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Jefferson Community to Rebuild Field
Donations needed
for artificial turf
The track at Jefferson High School stands a
chance to be renewed through the Jefferson
Community Field Project.
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A group o f teachers, coaches
and com m unity mem bers are w ork­
ing to raise aw areness and funds to
install an artificial turf field and re­
surface the track at Jefferson High
School in north Portland.
T he g ro u p in c lu d e s sev eral
coaches from the Jefferson football
program and joined forces with
com m unity organizations, includ­
ing O ur United V illages and PAL,
the Police A thletic League.
The community at large is invited
to attend and offer input on the
Jefferson Community Field Project
at the next meeting, Thursday, May
31, at 7 p.m. in the Jefferson cafeteria.
"W e're working on getting our
neighbors focused on a specific
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project as a way toconnect the school
with the com m unity,” said Murray
Todd, a 1972 graduate o f Jefferson
and project leader. "The field is an
excellent way to accomplish that
because o f how many different
groups would be using it.”
Jefferson is among the schools
involved in the 1 OGreat Fields move­
ment being organized by the Port­
land Public Schools.
T h e field ju s t o f f N o rth
Killingsworth Street would be the
first phase o f an overall project that
would include resurfacing the track,
redeveloping the area behind the
football grandstands and even re­
building the school’s gymnasium
over the next decade.
For more information on the field
upgrade, call C liff Pfenning at 503-
307-2562, M urray Todd at 503-765-
3464, Laval Short at 503-539-6895 or
Anthony Stoudamire at 503-916-
5180.
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