Support a local
On the west side of Maryville, there is a 10-year-old little girl named Allison, who is selling lemonade to raise money to buy a bike. Allison doesn’t just want a bike for Christmas, she wants to buy a bike like the one stolen at 6:30 p.m. on Sept. 8 from outside the front door of the family home. Allison’s bike was a 21 speed, aluminum frame Mongoose. The bike has sentimental value, not to mention the cost to replace it.
I met Allison and her family yesterday, because I was searching the neighborhood for anyone who may have seen a young white male, about 178 pounds, between the age of 21 to 24 years. He was wearing a light colored (gray) North Face hooded jacket, white baseball hat, sunglasses and boots. On 12:30 p.m. Sept. 6, in the early morning he was trying to remove the Northwest Bearcat signs from the light post, then he walked over and deliberately took my block wall apart. He then put sunglasses on and pulled the hood over his head as he walked passed our surveillance cameras. He then proceeded down N. Mulberry Street toward 7th Street.
There are several other videos of this young man from various locations. Two weeks prior to this incident, my Victorian Mailbox was destroyed in front of my home. If anyone knows these individuals, please report them to the police immediately. Better yet, to the individual who took the bike, return Allison’s bike and turn yourself into the police.
It saddens me to think young people would steal from a little girl and destroy my property without a second thought. I have always looked at young people as our future world leaders and cannot believe there could be any excuse for this action. Allison is learning, at a young age, how hard her parents worked to give her something nice and is showing others more strength, initiate and willpower to overcome this bad incident. I, too, have worked hard and put money into my properties and don’t appreciate anyone destroying them. I would never go to your home and destroy your property. I do not appreciate you coming to my home and destroying mine.
Allison will be selling lemonade on Oct. 21 during the Northwest Homecoming Game Parade at 321 W. 4th Street. Please come out and support Allison.
––Linda Lajcak
Maryville
