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About Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 27, 1963)
Development of Ball Park at fairgrounds Discussed by County ourt We've come to the cross-1 eluding capital investment. roads," County Judge Earl Miller declared Thursday at a metinff at the courthouse called to discuss the proposed ball park development in the Cheney field area of the fair grounds property at the south edge of Medford. Supporters of the "Ameri can Legion" plan for a small multi-purpose facility, who had requested the session with the county court, brought figures concerning number of youths participating in sum mer baseball in the county. They gave comparisons of the costs of summer programs with those handling the cases of juveniles in trouble. The court last fall announ r.H iio nmonsal of a "mod est" ball park plan. It would cost about $80,000 and would be the capital improvement project in the 1963-1964 coun ty budget. The development as pro posed, would be geared to youth baseball. But, the park would be available for a va riety of uses on a countywide basis. Seating for about 3,000 people is projected at first. Construction would permit future expansion as needed. Consensus of Support There was a consensus of support for the small park plan among some 12 men who sat in on the meeting with the court. They included Legion naires, others interested in Legion and other summer youth baseball programs and representatives of the Med ford park and recreation com mission and news media. Judge Miller asserted that something should be done now "to pick up the asset we have" and develop it, or something else should be done with the property. He told the group that work on the county budget was to start Friday and that presen tation of a complete and exact proposition on a ball park project needs to be done by March 7. Hat Been Used The fairgrounds site has been used for baseball or soft ball many years. Dilapidated bleachers built 12 years ago to serve "temporary" use, were removed last year. ThAi-o u nn seating how. However, through city- county effort the field has been kept in good shape and snr inkling system is being installed. Lights are poor and have vir tually outlived their useful ness at the site. Granvil Brittsan, baseball .'. chairman for Medford Amer ' lean Legion post, was spokes man for his organiation at the Thursday meeting. His fig . ures showed that 839 boys participated in summer jun ior baseball programs in Phoenix, Jacksonville, Ash land, Central Point and Med ford last year. Robert Haworth, Medford park and recreation director, reported that another 600 youths registered for play ground ball. He also said that the entire Medford recreation program last year cost 13.7 cents per participant, not in- Thls is inexpensive he re marked compared to law en forcement at the juvenile court level. Cost of Handling Juveniles Brittsan presented infor mation from Medford Police Chief Charles Champlin, list ing $18 as a rough minimum police cost of handling a ju venile delinquent. County Commissioner Edwin 'Taylor also brought out the value of a youth program in keeping youngsters out of trouble and pointed to the expense of car ing for youths in the county juvenile home. Haworth commented that Seniors Reminded To Apply for Fall Entrance at OSU Corvallis - With the end of their first semester of studies, Oregon high school seniors have been reminded by Ore gon State university that they may now apply for full admis sion to OSU if they have good grades, B minus or better. The "early honors admis sion" plan was introduced by Oregon State two years ago nd is now part of a state system of higher education program. It has found wide favor with students and parents who are anxious to make definite college plans in advance. Ap plications are processed quick u notified that a place in the freshman class "has been reserved for you." A total of 1,881 students were granted early honors ad mission in laoa compiira ' 850 in 1961, the year the plan was announced. &nMii.tlnnc Available Annlii-atinn hlanks for OSU admission are available from high school principal ouices, niiae isinrinn. riirrcLor of ad- missions, said. Students should fill out uie necessary Mtitrn Ihnm to the principal, and request that they be lorwaroco. 10 uie" StStiidcnts whose high school grades do not quamy mem i M.iv hnnnra admission IUI .- . ' J but who want to attend OSU ; may apply for admission Be fore graduation also, it was . i Thau urill he civm ten- IIUIKU. t"-J -- tative admission-or told what they need in order to quamy -with official aamissiun uc- layed until the graduation rcc witi a .... J Students planning to attend OSU in the fall may make for residence hall ,atinn nnv time during their senior year ot high school. I all ot the county is suffer ing from a lack of developed ball park facilities. Commis sioner Don Faber spoke of the Ashland problem of no lights for night baseball and brought out that a county ball park must be available to the en tire county. "We've got to look at it that way or not use county funds." John North, vice president of the Medford park and rec reation commission stated that a ball park should be built on the idea that everybody can get some good out of it. Judge Miller added that the multiple use factor would be intended so long as the base ball turf would not be hurt If a county ball park is maintained it must be used, Judge Miller stated, wonder ing about the possibility of u becoming a "white elephant," and Faber mentioned the pos sible problem of "getting stuck." The 1962 baseball program figures were given as indica tion of the use a park could have. It was brought out that some night junior league games likely would be play ed in order that parents could see their youngsters in action, that some high school games could be played at night and that two or three junior Le gion teams could utilize the facility. Much time given to junior programs is donated, the court was told. SECTION D PAGES 1 to 8 MEDFORD0TRIBUNE MEDFORD, OREGON, SUNDAY, JANUARY 27. 1963 The park could be used for special baseball and soft ball attractions and 4-H events, among a variety of ac tivities. It was pointed out that in stallation of the underground sprinkling system, cuts down maintenance costs. Operate On Attendance Claude Miles, who has done much research and fact gath ering and has presented a stadium plan to the court, said the Medford Legion team could operate on attendance of 300 persons at games. Miller said that "we can handle" an $80,000 develop ment out of county funds but not a $750,000 big stadium one group has proposed. He stated that the court would not attempt the big plan with out a vote of the people. "What the people of Jack son county want is what we want them to have," the judge said. He remarked that foot ball facility needs in the county were "pretty well" covered with the Crater and Medford High school develop ments. Baseball is the one seg ment of sports in the county which lacks facilities, he said. Expresses Hop Haworth expressed the hope of his department to be able to take care of softbull at Jackson and Hawthorne parks this summer, leaving Cheney field for what the court plans to do with it. He reminded the group that the city would like to get the present lights at Cheney field for use at Jackson park. The city reached an agree ment with the county court in September for a sprinkling and drainage system at the park, he said. Faber, a former high school and college coach, suggested that the court appoint a com mission to administer a coun ty baseball program. 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