BASEBALL LEAGUE HOPES TO BUILD ADDITIONAL FIELDS; PARKS OFFICIALS EYEING LAND FOR OTHER USE.Byline: Sylvia Sylvia may refer to:
The Simi Valley Simi Valley (sē`mē, sĭm`ē), city (1990 pop. 100,217), Ventura co., SW Calif. in an oil, fruit, and farm region; laid out 1887, inc. 1969. Youth Baseball League is hoping to expand its facilities in the Sycamore sycamore: see plane tree. sycamore Any of several distinct trees called by the same name though in different genera and families. In the U.S. the term refers to the American plane tree or buttonwood (Platanus occidentalis), a hardy street tree. Dam dam, barrier, commonly across a watercourse, to hold back water, often forming a reservoir or lake; dams are also sometimes used to control or contain rockslides, mudflows, and the like in regions where these are common. area with new fields on a 10-acre plot of land that could provide baseball options for high school-age teens. The league sent a letter to the Rancho Simi Rancho San José de Nuestra Senora de Altagarcia y Simi is one of the land grants in California by the Spanish government. The name derives from Shimiji, the name of the Chumash village here before the Spanish. Recreation and Park District recently asking for a 10-year lease agreement to develop Pony pony, small horse, officially any horse under 14.2 hands (58 in./145 cm) high. Most ponies are of Celtic origin. They are noted for their extreme hardiness and gentle natures. Some ponies are only 26 in. (65 cm) high. See Shetland pony; Welsh pony. League-sized diamonds on the unused district land. Ed Toczynski, president of Simi Youth Baseball, said that after age 14, there are few options for young people to participate in team baseball. The new areas would provide larger fields for older players. ``If you don't don't 1. Contraction of do not. 2. Nonstandard Contraction of does not. n. A statement of what should not be done: a list of the dos and don'ts. play high school baseball, you really just hang out,'' said Toczynski, whose sons are approaching the age where they'd have to leave organized baseball or join another league. ``I don't want kids hanging out. I want them to do something.'' The league's plan for construction includes building three new fields, a parking lot and an entrance to the entire complex off Irving Road. The work would be done by volunteers. The park district board is expected to review the letter at its meeting Thursday. But district officials said they might have plans for that property - located at the southern edge of the Sinaloa Golf Course - themselves. Park district spokesman Rick Johnson Rick Johnson may refer to:
So the district is waiting to see how much land is needed for that project before it decides what to do with it. ``The board has to take those items into consideration,'' he said. ``The plan was to look at the parcel maybe in terms of expanding the course somehow. But the final disposition of how it will be developed will be made by the board.'' Further, the baseball league also could encounter opposition among neighbors on Highland Road and Wildlife Drive, some of whom do not like the fact that the ballfields are there in the first place, let alone the idea of expansion. League parents had grown accustomed to driving along side streets to avoid traveling over a narrow earthen earth·en adj. 1. Made of earth or clay: an earthen fortification; an earthen pot. 2. Earthly; worldly. dam to access the baseball complex. But residents have asked that a gate be erected at that secondary access, and that it be closed to traffic. Homeowners complained about parents driving through their streets, climbing the fence, destroying property and verbally confronting residents who complain. Toczynski said the league has been trying to educate participants about the issue and using only the main entrance, and plans to post signs on roads to restrict parking along side streets. He said that while the expansion is a separate issue, he hopes the league's plan to construct a new entrance and parking lot will help bring parents off the streets. |
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