03

- HIT: Carousel has a home at Eldridge

Elmira City Council members should be proud of themselves after they voted Monday night to back the volunteers of the Eldridge Park Carousel Preservation Society in their untiring efforts to bring back a piece of local history.

Officially, City Hall gave the volunteers a license to install and operate its classic carousel at city-owned property at Eldridge Park. The decision is important in our mind, too, because it presents a vote of confidence in what the volunteers have done to duplicate the horses, other animals and machinery that were sadly sold in 1989.

The decision by city lawmakers adds authenticity to the work being performed by Dr. Robert Lyon and his team of volunteers. Backing by City Hall should not only help to inspire the volunteers, it should help the society in its continuing fund-raising efforts.

Society members hope to have the carousel completely restored by 2005, a target date we hope is successful.

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