Beaver Creek Park fees must be fair

Many thanks to the Hill County Park Board and Havre Daily News for putting out information on the proposed park fees that will be voted on at the Nov. 4 park board meeting.

Beaver Creek Park, Hill County and the residents of Hill County deserve and need to receive fair value for what it sells. Unlike many parks, we take pride in being self-supporting and in these times of austerity, Hill County and Beaver Creek Park cannot afford to give things away.

On the other hand, fees should not be excessive since we also pride ourselves in making our park available to a wide range of the public.

There are active markets for products, services and opportunities Beaver Creek Park provides. Some of what the park sells is to commercial interests where others are for personal recreation or to nonprofit interests.

Hopefully now the public has time to develop and provide informed and useful comments as to why the proposed fees are — or are not — justified.

L.I. “Lou” Hagener

Havre