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Use of portable mounds for State Major Baseball Tournament
by pat.ryan＠wad2llb.org 22 Jun '24

22 Jun '24

All, The host league for the State Major Baseball tournament uses portable mounds on their fields. The mounds they use are True Pitch model 302 mounds. These are on Little League's approved list. They apparently just bought the mounds this year so they are in great shape (not cheap either). Tournament rules require that for games beyond District play the use of portable mounds must be approved by the Tournament Committee. For that approval they want to see concurrence from all of the districts participating in the tournament. I have sent you a separate email with instructions on filling out a Google Form to voice your approval or denial of using portable mounds. Please take a few minutes to fill out the form so that I can let Western Region (and all of you) know what your decision is. Thanks, Pat ======================================= Pat Ryan District Administrator Little League Baseball and Softball Washington District 2 2686 NE Lillehammer Lane Poulsbo, WA 98370 360-779-1824 home 360-271-5193 mobile 888-300-6193 fax <mailto:Pat.Ryan@WAD2LLB.org> Pat.Ryan(a)WAD2LLB.org <http://www.wad2llb.org2/> www.WAD2LLB.org "If you want 1 year of prosperity, grow grain. If you want 10 years of prosperity, grow trees. If you want 100 years of prosperity, grow people." Old Chinese Proverb =======================================

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State Directory
by Glen Dickason 11 Jun '24

11 Jun '24

I said I would send a final copy March 15. I was waiting for results from the District 6 election following Don’s resignation. That election hasn’t been decided, yet, and there is no firm date. I am using an interim District 6 and considering it as “updated.” So I am sending it now. Thank you to the 12 districts who got me their 2024 information. It is the first time in the 5 or 6 years that I have been doing this that we had more than 9 districts update their information.

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State Directory
by Glen Dickason 27 Mar '24

27 Mar '24

I said I would send a final copy March 15. I was waiting for results from the District 6 election following Don’s resignation. That election hasn’t been decided, yet, and there is no firm date. So I am sending it now. Thank you to the 12 districts who got me their 2024 information. It is the first time in the 5 or 6 years that I have been doing this that we had more than 9 districts update their information.

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Updates
by Glen Dickason 14 Mar '24

14 Mar '24

Three things: >From Cammie, District 7 - District 7 has secured Steven J. Underwood fields in Des Moines for State. We will begin on July 8th. I have attached a new State Tournament Schedule reflecting this. Don Hester has resigned as D.A. for District 6. Brent Smithline has been appointed as ADA to act as district administrator pending an election later in the spring. JP has resigned as D.A. for District 5. Brennan Moore is also an ADA acting as district administrator pending an election later in the spring.

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GWG50 support grant letter requests
by cammie pekonen 10 Mar '24

10 Mar '24

Good day! I was wondering if another district has been requested to draft a support letter for a league requesting grant money from GWG50? And if so, would they mind sharing a copy I could use as a reference? Personally, I have never drafted a grant letter for Little League. I don't recall ever drafting a grant letter... Is there specific verbiage I could or should use? Thanks for any help. Smiles - Cammie Pekonen WA District 7 Administrator #00470700 (206) 419-3501

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New WA Dist 13 Phone number
by jarel＠jpiworldwide.com 03 Mar '24

03 Mar '24

Hi All, I try not to be too stupid, but sometimes I really outdo myself and do something really dumb. Like lose my "baseball phone". so I have a new phone number (it was a pre-paid phone the district paid for and not one with an account associate with it to back up my numbers). So not only did I lose my phone but 30+ years of baseball related phone numbers. (I am going to try and transfer some of them from an older phone I traded out - when I get back to Washington next week. ) In the mean time - 509-995-4200 is my new phone number. Sorry for being a goober. Regards JP DA WA 13

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State Tournament Locations
by Glen Dickason 03 Mar '24

03 Mar '24

West Region is asking for the information on all our state tournaments. The district hosts and dates are set. They are all asking for hosts – host league for sure and field name if available – for everything from 8-10 to seniors; baseball and softball. If you have made host league decisions, please let us know so I can update our grid and send it to West Region. I have attached the matrix as I now have it – some of you may have told us this information, but I haven’t noted it, yet. Glen

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