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Park board approves volunteer-built 32-foot "kick wall" for Liberty Field
Summary
The Pacific Park Board approved installation of a volunteer-built soccer "kick wall" at Liberty Field, after hearing a public proposal from a local coach. The board voted to allow the project and directed staff to coordinate location, permitting and installation details.
Tom Mercile, a coach and resident who identified himself as representing the Franklin County Girls Soccer Club, described a volunteer project to build a 32-foot by 12-foot practice wall at Liberty Field and asked the board for approval and help with siting and permits. “What we want to do is call it kick wall, and it's pretty much basically what it sounds like. It's a wall to where players can go down and kick a ball against it, you know, by yourself,” Mercile said. He told the board Hackman Lumber has promised to donate lumber and that his company would cover remaining material and heavy construction; he also said club players would participate in framing, sheeting and painting the…
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