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littlebigman
Wichita, KS
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It just don't make now since to me,the college comes in to help tear up the field and they back and pratice on thier turf field.Something is backward with that statement.
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Jayhawk Rd resident
Fort Scott, KS
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makes sense wrote: Like I said I was just going off hear say. Could u plz inform me on why this agreement was never reached ( refering to usd234 and fscc being partners on a new field). Both sides agreed on the concept and need, but neither could match the availability of funding at the same time. There were no hard feelings whatsoever by either party. In addition to funding, there were other issues that came into play, such as it would have been necessary to acquire property on the east side of the stadium because the present field and drainage could not support an all surface field.
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baldpate
Arnold, MO
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Doesn't make since to practice onturf,then play on grass.
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Shmily
United States
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J-mo wrote: <quoted text>
Oh well, it was a good thought. It would be nice to have a all weather field with a big tiger head on the 50 yard line.Maybe sometime later on down the line . I would not want be in favor of raising taxes to do this, but if there is any hope of doing this "sometime later on down the line" then it should be suggested now. If the athletics teams each did fund raisers during the year and with a combination of other donations and maybe some grants they could look into or for that matter franchise donations such as McDonalds, Walmart, WardKraft, etc. They can start saving for it now and do something about it in the next few years. As far as the school goes... It's a shame that the building cannot be repaired (if that is the case) and if it can't something should be looked into for that now also. Part of the problem with this town is that everything gets put on the back burner until it is so dilapidated that taxes has to be raised in order to meet the financial demands on short notice. If we started consentrating on some of this stuff now, then we could get these problems solved before they are unsolvable and we are all in the poor house from being taxed.
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J-mo
Wichita, KS
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Shmily wrote: <quoted text>
I would not want be in favor of raising taxes to do this, but if there is any hope of doing this "sometime later on down the line" then it should be suggested now. If the athletics teams each did fund raisers during the year and with a combination of other donations and maybe some grants they could look into or for that matter franchise donations such as McDonalds, Walmart, WardKraft, etc. They can start saving for it now and do something about it in the next few years.
As far as the school goes... It's a shame that the building cannot be repaired (if that is the case) and if it can't something should be looked into for that now also. Part of the problem with this town is that everything gets put on the back burner until it is so dilapidated that taxes has to be raised in order to meet the financial demands on short notice. If we started consentrating on some of this stuff now, then we could get these problems solved before they are unsolvable and we are all in the poor house from being taxed. I agree 100% Its football but its so sad that the field got really tore up on only the second game of the season.Its really going to be hard on the ankles the rest of the season.With all them pitts in the ground its going to be easy to turn and twist a ankle.
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Captain Kansas
Leon, KS
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The college turfed its practice field because the way it would end up after a season made what the high school field looks like right now look pristine by comparison. College players were getting hurt in practice because of the slop. Baseball and softball teams there can also use it when their fields get too wet. They were going to let the rec use it but I don't know if that's happened.
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makes sense
Arnold, MO
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I do know last year rec teams used the practice field to practice on but don't know if any games were played on it
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Curious
Fort Scott, KS
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Doesn't the college pay the highschool 10 grand a year to use the highschool football field for games? Maybe its not quite that much but I thought I heard it was a significant amount.
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Curious Too
Fort Scott, KS
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$10K has a familiar ring to it. Made me think that perhaps there's a fairway on the golf course that could be adapted for football.
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Football Guy
United States
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Drove by the field today. Lots of effort looks like it has been put into repairing the field! It looks REALLY good! Great job on the repairs, guys! Wow!
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J-mo
Wichita, KS
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Football Guy wrote: Drove by the field today. Lots of effort looks like it has been put into repairing the field! It looks REALLY good! Great job on the repairs, guys! Wow! Yeah,I seen it too. The grounds crew did a GREAT job.Hats off to ya. It looks 95% better.Both the Tigers and the College are on the road this week so it will have time to heal up even more.
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whosit
Fort Scott, KS
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what about the termite mention?
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J-mo
Wichita, KS
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whosit wrote: what about the termite mention? Would be a good suject to start a new forum about.
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John Madden
United States
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Football Guy, aka Dave Martin, we have a cheerleading squad that does a fine job. We also have a fine high school band brass section that toots their on horns. And we have you, who happens to live accross the street, doing both.
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