BACKSTOPS ARE HERE!

On Saturday we started welding the backstops together. At over thirty six feet, these backstops are going to be the tallest in little league baseball around the valley. They will be fitting into the overall safety plan for the park in an attempt to eliminate errant balls from flying into the crowds or out into the street - not to mention the opposite field during game times.

KBPRC members, Wil Douglas and Todd Lee, along with Jesse Hoseley, welded up the first stage of the 42' poles. These poles will be placed six feet in the ground and anchored in concrete. In the spring we will follow up with overhangs for even more protection.

Thank you to The Rental Connection in Kuna, Kuna Machine Shop, Home Depot in Meridian, Pacific Steel in Nampa, and PraxAir in Boise for their help with this project.

We have also began installing the four foot perimeter fence along Second Street. This will be done in stages. We have moved the fence back from Second Street in an attempt to increase safety at the park during games.

Pending Volunteer availability, all of this week there should be activity at the facility as we attempt to finish up the irrigation and the sod in time for the fall. We also plan to keep hauling dirt in to fill in the areas around the bases.

If you are a baseball coach or baseball parent and would like to help with any of these projects, please contact our Director at ... walt.kbprc@dishmail.net

If you are unable to help build, but would still like to participate in this community project, please contact us. We are going to be starting up fall meetings soon and we need new members to help with new ideas.

We could sure use the help!

WHAT A DIFFERENCE A DAY MAKES!

WOW!!

A lot of good people where on hand for this project and their help is greatly appreciated

Over 150 people showed up for the event and covered a lot of ground in a short time. In the background, as many as sixty people worked on the Grange and spruced it up. They painted fences, mowed weeds, cleaned up debris, and painted and scrubbed the interior of the building. Afterwards, the entire group was treated to a well deserved lunch. A big thanks goes to the youth of the community LDS church!

The LDS Youth and the KBPRC get to tearing out some fence along Second Street

When one tractor won't do it, better get a bigger tractor!

The local church community from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints came out in force and really showed their stuff! On Saturday over 150 kids and young adults between the ages of 12 and 18, along with parents, came to the park and hit several projects very hard.

Many brought tools and different items needed to make improvements to the Grange and Park, along with heavy equipment donated by the Rental Connection in Kuna.

It didn't take long for progress to show, and what a difference their efforts made in a very short time. Members of the KBPRC, along with the Lion's Club, and Kuna Grange who were in attendance, were very impressed with the amount of work that was completed in very short order. It is amazing what can be accomplished by this many people with the same goal in mind.

We would like to thank all of the members of the LDS church and everyone from the different groups that attended including the Kuna Lion's Club and the Kuna Grange for their help. A very special thank you goes to Tracy Trautman for organizing and coordinating the entire event. Thank you Tracy, your efforts are an inspiration to all of us!

We would like to list all of the kids and adults from the church who participated as well but we do not have all of their names. I promise you we will post them as soon as we do. (Gonna be a looong list).

Click on photo below to see more pictures!

Kuna Baseball Park Redevelopment Committee