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Some don’t want a building named for controversial founder of ‘troubled teen’ programs. Here’s why Hurricane’s mayor isn’t backing down.

Robert Lichfield, who founded the Worldwide Association of Speciality Programs and Schools, donated a building to Hurricane to be used as a recreation center.

(Jud Burkett | Special to The Tribune) From left in the back, Nora Ashleigh Barrie, Allie Hutchings and Emily Pitt look on and record a groundbreaking event for a new recreation center Tuesday, Sep. 19, 2023 in Hurricane. They were among a handful of people in attendance who were opposed to the naming of the center after Robert Lichfield, the controversial founder of a network of troubled-teen programs.