Letter to the Editor: Camp Cherry Lake modernization is desperately needed

I've spent the last 40 years fighting crime in Madison County with badge and book. I've arrested people when I had to, but I prefer teaching trades and other paths to lawful livelihoods. I've seen some of the best and worst of Madison County. I can say without qualification that 4-H Camp Cherry Lake is in the best category. I'm so thankful for supporters who helped build a new educational pavilion at the camp. But when I attended the ribbon cutting, too much of the camp looked just like I remembered it—from when I myself was a 4-Her there nearly half a century ago. Cabins have rot, sagging floor support beams are propped up with cinder blocks, doors don't fit neatly into their jambs,