Local mentoring group asks council for permanent use of Lockridge Park building

Coach Murray Matier, identifying himself as CEO of the nonprofit Boys of Kings and Girls of Queens, described the organization’s mentoring, after-school study, monthly parent huddles and scholarship incentives and asked the council to consider allowing permanent use of the Lockridge Park building as a home base. “Our purpose here today is to acquire about the possible the possible permanent usage of your Long Ridge Park building to give our youth of Taylor County a place to call home,” Matier said.