The Hammonton Gazette 02/10/16 Edition | Page 5

Canoe Club is a busy, fun place Page 4 • Wednesday, February 10, 2016 • The Hammonton Gazette CANOE, from Page 1 for years underserving our community was always here. We just couldn’t see the forest from the trees. Once we stepped back and looked around at other towns in other areas of the United States, the best and highest use of the building revealed itself. One morning during the trip to San Diego with my family, i decided to take a walk while everyone else was still sleeping. as i walked down the street in Del Coronado, i noticed boats at a marina. talking with some fisherman at the marina, i said to them ‘wow, that’s a nice marina building under construction.’ they said ‘that’s no marina building, that our new town hall and community center.’ after i walked through the building and saw the water behind it with the boats and docks, i dreamed if only we could have a community center like this in Hammonton, with water and powerboats. it was when i came home and took a ride down to the lake and stood on the deck of the caretaker’s house that it dawned on me