$1M Pappas donation prompts field fund OK.Byline: Ellie Oleson AUBURN - Martha R. Pappas announced last night to her fellow town meeting members that she and her husband, Dr. Arthur M. Pappas, will donate $1 million toward the development of new playing fields on Pakachoag Hill. After giving Mr. and Mrs. Pappas a standing ovation, town meeting voted unanimously to support $4.3 million in borrowing for the project. Charles A. Baker, town moderator, immediately asked for a nonbinding motion to ask selectmen SELECTMEN. The name of certain officers in several of the United States, who are invested by the statutes of the several states with various powers. to name the new sports park after the Pappases. Little League President Victoria R. McLaughlin made the motion, noting, "The Little League has waited a long time for this. We are so grateful." Following a unanimous vote by town meeting, selectmen immediately reconvened their meeting and voted to name the complex as requested. "That came as a complete surprise," Dr. Pappas said. The gymnasium at Auburn High School is also named after the Pappases in honor of an $800,000 donation they made to expand that facility. Dr. Pappas said he was very pleased the town supported construction of the fields he had worked to plan and design for nearly a decade. "This is great for the town," he said. Plans for the 16-acre park, located largely between Curtis and Pakachoag streets, include two Little League baseball fields, one with grass the other with artificial turf Artificial turf, or synthetic turf, is a grass-like man-made surface manufactured from synthetic materials. It is most often used in arenas for sports that were originally or are normally played on grass, however, it is now being used on residential lawns and commercial ; a softball softball, variant of baseball played with a larger ball on a smaller field. Invented (1888) in Chicago as an indoor game, it was at various times called indoor baseball, mush ball, playground ball, kitten ball, and, because it was also played by women, ladies' field; one full-size artificial turf soccer field; and a half-size grass soccer field. Also planned are a play area, concession stand Concession stand is the term used to refer to a place where patrons can purchase snacks or food at a cinema, fair, Stadium, or other entertainment venue. Some events or venues contract out the right to sell food to third parties. with rest rooms, pavilion , amphitheater and two walking trails. |
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