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Batter’s up at new facility Business Directory
GUEST COLUMN
B oB
JESSICA GARRIGUES
The following speech was
delivered at a celebration
of the new Broadway Field
indoor batting facility.
It’s hard to believe that
one year ago on Tuesday,
May 11, we broke ground
on this incredible facil-
ity. Today, we celebrate
the donors, volunteers, and
community members who
helped make this happen!
We started using the facil-
ity as soon as we were able
to based on state restrictions
and since then have had 17
of our community teams uti-
lizing it. The positive impact
it has already made and will
continue to make include:
• A clean, safe, and dry
space to work on skills
during in-season and off -sea-
son athletics.
• Increased athletic space
for our youth, especially
with decreased fi elds due to
the sale of Gearhart Elemen-
tary School.
• Four lanes of cages that
allow us to maximize space
and time during practices.
• High-quality, new
equipment to help us grow
in skill and fi tness.
• A new concession stand
that is placed where vol-
unteers can see the athletic
events occurring.
Increased and improved
storage for Sunset Empire
Parks and Recreation Dis-
trict staff .
Americans with Disabili-
ties Act accessible restrooms
on the northwest corner
of Broadway fi eld, mak-
ing bathrooms more readily
accessible for all throughout
the park.
Both our baseball and
softball programs are seeing
success after our short time
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with the facility already. We
see this facility as the driv-
ing force behind the contin-
ued growth and development
of our programs’ cultures
here in Seaside. From the
ground up, we can now have
a “home base” for our pro-
grams from the youngest
members of our baseball
and softball programs, and
Brett Wolfe, our new base-
ball coach, and I couldn’t
be more excited about the
direction we are headed.
Chris Corder, a local
coach for multiple sports
including softball and bas-
ketball, was our fearless
leader. He worked without
rest for an entire year to get
plans in place, city approval,
building permits, and mon-
etary and resource dona-
tions to make this project a
reality! Not to mention, he
actively had a hand in every
aspect of physically build-
ing the facility. This project
would not have happened
without him!
Kandice Flaigg, a senior
softball player, used this
project as her Pacifi ca Proj-
ect. She promoted the proj-
ect, built and maintained a
website and facebook page,
and was a student voice in
the planning process. She
also, independently, wrote
grants to help secure fund-
ing and volunteered her time
at fundraising events.
Cash Corder and Jarred
White, two junior Sea-
side High School students
and baseball players, also
worked on the facility as
their Pacifi ca Project. It
was a common sight to see
them physically working
on the building, whether it
was digging ditches, lay-
ing piping for the fl oor heat,
or helping at our Corn Hole
Tournament fundraiser in
September.
Skyler Archibald with
Sunset Empire Parks and
Recreation has supported
the project from the begin-
ning by attending city coun-
cil meetings, participat-
ing in the planning process,
and helping secure funding
to make this project a real-
ity! Darren Gooch and Levi
Conner from SEPRD have
also been instrumental in the
process.
We couldn’t have done it
without these key sponsors:
$50,000 Herche Fam-
ily: Tom and Mary Herche’s
generous donation came as
a surprise and was just what
we needed to make it to our
goal. Today we have Mary
Herche with us. Skyler will
speak more on this incredi-
ble family and how we came
to be so fortunate to receive
their contribution.
Grand
Slam
Level
$25,000-$50,000,
Aut-
zen Family Foundation and
SEPRD Foundation.
Home Run Level: $5,000-
$25,000, AMJ Insulation,
Borland Electric, Coastal
Restoration, Oregon Com-
munity Foundation, Ryan
Osburn Plumbing, White’s
Heating.
There are many more
contributors listed on our
donor board on the west side
of the facility.
Several local businesses
donated time, materials, and
labor in order to bring our
dreams to life. They spent
countless hours of their own
time to help build our facil-
ity: Keith Keranen Excavat-
ing, Mike McEwan, Bor-
land Electric, Ryan Osburn
Plumbing, Coastal Con-
struction, White’s Heat-
ing, AMJ Insulation, Corder
Drywall, Butler Construc-
tion, Levi Rhea, and Quack-
enbush Builders.
The impact this facility
will have, and has already
had, on our community is
immense. I am incredibly
proud to have been able to
witness such generosity of
time, resources, funding,
and skill to create this won-
derful facility. Thank you to
everyone who was involved!
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which will remain, was
recently upgraded for
Americans With Disabil-
ities Act accessibility.
The boat ramp at the park
could be widened and stairs
added. Restrooms also need
upgrading, with a price tag
of about $200,000.
A BMX pump track on
the park property, con-
structed by volunteers from
Hair: Donors happy
to give to other kids
ing you to do anything
other than start thinking
about it. We’re hoping at
some point when we dig
a hole out there we fi nd a
bucket of money to do all
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want to make another child
happy, but they also need to
be happy in how they feel.”
According to the girls,
that was exactly the outcome.
Mikayla said it “feels
good to try something new. I
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the idea “that I’m giving to
someone and making that
person very happy.”
Chloe said she likes
donating to others “because
it makes them happy, and it
makes me happy to be giving
them hair.” She cut off the
same length as the last time,
so it didn’t make her nervous.
As a fun addition, the girls
got to dye their hair pink after
the donation.
While donating hair is
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another child,” Parker said.
“They donated their hair and
they were really proud of that
and really excited to make
that contribution to some-
body’s happiness.”
Although there are diff er-
ent organizations that accept
hair donations, the Parkers
chose Children With Hair
Loss for a couple reasons.
First, the agency doesn’t
charge their recipients for the
wigs. Individuals can apply
for a free wig every year
until they turn 21. Addition-
ally, that they are dedicated
to children and young adults
“resonated really well with
our family,” Parker said.
She used the experience
to explain to her daughters
the reasons someone might
need or desire to wear a wig.
Children can lose hair as a
result of cancer, alopecia,
severe burns, trichotilloma-
nia and other rare diseases
and disorders.
“It makes them think of
the bigger picture outside of
themselves,” she said.
Fast forward to last year,
when the family was just
preparing for their regular
haircuts: Salons shuttered
temporarily because of the
coronavirus . As they waited
— and their hair continued
to grow — they revisited the
idea of donating again. This
time, however, they decided
to do it as a family.
Parker left it up to her
daughters how much they
wanted to cut and donate.
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them,” she said. “Yes, we
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