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Kage Mann: Wow, I forgot about that Community Center and the sad part about that
is I attended Junior High there in the mid-70’s.I read an article that
said the CDA community hasn’t had a C.C. for 60 years.So,
apparently some people never considered that old Junior High as a real
Community Center. I used to play B-Ball at 7th st.alot.I believe they
closed it down in 1983-84.Heck, my parents also, went to school there.
Question: How many of you attended the old high school or old junior high school @ 7th & Montana? Did any of you participate in city recreation league activities after it was converted for a short time into a community center?
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Me on May 18 at 6:53 p.m.
I went to 7th and 8th grades there. I remember the little store across the street - they had hamburgers we could buy at lunch time!
danofthecommunity on May 18 at 8:01 p.m.
My mom went to high school there, I went to Jr. High there and my aunt and uncle had that hamburger stand, The Viking, where I worked my first job during lunch hours. There was actually another one next door too called the White Pine I think.
I remember testifying at either a city council or school board meeting in favor of keeping the old community center going but I can appreciate now that it was too far gone.
Kage_Mann on May 18 at 8:56 p.m.
The old CDA High School located on 7th st in CDA, which later became the Junior High was built in 1910.It was the H.S. until the mid-50’s when the new CDA High School was built off of 15th st. around the time Ron Edinger made it to town from California.
It seems like yesterday, when I attended the old Junior High on 7th st. and I remember the day when we made the move to the new Canfield Junior High in January of 1976.I recall KC and the Sunshine Band was playing.The instant us kids were relocated into the new school a funny thing happened.The school was completely full; it was as if the school district had completely, underestimated how many students it really had.
Escapee on May 18 at 9:04 p.m.
I went to 7th, 8th and 9th grades there, and it’s a sorry shame that CDA let it fall into disrepair by Turning off the heat. I especially remember the oval track up above the gym floor in the North Building.
Don_Sausser on May 18 at 9:43 p.m.
Kage, many times when the school district request tax money to build a school the opposition forces a reduction in size to reduce costs even though they know it won’t accommodate growth.
This causes the district to adjust by later buying temporary buildings (which often become permanent), eventually costing the district more than originally providing for growth.
They never seem to learn that it solves nothing to delay it.