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Keystone Teen Game Room Opens! The Johnson City Parks and Recreation Department hosted an open house for Keystone Community Center’s new Teen Game Room on Jan. 10. Area teens tested their skills on the latest gaming systems Xbox One and PS4 Pro, played pool, ping pong, foosball, ate pizza and snacks and enjoyed the comfortable lounge area. Teens at the open house received T-shirts that read “Play at the Stone.” “The need is there for our teens to chill out and wind down,” said Mary Lee Baker, Memorial Park Community Center program coordinator. “They really like it. A lot of them come to MPCC for open gym and then come over to Keystone. We’re trying to keep up with the technology and video-gaming trends.” The Teen Game Room will be open from 3-9 p.m. on weekdays, and Baker already has added another offering. She said Johnson City Mayor Jenny Brock suggested a program for young girls. “When she suggested that, I initiated Girl Squad,” Baker said. The program begins Feb. 11, and will be available every Monday and Tuesday from 3 -5 p.m. as a type of “headquarters” for girls 13-17 who can “be their own bosses,” she said. “The girls will have fun writing in personal journals, making trendy crafts and other creations, taking selfies and action shots and sharing obsessions. You know, doing ‘girl stuff,’” Baker said.