As if Penny weren't having troubles enough these days, what with Joel Evans leaving Haverton Hospital because of her, and wondering about the return of Johnny Keith; now young Hazel Peters and her friends have decided to boycott the community center when its opening is only a week off! On the surface of it, the reason for the boycott is rather childish - but there are underlying and serious implications, and it's these which Penny is discussing with her stepfather this morning.