{"id":5442,"date":"2015-02-18T20:47:56","date_gmt":"2015-02-19T03:47:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/?p=5442"},"modified":"2015-02-18T20:47:56","modified_gmt":"2015-02-19T03:47:56","slug":"central-park-sledding-hill-shuts-down-after-stapleton-boy-reports-scrape","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stapletonion.com\/?p=5442","title":{"rendered":"Central Park Sledding Hill Shuts Down After Stapleton Boy Reports Scrape"},"content":{"rendered":"

\t\t\t\t\"sledding<\/a>Until further notice, the Central Park Sledding hill has been shut down after it was reported a Stapleton boy received a minor scratch on his right upper arm. \u201cWe knew at some point this could happen,\u201d said MCA President Liza Kampstra. \u201cOf course, there have been several injuries at the hill, but it was always outsiders, or the injuries were not reported. Now that we have somewhat confirmed that a Stapleton child has been injured, we are shutting the hill down, pending further investigation.\u201d\n\nKampstra says that there are hills around Central Park still available for sledding, just not the one where the injury was reported. \u201cThe hills right behind the playground to the East are still available to sledders,\u201d says Kampstra. \u201cJust not the fast ones that people have become accustomed to.\u201d Kampstra says that that the hill will eventually be reopened, but only after \u201cevery stone is unturned\u201d as to how the injury occurred. \u201cIt\u2019s one thing when these kids from other neighborhoods get hurt,\u201d says Kampstra. \u201cThose kids are rowdy and disrespectful, and are bound to get hurt. But, if we have a perfect Stapleton kid reporting an injury, that\u2019s a problem.\u201d\nKampstra says that they will look into many things to help with the potential injury situations. \u201cWe will add extra security and paramedics,\u201d says Kampstra. \u201cWe may add more padding, or pad more areas of the hill. It may take some landscaping so that there are simply predefined tracks to sled down instead of the mayhem we have now.\u201d Resident Rob Crawford feels the closure is unnecessary. \u201cPeople are going to experience minor injuries in things like this,\u201d says Crawford. \u201cI mean, you can\u2019t keep your kids in a bubble.\u201d Seth Fisher agrees. \u201cUnless a kid is getting impaled, you can\u2019t close that thing,\u201d says Fisher. \u201cI mean, there are only 5-7 decent sledding days a year. Don\u2019t take that from us.\u201d There is no timeline set for the hill to reopen, but Kampstra says they expect the hill to be open as early as late March. ]]>\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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