Question of the Week: Who Should Sacrifice – Neighbors or Sports Groups?

they have the numbers on their side – thousands of people play on the village's fields but without more time to play, some kids will go without. Athletics is part of living healthy, they say, an important part of development.

To the contrary, neighbors say, think bigger picture – what if it were your neighborhood? In fact, neighbors say, if they get their way it soon may be your neighborhood. That would be worse for kids and adults, they say, with less sleep for kids playing as well as those living near the fields.

The village council is seemingly in a no-win situation, although it told the Fields Committee at Stevens and urged it to explore other ideas. What should it do? Extend times to 10 p.m. or say, 'Sorry, we just can't do it'?

Do the numbers matter? Should the concerns of the relatively few neighbors meet the same standards of those of thousands of participants?

And lastly, when should kids be going to bed?

The council will decide the policy at its public meeting on April 13. The light 'burn' will be tested on March 31.