LEAVE THEM KIDS ALONE

COME ON Nova Pierson, weren't you a teen once? "Officials keep close tabs
on party" (May 21). I'm 55 and I say "Leave them kids alone!" Ever see the
mess that's left at the end of a football game? The clean-up is just part
of the price you set for the rental.

Drugs? If they aren't at the rave -- all in one spot, where the police can
watch them --they'll be in hundreds of spots with nobody watching them.
Give the kids a break, they'll grow up and look after us old folks! Thanks
for effort on the article, but Diane Danielson should be aware, attempts to
get on the teens' backs will just result in a worse scene. If you drive the
kids out to the bush parties, there will be worse problems and you know it.

We had great times at the "Lake Dances" and the "Rainbow Ballroom" when I
was a kid growing up in Edmonton. They are not all bad.

Dale Ashton

(OK, you can let your kids go to raves, we think our readers deserve to
know what goes on at them.)