Tuesday, April 12, 2011

Elliott Field Conversion - Satuday April 16

Parents,
Okay... I have confirmation that the sod cutter can get the sod cut this week.  We had a lot of pledges of labor last year for this project, now it is D-Day.  Anyone is welcome to help, especially those new families from U10 that will be using these new fields. 
 
Here is the plan:
  1. I will need at least two or three volunteers with trailers to haul the sod.  Flatbed or mid/low railing.  Plus a vehicle to pull them of course.  These trailers will get dirty and could get scratched.  We will have a Bobcat out there to scoop up the sod to put onto the trailers.   If you are not available to help but have a trailer we can borrow please let me know that also incase we come up short. 
  2. We will need volunteers at the dumping location to unload the sod from the trailers.  This will most likely be by hand.  The dumping location is off Pine Tree road near Valhalla Park (provided by Delhi Parks & Rec). 
  3. We will have piles of "baseball" dirt pre-delivered to fill in where the grass was removed.  We will use the Bobcat to move most of that around but will need volunteers with rakes to help smooth it out.
  4. We will hopefully have a tamper or two out there also, we will need volunteers to take turns operating the tamper(s). 
  5. If someone could purchase drinks and have them available in coolers at Elliott and at the dump site that would be great (we will reimburse expenses).
  6. We will need a few volunteers to deliver lunch to both sites around 12:30pm (we will reimburse expenses).  This could be pizza, or grilled hot dogs, whatever you want. 
What you should bring:
  • Wear old clothing and bring work gloves.
  • A rake and a shovel
  • Any other tools you think may be helpful for such a project to at least have on hand in your vehicle. 
We will start at 10am Saturday April 16th.  Meet at the concession stand building out by the fields (Elliott #3 and #4).  We will plan on working from 10am to 5:30pm.  You can work all day if you want but I'd like to fill the following shifts:
10:00am-12:30pm   Shift 1
12:30pm - 3:00pm   Shift 2
3:00pm - 5:30pm     Shift 3
Drink and Lunch helpers
 
If your schedule doesn't allow for these times just let me know what you can do and I'll fit you in. 
 
Please email me what you are willing to volunteer for. 
 
Of course rain is forecasted for Saturday... but this is Michigan!  if it does rain we will push the work to the 17th. 
 
THANKS!!!
Brian
 
BTW - a fencing company will be putting in the fence so we don't need volunteers for that.

-----Original Message-----
From: "Brian Kayser [HJRB]" <bkayser@hjrb.org>
To: "mailing.list List Member"  <mailing.list@hjrb.org>
Date: Wed, 30 Mar 2011 15:07:52 -0400
Subject: Elliott Fields Update - Save the date(s)

Parents,
We are proceeding with the conversion of the two Elliott fields (#3 and #4) in April.  For those of you new to the program, the U10 teams have used two fields at the Jr. High in the past.  In an effort to get our all fields into one “complex” we obtained permission from Holt Schools and Delhi Parks and Rec to use the two fields in the north east corner at Elliott (Elliott #3 and #4).  This will help with our concessions and the ability to host tournaments in the future.  Plus with renovations should make the fields nicer than the fields at the Jr. High. 
 
We originally were going to add minimal fencing just past the first and third base lines.  Due to all the generous donations from many of you we are able to put additional fencing in, all the way down the foul line plus enclosing the player benches. 
 
For now, please save the date of April 16th and/or April 17th.  We will have some sod cut out to expand the fields and will need help removing that as well as spreading around new baseball dirt in those areas.  The alternate date in case of weather or unforeseen delays is the following weekend of April 23/24. 
 
If anyone has a tamper machine please let me know!!
 
BTW - U10 teams will practice at the Jr. High fields during April.
 
I’ll send out more details the week of April 10th.  
 
Thanks,
Brian Kayser, President
Holt Jr. Rams Baseball
www.hjrb.org
 
 
 
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Posted by Holt Jr. Rams Baseball at 9:59 PM