25 Fields for Oregon Exceptional athletes
expands its scope
By CRAIG MURPHY
mation to people in the seed
Of the Keizertimes
and turf communities about
It all started with the seem- what the project could mean.
ingly simple idea of adding
In addition, there have
much-needed soccer fi elds.
been conversations about the
But the 25 fi elds for Or- site being the future home
egon project has expanded for OSU Extension Service
far beyond that.
in Marion County.
Carrie
Cool, execu-
“They’d like to be in
tive director for the project Marion County where farm-
launched in late 2012, had ers can more easily access it,”
originally hoped to have 25 Cool said. “Partnering with
soccer fi elds open by the start us, they can have the acre-
of 2014 on 195 acres of land age they need for incubator
along Chemawa and Portland farms and exhibits.”
Roads, approximately across
Having 25 fi elds would al-
I-5 from Volcanoes Stadium.
low researchers to try differ-
“We’re still working on it,” ent techniques and see what
Cool told the Keizertimes ear- the results of each would be.
lier this month. “We will see
“There isn’t anywhere in
it through. It’s a whole pro- the world that there’s a liv-
cess. It’s not easy.”
ing laboratory for the study
That’s because Cool and of impact on sports turf,”
other 25 fi elds
Cool
said.
project lead-
“They don’t
ers have been
have anyone
forming part-
running on
nerships with
it before and
members of
after the rain,
the agricul-
they
don’t
tural
com-
— Carrie Cool have chemical
munity, with
research. With
a focus on re-
this,
they
search that can be done. That could do different blends
has included conversations (of chemicals) to see how
with people like Steve Reid, that would work. There are
a researcher at Oregon-based all of these different aspects
DLF Pickseed.
now how we can join with
“We talked about the im- the agricultural community,
plications for chemical re- which is something we’ve
search like fertilizers used on been looking at for a long
all parks,” Cool said. “There time. It’s a win-win situation.
are implications for using It has really started to gel.”
better and less chemicals. We
Different fi elds could have
talked about machinery re- different seed blends, irriga-
search. Then we talked about tion protocols or turf man-
public education and more. agement techniques. Reid
We talked about all of these has joined the 25 fi elds of
potential uses for the fi elds. Oregon board to help.
There’s nothing like it in the
“We understand the sports
world to have a living labora- club side of things, but to
tory for a sports fi eld. (Reid) manage all of this scientifi c
said it is like a researcher’s stuff would be another entire
dream come true.”
education for me,” Cool said.
Cool has also had conver- “We’re bringing in people
sations with offi cials at Or- that get this. They all seem
egon State University regard- genuinely excited about our
ing turf management. Two idea.”
project members have made
Based on earlier timelines
trips to Washington, D.C. to coming and going, Cool is
give public education infor- hesitant to give an estimate
on when the fi elds might be
open. Besides, she is wrapped
up with the project’s growth
at this point.
“All along we’ve had to
have strong relationships with
JULY 17, 2015, KEIZERTIMES, PAGE A11
“We will see it
through. It’s a
whole process.”
Submitted
Marion County Special Olympics took a contingent of more than 10 athletes to the Oregon State Games in Newberg July 11 and 12.
Oregon stakeholders,” Cool
said. “Did we realize there
was this ripple effect and all
of these positive things? We
thought there must be some-
thing, but we had no idea it
was this big. To possibly give
Marion County Extension a
home, we didn’t realize that
was possible or how impor-
tant it could be.
“We were looking for
agricultural
stakeholders
ties, but we didn’t realize to
what extent we could re-
ally partner with them,” she
added. “We didn’t grasp what
the agricultural community
needed. This is big and re-
ally cool. We haven’t met a
stakeholder yet that is nega-
tive on it. We have a positive
impact on everyone we’ve
met with.”
Cool is fi ne with the ex-
panded scope of her project.
“It’s going to be really re-
warding to have this facility
that started as a youth sports
park and is now so much
more,” she said. “It’s not just
for Keizer, Salem or Marion
County, it’s for the Oregon
agricultural community.”
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LOSS: ‘We’ve just got to
put this behind us’
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Pino replaced Paniagua on the
mound.
Ty France reached fi rst on
an error by left fi elder McCall,
with Tidwell and Boykin scor-
ing. Urena went to third on the
play and scored on a wild pitch.
Griffi n Russell relieved
Lockett at the start of the fi fth
and allowed the Volcanoes a
run in the seventh. Vizcaino
walked and scored on a double
to left by Hinojosa.
Trevor McGill pitched the
eighth and ninth and got his
fi rst save but not without al-
lowing the Volcanoes their last
run. Chris Shaw hit his second
homer of the season over the
right fi eld fence.
Eric Sim pitched the eighth
and EJ Encinosa the ninth for
Salem-Keizer.
“Sometimes your negatives
cancel out your positives,” Vol-
cano manager Kyle Haines said.
“We’ve got to play a complete
game.”
“We’re defi nitely going to
be punching back,” was Viz-
caino’s observation. “We need
to communicate more on de-
fense.”
Duggar, who has not let a
hitting slump affect his fi elding,
said, “We’ve just got to put this
behind us, just keep trying to
win the fi rst game of a series.”
Two players and an umpire
were knocked down by foul
balls in the game, but they all
stayed in. In the third, Hinojosa
hit himself. Allen was hit by a
foul off the bat of McCall in
the fourth. A ball Francis hit in
the sixth knocked plate umpire
Drew Boatman to the ground.
crossword
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continued from Page A10
Moss singled and went to third
base on a double by Steven
Duggar. Miguel Gomez drove
both home with a single and
went to second on a throw.
CJ Hinojosa reached fi rst on
an error with Gomez going
to third. Hinojosa moved to
second as Chase Compton
walked, and Julio Pena singled
both runners home.
Vancouver’s Andrew Guil-
lotte hit the only home run of
the game with two out in the
ninth, but that was as far as the
Canadians got.
Nick Gonzalez, who was
the opening day starting
pitcher for Salem-Keizer, con-
tinued to have trouble and
was relieved after one inning.
Luis Pino, the second of four
Volcano relievers, got the vic-
tory. Vancouver starter Clinton
Hollon took the loss.