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Columbia City park board weighs requests for travel softball, field rentals and event guidelines
Summary
At its Feb. 24 meeting the Columbia City Park Board discussed a request to host a middle-school travel softball team, changes to the soccer program that shift management to volunteer coaches who will rent fields, and whether the board should set policy for gender-designated events such as the father-daughter and mother-son dances.
Columbia City Park Board members on Feb. 24 discussed several youth-sports and event questions as the department prepares for a busy spring season.
Park staff described a recent inquiry from Tristan King about starting a middle-school–age travel softball team and said the board should consider whether allowing a travel program would constrain practice time for the department’s existing league. Park staff said the travel team appears to be locally centered (the Screaming Eagles were cited as an example) and not intended as a countywide program; staff said they would table a final decision until King can present details in person.
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