11-year-olds shouldn’t have access to slot machines. Period. | Turkeys & Trophies

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It’s hard to understand how an 11-year-old girl could get away with playing a slot machine at Mount Airy Casino Resort in Paradise Township, Monroe County. It happened 10 times recently, where the girl played 10 different slot machines. Another two 13-year-old girls also got away with playing slots. We acknowledge it’s a shame that Mount Airy is forced to do the job of the children’s parents. Each child who gambled was accompanied by one or both parents, according to a news release from the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board. But when it comes to enforcing state gambling laws, the buck stops with the casino owners. Mount Airy will pay a steep price, a $160,000 fine. The casino already bans kids from the casino floor during hours they should be in bed, according to the Mount Airy website. The casino makes kids wear wristbands and lets them cross the casino floor under adult supervision to get to restaurants. We suggest Mount Airy follow the lead of Wind Creek Bethlehem — don’t allow kids on the casino floor, period. Restaurants accessible only via the casino floor aren’t open to kids at Wind Creek, according to the Wind Creek website. They can eat at restaurants accessible via the outlet mall or the hotel. Don’t let kids on your casino floor, Mount Airy. It’s the right thing to do.

TROPHIES

When someone does something nice for you, you say, “Thank you.” Members of the Nazareth area community were touched by the humility and kindness of Jahan Dotson, an NFL first-round draft pick who could have blown off a meet-and-greet with the Clippers youth football team. Instead, he went out of his way to accommodate the kids. That went a long way with Nazareth football parent Richard Ehrhardt. He and the president of the Nazareth football boosters, Jim Pilla, felt the good will deserved a big “thank you.” So they organized a bus trip so 350 fans can cheer on Jahan Dotson and his Washington Commanders teammates versus the Philadelphia Eagles on Sunday at FedEx Field. They want Dotson and his family to know what the Nazareth Area High School grad means to his neighbors. Cheers to Dotson for all he’s done and cheers to his neighbors for the big “thank you.”

Warehouses aren’t going away. They’re ugly. They generate lots of truck traffic. But as long as folks continue to shop online, warehouses are needed to store all those online purchases. Cheers to Lafayette College in Easton for hosting workshops on sustainable design and construction of warehouses. The workshop suggests how to use carbon-friendly building materials and solar power and reminds builders to maximize green space and pollinator-friendly plants. If warehouses are an inevitable part of our landscape, let’s make them as environmentally friendly as possible.

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