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Board debates repair costs and lease terms for South Central ball fields; no final relocation decision
Summary
Board members discussed whether high-school softball games should return to the South Central ball fields, focusing on preseason repair costs, reimbursement by Ruritan, umpire availability and safety concerns; no final move was approved—staff await a response from the lessee.
Members of the Washington County Board of Education opened discussion on whether to return high-school softball play to the South Central ball fields and whether a local lessee (Ruritan) should reimburse the district for preseason field repairs.
Athletics administrators and board members described the fields as needing infield work, base and plate resetting and pitcher's-mound work. The board recorded an out-of-pocket preseason estimate in the low thousands: "Right now, we're looking at probably somewhere between 5 and $7,000 to get the field ready,"…
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