[Spam] RE: [Vision2020] Playfield

Fri Apr 7 09:23:55 PDT 2006

There should be some sort of compromise here. Put in the lights.  Lights are a safety issue also.They do not  have to be on all the time. I doubt the the observatory would require no lights every night or that the  playfield would need them every night. Work out a schedule that accommodates both.

Roger
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From: "James Reynolds" chapandmaize at hotmail.com
Date: Fri, 07 Apr 2006 07:21:57 -0700
To: shawnc at outtrack.com
Subject: [Spam] RE: [Vision2020] Playfield

> Shawn,
> 
> Thank you for the information, it is much appreciated. The university 
> physics department runs the observatory and although I don't know much about 
> what they study it's the stuff that gets men on the moon and ships to Mars. 
> I think that today's physicists would need at least introductory level 
> knowledge of astral physics so it is probably considered critical to the 
> department's educational and research goals. What I heard is that if the 
> field lights were on at night their equipment is so sensitive that the 
> Southern horizon would be washed out completely.  The observatory has been 
> in place for at least the thirty years that I have been in Moscow so they do 
> have squatters rights and it isn't something that can be moved.
> 
> I am, as I am sure most of Moscow's residents are, happy for the success of 
> your program and it would be good if it could have all the resources it 
> could use. Perhaps the site selection is not completely appropriate for the 
> ball fields but I think they would be great to have at that site even 
> without the lights. the two additional Ripken fields ought to be a great 
> boon to your scheduling problems even if you cannot schedule night games. 
> All of us parents have had to cut work to attend our children's games, that 
> is part of the "game" for us to be inconvenienced so. I think having the 
> parents inconvenienced is better than having the children up trying to 
> perform late into the evening.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> >From: "Shawn Clabough" <shawnc at outtrack.com>
> >To: <vision2020 at moscow.com>
> >Subject: RE: [Vision2020] Playfield
> >Date: Thu, 6 Apr 2006 21:19:28 -0700
> >
> >
> >
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: vision2020-bounces at moscow.com
> >[mailto:vision2020-bounces at moscow.com] On Behalf Of James Reynolds
> >Sent: Thursday, April 06, 2006 7:13 AM
> >To: vision2020 at moscow.com
> >Subject: RE: [Vision2020] Playfield
> >
> >Matt,
> >
> >I wasn't part of the committee but judging from the makeup it seems that
> >the
> >interested parties were all engaged so I am allowing their compromise to
> >
> >stand for me also. Of course some folk wanted lights or it would not
> >have
> >been an issue but the final thought of the committee was that the lights
> >
> >would cause more harm than good. I think that this was driven most by
> >the
> >fact that the UI has the observatory on the golf course hill and the
> >southern sky is very important to that program. It seems reasonable that
> >the
> >lights not be put up if they would impinge upon an existing use of that
> >horizon.
> >
> >I am also not so sure that the lights would be much utilized by the
> >children. It seems as if the lights were more wanted by the adult league
> >
> >teams and the new fields are supposed to be for the children.
> >
> >James Reynolds
> >
> >-------------
> >
> >As I do the scheduling for the Cal Ripken league (8-12 year olds), I
> >will speak to this.  I will first say that I am happy that there was a
> >compromise reached and happy that the number of fields was kept and the
> >committee acknowledged that there is still additional need and for some
> >location to have lights.
> >
> >As for the kids using the lights, I would have to disagree that they
> >would not use them.  I could put them to good use.  As it is now, during
> >the first half of the season, I schedule games at 4pm and 6pm so that
> >the later game can finish by 8pm just as the sun goes down.  This is not
> >the best because the 4pm games causes parents to have to leave work
> >and/or have someone else take their child to the game and they miss most
> >or all of the game.  For the 6pm game, the shadows do get long towards
> >the end of the game and it becomes hard to see the ball.  For the second
> >half of the season, I switch to 5pm and 7pm game times to make it easier
> >on parents, but lighting during the 7pm game would still be beneficial.
> >
> >I would like to thank the committee for their work on this and look
> >forward to having the fields ready for use.  There are 19 teams (over
> >200 children) in the Cal Ripken league this year and finding fields to
> >get everyone a fair amount of games can be difficult and these new
> >fields will help.  The league has been expanding every year, so having
> >them acknowledge need beyond these fields is appreciated.
> >
> >Shawn Clabough
> >
> >
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