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West Plains Little League board supports park bond with expanded ballplaying facilities

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As Cheney residence face the decision to support a bond for the development of Betz Park, West Plains Little League board would like to offer a strong endorsement for the development of this facility.

Our association organizes baseball and softball for 570 boys and girls on the west plains. With so many kids involved, our organization is the majority user of the baseball fields in Cheney. Our league knows firsthand that there is a need for sports fields in our community. Currently, we use EVERY softball field in Cheney and Medical Lake for games every night of the week from March-July. This leaves no fields for our teams to practice on and forces our kids to practice on soccer fields, or to just not practice at all. This also impacts other organizations that are trying to use what little space there is. More fields will mean more opportunities for our kids. These fields are needed and will be used.

More fields would also help our league, as well as other leagues and organizations, with hosting tournaments. For the past four years, we have hosted 2-3 tournaments in July. More fields would give our league more options for scheduling games and allow us to even pick up more prestigious tournaments.

As representatives of our league have traveled around the state to visit other communities, we have seen how a community can rally around a quality facility for its youth. Betz Park can be that rallying point for Cheney. Whether it be baseball, softball, soccer or community events let's give our kids and our community something they can be proud of. Please support Proposition 1 on Nov. 3.



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