Hi All, I am sending this message to get some feedback as we start finalizing things for the State Tournament for the Majors. I need your input ASAP. Here is my thinking: We have a league in District 13 that is interested in hosting the tournament. It's in Deer Park Washington. https://www.google.com/maps/place/Deer+Park,+WA+99006/@47.921436,-117.388698 2,9.75z/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x5361ff6fffabe849:0x280f94f497c48a1a!8m2!3d47.95433 75!4d-117.476891 to see where it is. I have also attached a Google Earth file so you can see where the fields are. right across from the High School in Deer Park. They host a big wooden bat tournament each year, so they have the understanding of how to put on a good tournament. I am gonna ask Jim Wheat for some of his helpers name and phones numbers so they can help teach the folks in Deer Park about putting on a good Little League Tournament. My reasoning for leaving the tournament in District 13 instead of sending it down to District 5 is that for years District 13 kind of "languished". There is little interest in doing any more than what is absolutely necessary for Little League here and the attitudes of the presidents is poor. they seem VERY defeated. So a good state tournament where they can all pitch-in and get reconnected to all things Little League may help Little League in the Spokane area in general (otherwise I have three leagues in District 5 chomping at the bit to host the 12 year olds). I think holding the 12u Tournament in Spokane/surrounding area would help LL here tremendously. I have two areas that are talking to me about starting new leagues in the Spokane area and this may be the thing that moves them to get on board.. Deer Park is a small town. It's about 15-20 minutes North of Spokane. Finding hotel rooms would have to be a "Spokane" thing.they have a couple of "lake resorts" , but no major hotel chains in the area. but the wooden bat folks that come their tournament each year house/stay in Spokane and play in Deer Park. Deer Park also doesn't come to Districts at all because they turn their league into a bunch of travel teams after regular season. As part of the "approval" process of letting Deer Park host the tournament, I required that they send at least three teams to Districts this year. Normally there are 2-3 leagues at Districts in Spokane, when their should be 7-8. So they agreed to that. and IF I can get them to come to Districts, I can also get Liberty Lake or Pend Oreille to commit as well I think. Besides the hotel situation, they only have two fields to play on. (They have plenty of practice fields, but two playing fields). They are properly lit so night games could pick up the slack from only having two fields. They have plenty of parking. Concessions shouldn't be a problem. Seating is an issue as they only have small bleachers behind home plate. People would need to bring their own camp chairs after about the first 25 folks or so on each field. The fields are in an acceptable municipal complex.The High School and AD has agreed to let the league use the school building, practice fields, batting cages and everything else necessary as they want to support the league in anyway possible. The league president is doing a good job of getting volunteers to help out and commit to different things to operate the tournament. I don't think manpower is an issue at this point. The president of the league also has contacted the mayor and a couple of city councilors to discuss what needs to be done, and I am supposed to have a conference call with the mayor to see what they can do to help facilitate the tournament. I have a list for him. That call is supposed to happen this week. I told the league president though - "If everything isn't cool by everyone (including the DA group), by mid Feb, we will probably move the tournament down to District 5. Logistically, I think it is going to be "OK", but we may have to do things like put up temporary fencing for the outfield, or bring in porta-potties to meet the demands of those level of crowds. and so forth. Downtown merchants are on-board, newspaper folks, and they are beginning to talk to local radio and tv to see what the possibilities there are. The league is already starting to figure out fun things for the kids and families to do in the area when not playing, and we are borrowing a couple of ideas from other tournaments I have been to in the state. I am asking you all for your opinion, or insight on trying to host a tournament in a smaller location, and if you think I am not thinking of everything that may be overlooked. I have better fields, and more experienced people down in District 5, but I think the need is in District 13. PLEASE COMMENT! Regards JP http://www.jpiworldwide.com +1-509-210-3023 OFC
JP, When my youngest son was 12, little league state was hosted by Elma...so I don’t think Deer Park is the smallest location ever to host the little league 12 year old tournament!😂 It sounds to me as if the league you are working with is perfectly capable of hosting, and I agree with you that having District 13 host will be good for little league in that region of our state overall. You don’t need more than two game fields, and housing in Spokane is a very workable issue. It’s also easier for the west siders to travel to Spokane via I-90 than it is to get to District 5, weather should be slightly cooler in Deer Park, and my opinion is that you should keep it in 13. Kim Get Outlook for iOS<https://aka.ms/o0ukef> ________________________________ From: Wadas <wadas-bounces@lists.rodeonetworks.com> on behalf of jarel@jpiworldwide.com <jarel@jpiworldwide.com> Sent: Monday, February 8, 2021 1:30:17 PM To: 'Washington DAs Discussion Forum' <wadas@lists.rodeonetworks.com> Subject: [Wadas] State Major's Tournament Hi All, I am sending this message to get some feedback as we start finalizing things for the State Tournament for the Majors. I need your input ASAP. Here is my thinking: We have a league in District 13 that is interested in hosting the tournament. It’s in Deer Park Washington. https://www.google.com/maps/place/Deer+Park,+WA+99006/@47.921436,-117.388698... to see where it is. I have also attached a Google Earth file so you can see where the fields are… right across from the High School in Deer Park. They host a big wooden bat tournament each year, so they have the understanding of how to put on a good tournament. I am gonna ask Jim Wheat for some of his helpers name and phones numbers so they can help teach the folks in Deer Park about putting on a good Little League Tournament. My reasoning for leaving the tournament in District 13 instead of sending it down to District 5 is that for years District 13 kind of “languished”. There is little interest in doing any more than what is absolutely necessary for Little League here and the attitudes of the presidents is poor… they seem VERY defeated. So a good state tournament where they can all pitch-in and get reconnected to all things Little League may help Little League in the Spokane area in general (otherwise I have three leagues in District 5 chomping at the bit to host the 12 year olds). I think holding the 12u Tournament in Spokane/surrounding area would help LL here tremendously. I have two areas that are talking to me about starting new leagues in the Spokane area and this may be the thing that moves them to get on board…. Deer Park is a small town. It’s about 15-20 minutes North of Spokane. Finding hotel rooms would have to be a “Spokane” thing…they have a couple of “lake resorts” , but no major hotel chains in the area… but the wooden bat folks that come their tournament each year house/stay in Spokane and play in Deer Park. Deer Park also doesn’t come to Districts at all because they turn their league into a bunch of travel teams after regular season. As part of the “approval” process of letting Deer Park host the tournament, I required that they send at least three teams to Districts this year. Normally there are 2-3 leagues at Districts in Spokane, when their should be 7-8. So they agreed to that… and IF I can get them to come to Districts, I can also get Liberty Lake or Pend Oreille to commit as well I think. Besides the hotel situation, they only have two fields to play on. (They have plenty of practice fields, but two playing fields). They are properly lit so night games could pick up the slack from only having two fields. They have plenty of parking. Concessions shouldn’t be a problem. Seating is an issue as they only have small bleachers behind home plate… People would need to bring their own camp chairs after about the first 25 folks or so on each field. The fields are in an acceptable municipal complex…The High School and AD has agreed to let the league use the school building, practice fields, batting cages and everything else necessary as they want to support the league in anyway possible. The league president is doing a good job of getting volunteers to help out and commit to different things to operate the tournament. I don’t think manpower is an issue at this point. The president of the league also has contacted the mayor and a couple of city councilors to discuss what needs to be done, and I am supposed to have a conference call with the mayor to see what they can do to help facilitate the tournament. I have a list for him. That call is supposed to happen this week. I told the league president though – “If everything isn’t cool by everyone (including the DA group), by mid Feb, we will probably move the tournament down to District 5. Logistically, I think it is going to be “OK”, but we may have to do things like put up temporary fencing for the outfield, or bring in porta-potties to meet the demands of those level of crowds… and so forth. Downtown merchants are on-board, newspaper folks, and they are beginning to talk to local radio and tv to see what the possibilities there are… The league is already starting to figure out fun things for the kids and families to do in the area when not playing, and we are borrowing a couple of ideas from other tournaments I have been to in the state… I am asking you all for your opinion, or insight on trying to host a tournament in a smaller location, and if you think I am not thinking of everything that may be overlooked. I have better fields, and more experienced people down in District 5, but I think the need is in District 13… PLEASE COMMENT! Regards JP http://www.jpiworldwide.com +1-509-210-3023 OFC [JPINewLogo]
JP, I'm all for keeping it in District 13. Regards, 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@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 ======================================= From: Wadas <wadas-bounces@lists.rodeonetworks.com> On Behalf Of jarel@jpiworldwide.com Sent: Monday, February 08, 2021 1:30 PM To: 'Washington DAs Discussion Forum' <wadas@lists.rodeonetworks.com> Subject: [Wadas] State Major's Tournament Hi All, I am sending this message to get some feedback as we start finalizing things for the State Tournament for the Majors. I need your input ASAP. Here is my thinking: We have a league in District 13 that is interested in hosting the tournament. It's in Deer Park Washington. https://www.google.com/maps/place/Deer+Park,+WA+99006/@47.921436,-117.388698 2,9.75z/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x5361ff6fffabe849:0x280f94f497c48a1a!8m2!3d47.95433 75!4d-117.476891 to see where it is. I have also attached a Google Earth file so you can see where the fields are. right across from the High School in Deer Park. They host a big wooden bat tournament each year, so they have the understanding of how to put on a good tournament. I am gonna ask Jim Wheat for some of his helpers name and phones numbers so they can help teach the folks in Deer Park about putting on a good Little League Tournament. My reasoning for leaving the tournament in District 13 instead of sending it down to District 5 is that for years District 13 kind of "languished". There is little interest in doing any more than what is absolutely necessary for Little League here and the attitudes of the presidents is poor. they seem VERY defeated. So a good state tournament where they can all pitch-in and get reconnected to all things Little League may help Little League in the Spokane area in general (otherwise I have three leagues in District 5 chomping at the bit to host the 12 year olds). I think holding the 12u Tournament in Spokane/surrounding area would help LL here tremendously. I have two areas that are talking to me about starting new leagues in the Spokane area and this may be the thing that moves them to get on board.. Deer Park is a small town. It's about 15-20 minutes North of Spokane. Finding hotel rooms would have to be a "Spokane" thing.they have a couple of "lake resorts" , but no major hotel chains in the area. but the wooden bat folks that come their tournament each year house/stay in Spokane and play in Deer Park. Deer Park also doesn't come to Districts at all because they turn their league into a bunch of travel teams after regular season. As part of the "approval" process of letting Deer Park host the tournament, I required that they send at least three teams to Districts this year. Normally there are 2-3 leagues at Districts in Spokane, when their should be 7-8. So they agreed to that. and IF I can get them to come to Districts, I can also get Liberty Lake or Pend Oreille to commit as well I think. Besides the hotel situation, they only have two fields to play on. (They have plenty of practice fields, but two playing fields). They are properly lit so night games could pick up the slack from only having two fields. They have plenty of parking. Concessions shouldn't be a problem. Seating is an issue as they only have small bleachers behind home plate. People would need to bring their own camp chairs after about the first 25 folks or so on each field. The fields are in an acceptable municipal complex.The High School and AD has agreed to let the league use the school building, practice fields, batting cages and everything else necessary as they want to support the league in anyway possible. The league president is doing a good job of getting volunteers to help out and commit to different things to operate the tournament. I don't think manpower is an issue at this point. The president of the league also has contacted the mayor and a couple of city councilors to discuss what needs to be done, and I am supposed to have a conference call with the mayor to see what they can do to help facilitate the tournament. I have a list for him. That call is supposed to happen this week. I told the league president though - "If everything isn't cool by everyone (including the DA group), by mid Feb, we will probably move the tournament down to District 5. Logistically, I think it is going to be "OK", but we may have to do things like put up temporary fencing for the outfield, or bring in porta-potties to meet the demands of those level of crowds. and so forth. Downtown merchants are on-board, newspaper folks, and they are beginning to talk to local radio and tv to see what the possibilities there are. The league is already starting to figure out fun things for the kids and families to do in the area when not playing, and we are borrowing a couple of ideas from other tournaments I have been to in the state. I am asking you all for your opinion, or insight on trying to host a tournament in a smaller location, and if you think I am not thinking of everything that may be overlooked. I have better fields, and more experienced people down in District 5, but I think the need is in District 13. PLEASE COMMENT! Regards JP http://www.jpiworldwide.com +1-509-210-3023 OFC
Jarel, I think Deer Park would be great. Close to Spokane, which is a fun town to visit and easy to get to. Beautiful country north of Spokane. Having the community involved makes this a great environment. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deer_Park,_Washington. Doug Sheldon WA D1 Admin. On Mon, Feb 8, 2021 at 1:30 PM <jarel@jpiworldwide.com> wrote:
Hi All,
I am sending this message to get some feedback as we start finalizing things for the State Tournament for the Majors. I need your input ASAP.
Here is my thinking:
We have a league in District 13 that is interested in hosting the tournament. It’s in Deer Park Washington. https://www.google.com/maps/place/Deer+Park,+WA+99006/@47.921436,-117.388698... to see where it is. I have also attached a Google Earth file so you can see where the fields are… right across from the High School in Deer Park.
They host a big wooden bat tournament each year, so they have the understanding of how to put on a good tournament. I am gonna ask Jim Wheat for some of his helpers name and phones numbers so they can help teach the folks in Deer Park about putting on a good *Little League Tournament.* My reasoning for leaving the tournament in District 13 instead of sending it down to District 5 is that for years District 13 kind of “languished”. There is little interest in doing any more than what is absolutely necessary for Little League here and the attitudes of the presidents is poor… they seem VERY defeated. So a good state tournament where they can all pitch-in and get reconnected to all things Little League may help Little League in the Spokane area in general (otherwise I have three leagues in District 5 chomping at the bit to host the 12 year olds). I think holding the 12u Tournament in Spokane/surrounding area would help LL here tremendously. I have two areas that are talking to me about starting new leagues in the Spokane area and this may be the thing that moves them to get on board….
Deer Park is a small town. It’s about 15-20 minutes North of Spokane. Finding hotel rooms would have to be a “Spokane” thing…they have a couple of “lake resorts” , but no major hotel chains in the area… but the wooden bat folks that come their tournament each year house/stay in Spokane and play in Deer Park. Deer Park also doesn’t come to Districts at all because they turn their league into a bunch of travel teams after regular season. As part of the “approval” process of letting Deer Park host the tournament, I required that they send at least three teams to Districts this year. Normally there are 2-3 leagues at Districts in Spokane, when their should be 7-8. So they agreed to that… and IF I can get them to come to Districts, I can also get Liberty Lake or Pend Oreille to commit as well I think.
Besides the hotel situation, they only have two fields to play on. (They have plenty of practice fields, but two playing fields). They are properly lit so night games could pick up the slack from only having two fields. They have plenty of parking. Concessions shouldn’t be a problem. Seating is an issue as they only have small bleachers behind home plate… People would need to bring their own camp chairs after about the first 25 folks or so on each field. The fields are in an acceptable municipal complex…The High School and AD has agreed to let the league use the school building, practice fields, batting cages and everything else necessary as they want to support the league in anyway possible.
The league president is doing a good job of getting volunteers to help out and commit to different things to operate the tournament. I don’t think manpower is an issue at this point. The president of the league also has contacted the mayor and a couple of city councilors to discuss what needs to be done, and I am supposed to have a conference call with the mayor to see what they can do to help facilitate the tournament. I have a list for him. That call is supposed to happen this week. I told the league president though – “If everything isn’t cool by everyone (including the DA group), by mid Feb, we will probably move the tournament down to District 5.
Logistically, I think it is going to be “OK”, but we may have to do things like put up temporary fencing for the outfield, or bring in porta-potties to meet the demands of those level of crowds… and so forth. Downtown merchants are on-board, newspaper folks, and they are beginning to talk to local radio and tv to see what the possibilities there are… The league is already starting to figure out fun things for the kids and families to do in the area when not playing, and we are borrowing a couple of ideas from other tournaments I have been to in the state…
I am asking you all for your opinion, or insight on trying to host a tournament in a smaller location, and if you think I am not thinking of everything that may be overlooked. I have better fields, and more experienced people down in District 5, but I think the need is in District 13… PLEASE COMMENT!
Regards
JP
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Deer Park sounds fine to me. I’ll try to get over for a few days. From: Wadas <wadas-bounces@lists.rodeonetworks.com> on behalf of Doug WA 01 Sheldon <dougbsheldon@gmail.com> Reply-To: Washington DAs Discussion Forum <wadas@lists.rodeonetworks.com> Date: Monday, February 8, 2021 at 4:21 PM To: Washington DAs Discussion Forum <wadas@lists.rodeonetworks.com> Subject: Re: [Wadas] State Major's Tournament Jarel, I think Deer Park would be great. Close to Spokane, which is a fun town to visit and easy to get to. Beautiful country north of Spokane. Having the community involved makes this a great environment. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deer_Park,_Washington. Doug Sheldon WA D1 Admin. On Mon, Feb 8, 2021 at 1:30 PM <jarel@jpiworldwide.com> wrote: Hi All, I am sending this message to get some feedback as we start finalizing things for the State Tournament for the Majors. I need your input ASAP. Here is my thinking: We have a league in District 13 that is interested in hosting the tournament. It’s in Deer Park Washington. https://www.google.com/maps/place/Deer+Park,+WA+99006/@47.921436,-117.388698... to see where it is. I have also attached a Google Earth file so you can see where the fields are… right across from the High School in Deer Park. They host a big wooden bat tournament each year, so they have the understanding of how to put on a good tournament. I am gonna ask Jim Wheat for some of his helpers name and phones numbers so they can help teach the folks in Deer Park about putting on a good Little League Tournament. My reasoning for leaving the tournament in District 13 instead of sending it down to District 5 is that for years District 13 kind of “languished”. There is little interest in doing any more than what is absolutely necessary for Little League here and the attitudes of the presidents is poor… they seem VERY defeated. So a good state tournament where they can all pitch-in and get reconnected to all things Little League may help Little League in the Spokane area in general (otherwise I have three leagues in District 5 chomping at the bit to host the 12 year olds). I think holding the 12u Tournament in Spokane/surrounding area would help LL here tremendously. I have two areas that are talking to me about starting new leagues in the Spokane area and this may be the thing that moves them to get on board…. Deer Park is a small town. It’s about 15-20 minutes North of Spokane. Finding hotel rooms would have to be a “Spokane” thing…they have a couple of “lake resorts” , but no major hotel chains in the area… but the wooden bat folks that come their tournament each year house/stay in Spokane and play in Deer Park. Deer Park also doesn’t come to Districts at all because they turn their league into a bunch of travel teams after regular season. As part of the “approval” process of letting Deer Park host the tournament, I required that they send at least three teams to Districts this year. Normally there are 2-3 leagues at Districts in Spokane, when their should be 7-8. So they agreed to that… and IF I can get them to come to Districts, I can also get Liberty Lake or Pend Oreille to commit as well I think. Besides the hotel situation, they only have two fields to play on. (They have plenty of practice fields, but two playing fields). They are properly lit so night games could pick up the slack from only having two fields. They have plenty of parking. Concessions shouldn’t be a problem. Seating is an issue as they only have small bleachers behind home plate… People would need to bring their own camp chairs after about the first 25 folks or so on each field. The fields are in an acceptable municipal complex…The High School and AD has agreed to let the league use the school building, practice fields, batting cages and everything else necessary as they want to support the league in anyway possible. The league president is doing a good job of getting volunteers to help out and commit to different things to operate the tournament. I don’t think manpower is an issue at this point. The president of the league also has contacted the mayor and a couple of city councilors to discuss what needs to be done, and I am supposed to have a conference call with the mayor to see what they can do to help facilitate the tournament. I have a list for him. That call is supposed to happen this week. I told the league president though – “If everything isn’t cool by everyone (including the DA group), by mid Feb, we will probably move the tournament down to District 5. Logistically, I think it is going to be “OK”, but we may have to do things like put up temporary fencing for the outfield, or bring in porta-potties to meet the demands of those level of crowds… and so forth. Downtown merchants are on-board, newspaper folks, and they are beginning to talk to local radio and tv to see what the possibilities there are… The league is already starting to figure out fun things for the kids and families to do in the area when not playing, and we are borrowing a couple of ideas from other tournaments I have been to in the state… I am asking you all for your opinion, or insight on trying to host a tournament in a smaller location, and if you think I am not thinking of everything that may be overlooked. I have better fields, and more experienced people down in District 5, but I think the need is in District 13… PLEASE COMMENT! 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Hello everyone, Provided that the support is there from the community, I think Deer Park has the potential to be a fabulous site for our Little League Baseball state tournament. Thanks, Scott Brohaugh WA District 8 Administrator (206) 790-2688 scottbrohaugh@frontier.com From: Wadas <wadas-bounces@lists.rodeonetworks.com> On Behalf Of Glen Dickason Sent: Monday, February 08, 2021 7:08 PM To: Washington DAs Discussion Forum <wadas@lists.rodeonetworks.com> Subject: Re: [Wadas] State Major's Tournament Deer Park sounds fine to me. I’ll try to get over for a few days. From: Wadas <wadas-bounces@lists.rodeonetworks.com <mailto:wadas-bounces@lists.rodeonetworks.com> > on behalf of Doug WA 01 Sheldon <dougbsheldon@gmail.com <mailto:dougbsheldon@gmail.com> > Reply-To: Washington DAs Discussion Forum <wadas@lists.rodeonetworks.com <mailto:wadas@lists.rodeonetworks.com> > Date: Monday, February 8, 2021 at 4:21 PM To: Washington DAs Discussion Forum <wadas@lists.rodeonetworks.com <mailto:wadas@lists.rodeonetworks.com> > Subject: Re: [Wadas] State Major's Tournament Jarel, I think Deer Park would be great. Close to Spokane, which is a fun town to visit and easy to get to. Beautiful country north of Spokane. Having the community involved makes this a great environment. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deer_Park,_Washington. Doug Sheldon WA D1 Admin. On Mon, Feb 8, 2021 at 1:30 PM <jarel@jpiworldwide.com <mailto:jarel@jpiworldwide.com> > wrote: Hi All, I am sending this message to get some feedback as we start finalizing things for the State Tournament for the Majors. I need your input ASAP. Here is my thinking: We have a league in District 13 that is interested in hosting the tournament. It’s in Deer Park Washington. https://www.google.com/maps/place/Deer+Park,+WA+99006/@47.921436,-117.388698... to see where it is. I have also attached a Google Earth file so you can see where the fields are… right across from the High School in Deer Park. They host a big wooden bat tournament each year, so they have the understanding of how to put on a good tournament. I am gonna ask Jim Wheat for some of his helpers name and phones numbers so they can help teach the folks in Deer Park about putting on a good Little League Tournament. My reasoning for leaving the tournament in District 13 instead of sending it down to District 5 is that for years District 13 kind of “languished”. There is little interest in doing any more than what is absolutely necessary for Little League here and the attitudes of the presidents is poor… they seem VERY defeated. So a good state tournament where they can all pitch-in and get reconnected to all things Little League may help Little League in the Spokane area in general (otherwise I have three leagues in District 5 chomping at the bit to host the 12 year olds). I think holding the 12u Tournament in Spokane/surrounding area would help LL here tremendously. I have two areas that are talking to me about starting new leagues in the Spokane area and this may be the thing that moves them to get on board…. Deer Park is a small town. It’s about 15-20 minutes North of Spokane. Finding hotel rooms would have to be a “Spokane” thing…they have a couple of “lake resorts” , but no major hotel chains in the area… but the wooden bat folks that come their tournament each year house/stay in Spokane and play in Deer Park. Deer Park also doesn’t come to Districts at all because they turn their league into a bunch of travel teams after regular season. As part of the “approval” process of letting Deer Park host the tournament, I required that they send at least three teams to Districts this year. Normally there are 2-3 leagues at Districts in Spokane, when their should be 7-8. So they agreed to that… and IF I can get them to come to Districts, I can also get Liberty Lake or Pend Oreille to commit as well I think. Besides the hotel situation, they only have two fields to play on. (They have plenty of practice fields, but two playing fields). They are properly lit so night games could pick up the slack from only having two fields. They have plenty of parking. Concessions shouldn’t be a problem. Seating is an issue as they only have small bleachers behind home plate… People would need to bring their own camp chairs after about the first 25 folks or so on each field. The fields are in an acceptable municipal complex…The High School and AD has agreed to let the league use the school building, practice fields, batting cages and everything else necessary as they want to support the league in anyway possible. The league president is doing a good job of getting volunteers to help out and commit to different things to operate the tournament. I don’t think manpower is an issue at this point. The president of the league also has contacted the mayor and a couple of city councilors to discuss what needs to be done, and I am supposed to have a conference call with the mayor to see what they can do to help facilitate the tournament. I have a list for him. That call is supposed to happen this week. I told the league president though – “If everything isn’t cool by everyone (including the DA group), by mid Feb, we will probably move the tournament down to District 5. Logistically, I think it is going to be “OK”, but we may have to do things like put up temporary fencing for the outfield, or bring in porta-potties to meet the demands of those level of crowds… and so forth. Downtown merchants are on-board, newspaper folks, and they are beginning to talk to local radio and tv to see what the possibilities there are… The league is already starting to figure out fun things for the kids and families to do in the area when not playing, and we are borrowing a couple of ideas from other tournaments I have been to in the state… I am asking you all for your opinion, or insight on trying to host a tournament in a smaller location, and if you think I am not thinking of everything that may be overlooked. I have better fields, and more experienced people down in District 5, but I think the need is in District 13… PLEASE COMMENT! Regards JP http://www.jpiworldwide.com +1-509-210-3023 OFC _______________________________________________ Wadas mailing list Wadas@lists.rodeonetworks.com <mailto:Wadas@lists.rodeonetworks.com> http://lists.rodeonetworks.com/mailman/listinfo/wadas _______________________________________________ Wadas mailing list Wadas@lists.rodeonetworks.com <mailto:Wadas@lists.rodeonetworks.com> http://lists.rodeonetworks.com/mailman/listinfo/wadas
Good morning I believe Deer Park is the right place to hold the tournament! Thanks Del Rivero District Administrator Washington District 7 206 427-8333 Sent from my iPhone
On Feb 8, 2021, at 9:43 PM, <scottbrohaugh@frontier.com> <scottbrohaugh@frontier.com> wrote:
Hello everyone,
Provided that the support is there from the community, I think Deer Park has the potential to be a fabulous site for our Little League Baseball state tournament.
Thanks,
Scott Brohaugh WA District 8 Administrator (206) 790-2688 scottbrohaugh@frontier.com
From: Wadas <wadas-bounces@lists.rodeonetworks.com> On Behalf Of Glen Dickason Sent: Monday, February 08, 2021 7:08 PM To: Washington DAs Discussion Forum <wadas@lists.rodeonetworks.com> Subject: Re: [Wadas] State Major's Tournament
Deer Park sounds fine to me. I’ll try to get over for a few days.
From: Wadas <wadas-bounces@lists.rodeonetworks.com> on behalf of Doug WA 01 Sheldon <dougbsheldon@gmail.com> Reply-To: Washington DAs Discussion Forum <wadas@lists.rodeonetworks.com> Date: Monday, February 8, 2021 at 4:21 PM To: Washington DAs Discussion Forum <wadas@lists.rodeonetworks.com> Subject: Re: [Wadas] State Major's Tournament
Jarel,
I think Deer Park would be great. Close to Spokane, which is a fun town to visit and easy to get to. Beautiful country north of Spokane. Having the community involved makes this a great environment.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deer_Park,_Washington.
Doug Sheldon WA D1 Admin.
On Mon, Feb 8, 2021 at 1:30 PM <jarel@jpiworldwide.com> wrote: Hi All,
I am sending this message to get some feedback as we start finalizing things for the State Tournament for the Majors. I need your input ASAP.
Here is my thinking:
We have a league in District 13 that is interested in hosting the tournament. It’s in Deer Park Washington. https://www.google.com/maps/place/Deer+Park,+WA+99006/@47.921436,-117.388698... to see where it is. I have also attached a Google Earth file so you can see where the fields are… right across from the High School in Deer Park.
They host a big wooden bat tournament each year, so they have the understanding of how to put on a good tournament. I am gonna ask Jim Wheat for some of his helpers name and phones numbers so they can help teach the folks in Deer Park about putting on a good Little League Tournament. My reasoning for leaving the tournament in District 13 instead of sending it down to District 5 is that for years District 13 kind of “languished”. There is little interest in doing any more than what is absolutely necessary for Little League here and the attitudes of the presidents is poor… they seem VERY defeated. So a good state tournament where they can all pitch-in and get reconnected to all things Little League may help Little League in the Spokane area in general (otherwise I have three leagues in District 5 chomping at the bit to host the 12 year olds). I think holding the 12u Tournament in Spokane/surrounding area would help LL here tremendously. I have two areas that are talking to me about starting new leagues in the Spokane area and this may be the thing that moves them to get on board….
Deer Park is a small town. It’s about 15-20 minutes North of Spokane. Finding hotel rooms would have to be a “Spokane” thing…they have a couple of “lake resorts” , but no major hotel chains in the area… but the wooden bat folks that come their tournament each year house/stay in Spokane and play in Deer Park. Deer Park also doesn’t come to Districts at all because they turn their league into a bunch of travel teams after regular season. As part of the “approval” process of letting Deer Park host the tournament, I required that they send at least three teams to Districts this year. Normally there are 2-3 leagues at Districts in Spokane, when their should be 7-8. So they agreed to that… and IF I can get them to come to Districts, I can also get Liberty Lake or Pend Oreille to commit as well I think.
Besides the hotel situation, they only have two fields to play on. (They have plenty of practice fields, but two playing fields). They are properly lit so night games could pick up the slack from only having two fields. They have plenty of parking. Concessions shouldn’t be a problem. Seating is an issue as they only have small bleachers behind home plate… People would need to bring their own camp chairs after about the first 25 folks or so on each field. The fields are in an acceptable municipal complex…The High School and AD has agreed to let the league use the school building, practice fields, batting cages and everything else necessary as they want to support the league in anyway possible.
The league president is doing a good job of getting volunteers to help out and commit to different things to operate the tournament. I don’t think manpower is an issue at this point. The president of the league also has contacted the mayor and a couple of city councilors to discuss what needs to be done, and I am supposed to have a conference call with the mayor to see what they can do to help facilitate the tournament. I have a list for him. That call is supposed to happen this week. I told the league president though – “If everything isn’t cool by everyone (including the DA group), by mid Feb, we will probably move the tournament down to District 5.
Logistically, I think it is going to be “OK”, but we may have to do things like put up temporary fencing for the outfield, or bring in porta-potties to meet the demands of those level of crowds… and so forth. Downtown merchants are on-board, newspaper folks, and they are beginning to talk to local radio and tv to see what the possibilities there are… The league is already starting to figure out fun things for the kids and families to do in the area when not playing, and we are borrowing a couple of ideas from other tournaments I have been to in the state…
I am asking you all for your opinion, or insight on trying to host a tournament in a smaller location, and if you think I am not thinking of everything that may be overlooked. I have better fields, and more experienced people down in District 5, but I think the need is in District 13… PLEASE COMMENT!
Regards
JP http://www.jpiworldwide.com +1-509-210-3023 OFC <image002.jpg>
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OK by D-9 Bob From: Wadas <wadas-bounces@lists.rodeonetworks.com> On Behalf Of Del Rivero Sent: Tuesday, February 9, 2021 6:35 AM To: Washington DAs Discussion Forum <wadas@lists.rodeonetworks.com> Subject: Re: [Wadas] State Major's Tournament Good morning I believe Deer Park is the right place to hold the tournament! Thanks Del Rivero District Administrator Washington District 7 206 427-8333 Sent from my iPhone On Feb 8, 2021, at 9:43 PM, <scottbrohaugh@frontier.com <mailto:scottbrohaugh@frontier.com> > <scottbrohaugh@frontier.com <mailto:scottbrohaugh@frontier.com> > wrote: Hello everyone, Provided that the support is there from the community, I think Deer Park has the potential to be a fabulous site for our Little League Baseball state tournament. Thanks, Scott Brohaugh WA District 8 Administrator (206) 790-2688 scottbrohaugh@frontier.com <mailto:scottbrohaugh@frontier.com> From: Wadas <wadas-bounces@lists.rodeonetworks.com <mailto:wadas-bounces@lists.rodeonetworks.com> > On Behalf Of Glen Dickason Sent: Monday, February 08, 2021 7:08 PM To: Washington DAs Discussion Forum <wadas@lists.rodeonetworks.com <mailto:wadas@lists.rodeonetworks.com> > Subject: Re: [Wadas] State Major's Tournament Deer Park sounds fine to me. I’ll try to get over for a few days. From: Wadas <wadas-bounces@lists.rodeonetworks.com <mailto:wadas-bounces@lists.rodeonetworks.com> > on behalf of Doug WA 01 Sheldon <dougbsheldon@gmail.com <mailto:dougbsheldon@gmail.com> > Reply-To: Washington DAs Discussion Forum <wadas@lists.rodeonetworks.com <mailto:wadas@lists.rodeonetworks.com> > Date: Monday, February 8, 2021 at 4:21 PM To: Washington DAs Discussion Forum <wadas@lists.rodeonetworks.com <mailto:wadas@lists.rodeonetworks.com> > Subject: Re: [Wadas] State Major's Tournament Jarel, I think Deer Park would be great. Close to Spokane, which is a fun town to visit and easy to get to. Beautiful country north of Spokane. Having the community involved makes this a great environment. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deer_Park,_Washington. Doug Sheldon WA D1 Admin. On Mon, Feb 8, 2021 at 1:30 PM <jarel@jpiworldwide.com <mailto:jarel@jpiworldwide.com> > wrote: Hi All, I am sending this message to get some feedback as we start finalizing things for the State Tournament for the Majors. I need your input ASAP. Here is my thinking: We have a league in District 13 that is interested in hosting the tournament. It’s in Deer Park Washington. https://www.google.com/maps/place/Deer+Park,+WA+99006/@47.921436,-117.388698... to see where it is. I have also attached a Google Earth file so you can see where the fields are… right across from the High School in Deer Park. They host a big wooden bat tournament each year, so they have the understanding of how to put on a good tournament. I am gonna ask Jim Wheat for some of his helpers name and phones numbers so they can help teach the folks in Deer Park about putting on a good Little League Tournament. My reasoning for leaving the tournament in District 13 instead of sending it down to District 5 is that for years District 13 kind of “languished”. There is little interest in doing any more than what is absolutely necessary for Little League here and the attitudes of the presidents is poor… they seem VERY defeated. So a good state tournament where they can all pitch-in and get reconnected to all things Little League may help Little League in the Spokane area in general (otherwise I have three leagues in District 5 chomping at the bit to host the 12 year olds). I think holding the 12u Tournament in Spokane/surrounding area would help LL here tremendously. I have two areas that are talking to me about starting new leagues in the Spokane area and this may be the thing that moves them to get on board…. Deer Park is a small town. It’s about 15-20 minutes North of Spokane. Finding hotel rooms would have to be a “Spokane” thing…they have a couple of “lake resorts” , but no major hotel chains in the area… but the wooden bat folks that come their tournament each year house/stay in Spokane and play in Deer Park. Deer Park also doesn’t come to Districts at all because they turn their league into a bunch of travel teams after regular season. As part of the “approval” process of letting Deer Park host the tournament, I required that they send at least three teams to Districts this year. Normally there are 2-3 leagues at Districts in Spokane, when their should be 7-8. So they agreed to that… and IF I can get them to come to Districts, I can also get Liberty Lake or Pend Oreille to commit as well I think. Besides the hotel situation, they only have two fields to play on. (They have plenty of practice fields, but two playing fields). They are properly lit so night games could pick up the slack from only having two fields. They have plenty of parking. Concessions shouldn’t be a problem. Seating is an issue as they only have small bleachers behind home plate… People would need to bring their own camp chairs after about the first 25 folks or so on each field. The fields are in an acceptable municipal complex…The High School and AD has agreed to let the league use the school building, practice fields, batting cages and everything else necessary as they want to support the league in anyway possible. The league president is doing a good job of getting volunteers to help out and commit to different things to operate the tournament. I don’t think manpower is an issue at this point. The president of the league also has contacted the mayor and a couple of city councilors to discuss what needs to be done, and I am supposed to have a conference call with the mayor to see what they can do to help facilitate the tournament. I have a list for him. That call is supposed to happen this week. I told the league president though – “If everything isn’t cool by everyone (including the DA group), by mid Feb, we will probably move the tournament down to District 5. Logistically, I think it is going to be “OK”, but we may have to do things like put up temporary fencing for the outfield, or bring in porta-potties to meet the demands of those level of crowds… and so forth. Downtown merchants are on-board, newspaper folks, and they are beginning to talk to local radio and tv to see what the possibilities there are… The league is already starting to figure out fun things for the kids and families to do in the area when not playing, and we are borrowing a couple of ideas from other tournaments I have been to in the state… I am asking you all for your opinion, or insight on trying to host a tournament in a smaller location, and if you think I am not thinking of everything that may be overlooked. I have better fields, and more experienced people down in District 5, but I think the need is in District 13… PLEASE COMMENT! Regards JP http://www.jpiworldwide.com +1-509-210-3023 OFC <image002.jpg> _______________________________________________ Wadas mailing list Wadas@lists.rodeonetworks.com <mailto:Wadas@lists.rodeonetworks.com> http://lists.rodeonetworks.com/mailman/listinfo/wadas _______________________________________________ Wadas mailing list Wadas@lists.rodeonetworks.com <mailto:Wadas@lists.rodeonetworks.com> http://lists.rodeonetworks.com/mailman/listinfo/wadas _______________________________________________ Wadas mailing list Wadas@lists.rodeonetworks.com <mailto:Wadas@lists.rodeonetworks.com> http://lists.rodeonetworks.com/mailman/listinfo/wadas
Thanks all for your feeback, we’ll keep it in Deer Park. We are working with hotels in Spokane to get LL deals set up JP From: Wadas <wadas-bounces@lists.rodeonetworks.com> On Behalf Of Bob Toigo Sent: Tuesday, February 9, 2021 9:50 AM To: 'Washington DAs Discussion Forum' <wadas@lists.rodeonetworks.com> Subject: Re: [Wadas] State Major's Tournament OK by D-9 Bob From: Wadas <wadas-bounces@lists.rodeonetworks.com <mailto:wadas-bounces@lists.rodeonetworks.com> > On Behalf Of Del Rivero Sent: Tuesday, February 9, 2021 6:35 AM To: Washington DAs Discussion Forum <wadas@lists.rodeonetworks.com <mailto:wadas@lists.rodeonetworks.com> > Subject: Re: [Wadas] State Major's Tournament Good morning I believe Deer Park is the right place to hold the tournament! Thanks Del Rivero District Administrator Washington District 7 206 427-8333 Sent from my iPhone On Feb 8, 2021, at 9:43 PM, <scottbrohaugh@frontier.com <mailto:scottbrohaugh@frontier.com> > <scottbrohaugh@frontier.com <mailto:scottbrohaugh@frontier.com> > wrote: Hello everyone, Provided that the support is there from the community, I think Deer Park has the potential to be a fabulous site for our Little League Baseball state tournament. Thanks, Scott Brohaugh WA District 8 Administrator (206) 790-2688 scottbrohaugh@frontier.com <mailto:scottbrohaugh@frontier.com> From: Wadas <wadas-bounces@lists.rodeonetworks.com <mailto:wadas-bounces@lists.rodeonetworks.com> > On Behalf Of Glen Dickason Sent: Monday, February 08, 2021 7:08 PM To: Washington DAs Discussion Forum <wadas@lists.rodeonetworks.com <mailto:wadas@lists.rodeonetworks.com> > Subject: Re: [Wadas] State Major's Tournament Deer Park sounds fine to me. I’ll try to get over for a few days. From: Wadas <wadas-bounces@lists.rodeonetworks.com <mailto:wadas-bounces@lists.rodeonetworks.com> > on behalf of Doug WA 01 Sheldon <dougbsheldon@gmail.com <mailto:dougbsheldon@gmail.com> > Reply-To: Washington DAs Discussion Forum <wadas@lists.rodeonetworks.com <mailto:wadas@lists.rodeonetworks.com> > Date: Monday, February 8, 2021 at 4:21 PM To: Washington DAs Discussion Forum <wadas@lists.rodeonetworks.com <mailto:wadas@lists.rodeonetworks.com> > Subject: Re: [Wadas] State Major's Tournament Jarel, I think Deer Park would be great. Close to Spokane, which is a fun town to visit and easy to get to. Beautiful country north of Spokane. Having the community involved makes this a great environment. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deer_Park,_Washington. Doug Sheldon WA D1 Admin. On Mon, Feb 8, 2021 at 1:30 PM <jarel@jpiworldwide.com <mailto:jarel@jpiworldwide.com> > wrote: Hi All, I am sending this message to get some feedback as we start finalizing things for the State Tournament for the Majors. I need your input ASAP. Here is my thinking: We have a league in District 13 that is interested in hosting the tournament. It’s in Deer Park Washington. https://www.google.com/maps/place/Deer+Park,+WA+99006/@47.921436,-117.388698... to see where it is. I have also attached a Google Earth file so you can see where the fields are… right across from the High School in Deer Park. They host a big wooden bat tournament each year, so they have the understanding of how to put on a good tournament. I am gonna ask Jim Wheat for some of his helpers name and phones numbers so they can help teach the folks in Deer Park about putting on a good Little League Tournament. My reasoning for leaving the tournament in District 13 instead of sending it down to District 5 is that for years District 13 kind of “languished”. There is little interest in doing any more than what is absolutely necessary for Little League here and the attitudes of the presidents is poor… they seem VERY defeated. So a good state tournament where they can all pitch-in and get reconnected to all things Little League may help Little League in the Spokane area in general (otherwise I have three leagues in District 5 chomping at the bit to host the 12 year olds). I think holding the 12u Tournament in Spokane/surrounding area would help LL here tremendously. I have two areas that are talking to me about starting new leagues in the Spokane area and this may be the thing that moves them to get on board…. Deer Park is a small town. It’s about 15-20 minutes North of Spokane. Finding hotel rooms would have to be a “Spokane” thing…they have a couple of “lake resorts” , but no major hotel chains in the area… but the wooden bat folks that come their tournament each year house/stay in Spokane and play in Deer Park. Deer Park also doesn’t come to Districts at all because they turn their league into a bunch of travel teams after regular season. As part of the “approval” process of letting Deer Park host the tournament, I required that they send at least three teams to Districts this year. Normally there are 2-3 leagues at Districts in Spokane, when their should be 7-8. So they agreed to that… and IF I can get them to come to Districts, I can also get Liberty Lake or Pend Oreille to commit as well I think. Besides the hotel situation, they only have two fields to play on. (They have plenty of practice fields, but two playing fields). They are properly lit so night games could pick up the slack from only having two fields. They have plenty of parking. Concessions shouldn’t be a problem. Seating is an issue as they only have small bleachers behind home plate… People would need to bring their own camp chairs after about the first 25 folks or so on each field. The fields are in an acceptable municipal complex…The High School and AD has agreed to let the league use the school building, practice fields, batting cages and everything else necessary as they want to support the league in anyway possible. The league president is doing a good job of getting volunteers to help out and commit to different things to operate the tournament. I don’t think manpower is an issue at this point. The president of the league also has contacted the mayor and a couple of city councilors to discuss what needs to be done, and I am supposed to have a conference call with the mayor to see what they can do to help facilitate the tournament. I have a list for him. That call is supposed to happen this week. I told the league president though – “If everything isn’t cool by everyone (including the DA group), by mid Feb, we will probably move the tournament down to District 5. Logistically, I think it is going to be “OK”, but we may have to do things like put up temporary fencing for the outfield, or bring in porta-potties to meet the demands of those level of crowds… and so forth. Downtown merchants are on-board, newspaper folks, and they are beginning to talk to local radio and tv to see what the possibilities there are… The league is already starting to figure out fun things for the kids and families to do in the area when not playing, and we are borrowing a couple of ideas from other tournaments I have been to in the state… I am asking you all for your opinion, or insight on trying to host a tournament in a smaller location, and if you think I am not thinking of everything that may be overlooked. I have better fields, and more experienced people down in District 5, but I think the need is in District 13… PLEASE COMMENT! Regards JP http://www.jpiworldwide.com +1-509-210-3023 OFC <image002.jpg> _______________________________________________ Wadas mailing list Wadas@lists.rodeonetworks.com <mailto:Wadas@lists.rodeonetworks.com> http://lists.rodeonetworks.com/mailman/listinfo/wadas _______________________________________________ Wadas mailing list Wadas@lists.rodeonetworks.com <mailto:Wadas@lists.rodeonetworks.com> http://lists.rodeonetworks.com/mailman/listinfo/wadas _______________________________________________ Wadas mailing list Wadas@lists.rodeonetworks.com <mailto:Wadas@lists.rodeonetworks.com> http://lists.rodeonetworks.com/mailman/listinfo/wadas
Another big bonus with Deer Park – A nice golf course nearby for me to stick it to Toigo every morning! Thanks, Scott Brohaugh WA District 8 Administrator (206) 790-2688 scottbrohaugh@frontier.com From: Wadas <wadas-bounces@lists.rodeonetworks.com> On Behalf Of jarel@jpiworldwide.com Sent: Tuesday, February 09, 2021 10:16 AM To: llsmokey@comcast.net; 'Washington DAs Discussion Forum' <wadas@lists.rodeonetworks.com> Subject: Re: [Wadas] State Major's Tournament Thanks all for your feeback, we’ll keep it in Deer Park. We are working with hotels in Spokane to get LL deals set up JP From: Wadas <wadas-bounces@lists.rodeonetworks.com <mailto:wadas-bounces@lists.rodeonetworks.com> > On Behalf Of Bob Toigo Sent: Tuesday, February 9, 2021 9:50 AM To: 'Washington DAs Discussion Forum' <wadas@lists.rodeonetworks.com <mailto:wadas@lists.rodeonetworks.com> > Subject: Re: [Wadas] State Major's Tournament OK by D-9 Bob From: Wadas <wadas-bounces@lists.rodeonetworks.com <mailto:wadas-bounces@lists.rodeonetworks.com> > On Behalf Of Del Rivero Sent: Tuesday, February 9, 2021 6:35 AM To: Washington DAs Discussion Forum <wadas@lists.rodeonetworks.com <mailto:wadas@lists.rodeonetworks.com> > Subject: Re: [Wadas] State Major's Tournament Good morning I believe Deer Park is the right place to hold the tournament! Thanks Del Rivero District Administrator Washington District 7 206 427-8333 Sent from my iPhone On Feb 8, 2021, at 9:43 PM, <scottbrohaugh@frontier.com <mailto:scottbrohaugh@frontier.com> > <scottbrohaugh@frontier.com <mailto:scottbrohaugh@frontier.com> > wrote: Hello everyone, Provided that the support is there from the community, I think Deer Park has the potential to be a fabulous site for our Little League Baseball state tournament. Thanks, Scott Brohaugh WA District 8 Administrator (206) 790-2688 scottbrohaugh@frontier.com <mailto:scottbrohaugh@frontier.com> From: Wadas <wadas-bounces@lists.rodeonetworks.com <mailto:wadas-bounces@lists.rodeonetworks.com> > On Behalf Of Glen Dickason Sent: Monday, February 08, 2021 7:08 PM To: Washington DAs Discussion Forum <wadas@lists.rodeonetworks.com <mailto:wadas@lists.rodeonetworks.com> > Subject: Re: [Wadas] State Major's Tournament Deer Park sounds fine to me. I’ll try to get over for a few days. From: Wadas <wadas-bounces@lists.rodeonetworks.com <mailto:wadas-bounces@lists.rodeonetworks.com> > on behalf of Doug WA 01 Sheldon <dougbsheldon@gmail.com <mailto:dougbsheldon@gmail.com> > Reply-To: Washington DAs Discussion Forum <wadas@lists.rodeonetworks.com <mailto:wadas@lists.rodeonetworks.com> > Date: Monday, February 8, 2021 at 4:21 PM To: Washington DAs Discussion Forum <wadas@lists.rodeonetworks.com <mailto:wadas@lists.rodeonetworks.com> > Subject: Re: [Wadas] State Major's Tournament Jarel, I think Deer Park would be great. Close to Spokane, which is a fun town to visit and easy to get to. Beautiful country north of Spokane. Having the community involved makes this a great environment. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deer_Park,_Washington. Doug Sheldon WA D1 Admin. On Mon, Feb 8, 2021 at 1:30 PM <jarel@jpiworldwide.com <mailto:jarel@jpiworldwide.com> > wrote: Hi All, I am sending this message to get some feedback as we start finalizing things for the State Tournament for the Majors. I need your input ASAP. Here is my thinking: We have a league in District 13 that is interested in hosting the tournament. It’s in Deer Park Washington. https://www.google.com/maps/place/Deer+Park,+WA+99006/@47.921436,-117.388698... to see where it is. I have also attached a Google Earth file so you can see where the fields are… right across from the High School in Deer Park. They host a big wooden bat tournament each year, so they have the understanding of how to put on a good tournament. I am gonna ask Jim Wheat for some of his helpers name and phones numbers so they can help teach the folks in Deer Park about putting on a good Little League Tournament. My reasoning for leaving the tournament in District 13 instead of sending it down to District 5 is that for years District 13 kind of “languished”. There is little interest in doing any more than what is absolutely necessary for Little League here and the attitudes of the presidents is poor… they seem VERY defeated. So a good state tournament where they can all pitch-in and get reconnected to all things Little League may help Little League in the Spokane area in general (otherwise I have three leagues in District 5 chomping at the bit to host the 12 year olds). I think holding the 12u Tournament in Spokane/surrounding area would help LL here tremendously. I have two areas that are talking to me about starting new leagues in the Spokane area and this may be the thing that moves them to get on board…. Deer Park is a small town. It’s about 15-20 minutes North of Spokane. Finding hotel rooms would have to be a “Spokane” thing…they have a couple of “lake resorts” , but no major hotel chains in the area… but the wooden bat folks that come their tournament each year house/stay in Spokane and play in Deer Park. Deer Park also doesn’t come to Districts at all because they turn their league into a bunch of travel teams after regular season. As part of the “approval” process of letting Deer Park host the tournament, I required that they send at least three teams to Districts this year. Normally there are 2-3 leagues at Districts in Spokane, when their should be 7-8. So they agreed to that… and IF I can get them to come to Districts, I can also get Liberty Lake or Pend Oreille to commit as well I think. Besides the hotel situation, they only have two fields to play on. (They have plenty of practice fields, but two playing fields). They are properly lit so night games could pick up the slack from only having two fields. They have plenty of parking. Concessions shouldn’t be a problem. Seating is an issue as they only have small bleachers behind home plate… People would need to bring their own camp chairs after about the first 25 folks or so on each field. The fields are in an acceptable municipal complex…The High School and AD has agreed to let the league use the school building, practice fields, batting cages and everything else necessary as they want to support the league in anyway possible. The league president is doing a good job of getting volunteers to help out and commit to different things to operate the tournament. I don’t think manpower is an issue at this point. The president of the league also has contacted the mayor and a couple of city councilors to discuss what needs to be done, and I am supposed to have a conference call with the mayor to see what they can do to help facilitate the tournament. I have a list for him. That call is supposed to happen this week. I told the league president though – “If everything isn’t cool by everyone (including the DA group), by mid Feb, we will probably move the tournament down to District 5. Logistically, I think it is going to be “OK”, but we may have to do things like put up temporary fencing for the outfield, or bring in porta-potties to meet the demands of those level of crowds… and so forth. Downtown merchants are on-board, newspaper folks, and they are beginning to talk to local radio and tv to see what the possibilities there are… The league is already starting to figure out fun things for the kids and families to do in the area when not playing, and we are borrowing a couple of ideas from other tournaments I have been to in the state… I am asking you all for your opinion, or insight on trying to host a tournament in a smaller location, and if you think I am not thinking of everything that may be overlooked. I have better fields, and more experienced people down in District 5, but I think the need is in District 13… PLEASE COMMENT! Regards JP http://www.jpiworldwide.com +1-509-210-3023 OFC <image002.jpg> _______________________________________________ Wadas mailing list Wadas@lists.rodeonetworks.com <mailto:Wadas@lists.rodeonetworks.com> http://lists.rodeonetworks.com/mailman/listinfo/wadas _______________________________________________ Wadas mailing list Wadas@lists.rodeonetworks.com <mailto:Wadas@lists.rodeonetworks.com> http://lists.rodeonetworks.com/mailman/listinfo/wadas _______________________________________________ Wadas mailing list Wadas@lists.rodeonetworks.com <mailto:Wadas@lists.rodeonetworks.com> http://lists.rodeonetworks.com/mailman/listinfo/wadas
UP YOUR’S From: scottbrohaugh@frontier.com <scottbrohaugh@frontier.com> Sent: Tuesday, February 9, 2021 11:32 AM To: 'Washington DAs Discussion Forum' <wadas@lists.rodeonetworks.com>; llsmokey@comcast.net Subject: RE: [Wadas] State Major's Tournament Another big bonus with Deer Park – A nice golf course nearby for me to stick it to Toigo every morning! Thanks, Scott Brohaugh WA District 8 Administrator (206) 790-2688 scottbrohaugh@frontier.com <mailto:scottbrohaugh@frontier.com> From: Wadas <wadas-bounces@lists.rodeonetworks.com <mailto:wadas-bounces@lists.rodeonetworks.com> > On Behalf Of jarel@jpiworldwide.com <mailto:jarel@jpiworldwide.com> Sent: Tuesday, February 09, 2021 10:16 AM To: llsmokey@comcast.net <mailto:llsmokey@comcast.net> ; 'Washington DAs Discussion Forum' <wadas@lists.rodeonetworks.com <mailto:wadas@lists.rodeonetworks.com> > Subject: Re: [Wadas] State Major's Tournament Thanks all for your feeback, we’ll keep it in Deer Park. We are working with hotels in Spokane to get LL deals set up JP From: Wadas <wadas-bounces@lists.rodeonetworks.com <mailto:wadas-bounces@lists.rodeonetworks.com> > On Behalf Of Bob Toigo Sent: Tuesday, February 9, 2021 9:50 AM To: 'Washington DAs Discussion Forum' <wadas@lists.rodeonetworks.com <mailto:wadas@lists.rodeonetworks.com> > Subject: Re: [Wadas] State Major's Tournament OK by D-9 Bob From: Wadas <wadas-bounces@lists.rodeonetworks.com <mailto:wadas-bounces@lists.rodeonetworks.com> > On Behalf Of Del Rivero Sent: Tuesday, February 9, 2021 6:35 AM To: Washington DAs Discussion Forum <wadas@lists.rodeonetworks.com <mailto:wadas@lists.rodeonetworks.com> > Subject: Re: [Wadas] State Major's Tournament Good morning I believe Deer Park is the right place to hold the tournament! Thanks Del Rivero District Administrator Washington District 7 206 427-8333 Sent from my iPhone On Feb 8, 2021, at 9:43 PM, <scottbrohaugh@frontier.com <mailto:scottbrohaugh@frontier.com> > <scottbrohaugh@frontier.com <mailto:scottbrohaugh@frontier.com> > wrote: Hello everyone, Provided that the support is there from the community, I think Deer Park has the potential to be a fabulous site for our Little League Baseball state tournament. Thanks, Scott Brohaugh WA District 8 Administrator (206) 790-2688 scottbrohaugh@frontier.com <mailto:scottbrohaugh@frontier.com> From: Wadas <wadas-bounces@lists.rodeonetworks.com <mailto:wadas-bounces@lists.rodeonetworks.com> > On Behalf Of Glen Dickason Sent: Monday, February 08, 2021 7:08 PM To: Washington DAs Discussion Forum <wadas@lists.rodeonetworks.com <mailto:wadas@lists.rodeonetworks.com> > Subject: Re: [Wadas] State Major's Tournament Deer Park sounds fine to me. I’ll try to get over for a few days. From: Wadas <wadas-bounces@lists.rodeonetworks.com <mailto:wadas-bounces@lists.rodeonetworks.com> > on behalf of Doug WA 01 Sheldon <dougbsheldon@gmail.com <mailto:dougbsheldon@gmail.com> > Reply-To: Washington DAs Discussion Forum <wadas@lists.rodeonetworks.com <mailto:wadas@lists.rodeonetworks.com> > Date: Monday, February 8, 2021 at 4:21 PM To: Washington DAs Discussion Forum <wadas@lists.rodeonetworks.com <mailto:wadas@lists.rodeonetworks.com> > Subject: Re: [Wadas] State Major's Tournament Jarel, I think Deer Park would be great. Close to Spokane, which is a fun town to visit and easy to get to. Beautiful country north of Spokane. Having the community involved makes this a great environment. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deer_Park,_Washington. Doug Sheldon WA D1 Admin. On Mon, Feb 8, 2021 at 1:30 PM <jarel@jpiworldwide.com <mailto:jarel@jpiworldwide.com> > wrote: Hi All, I am sending this message to get some feedback as we start finalizing things for the State Tournament for the Majors. I need your input ASAP. Here is my thinking: We have a league in District 13 that is interested in hosting the tournament. It’s in Deer Park Washington. https://www.google.com/maps/place/Deer+Park,+WA+99006/@47.921436,-117.388698... to see where it is. I have also attached a Google Earth file so you can see where the fields are… right across from the High School in Deer Park. They host a big wooden bat tournament each year, so they have the understanding of how to put on a good tournament. I am gonna ask Jim Wheat for some of his helpers name and phones numbers so they can help teach the folks in Deer Park about putting on a good Little League Tournament. My reasoning for leaving the tournament in District 13 instead of sending it down to District 5 is that for years District 13 kind of “languished”. There is little interest in doing any more than what is absolutely necessary for Little League here and the attitudes of the presidents is poor… they seem VERY defeated. So a good state tournament where they can all pitch-in and get reconnected to all things Little League may help Little League in the Spokane area in general (otherwise I have three leagues in District 5 chomping at the bit to host the 12 year olds). I think holding the 12u Tournament in Spokane/surrounding area would help LL here tremendously. I have two areas that are talking to me about starting new leagues in the Spokane area and this may be the thing that moves them to get on board…. Deer Park is a small town. It’s about 15-20 minutes North of Spokane. Finding hotel rooms would have to be a “Spokane” thing…they have a couple of “lake resorts” , but no major hotel chains in the area… but the wooden bat folks that come their tournament each year house/stay in Spokane and play in Deer Park. Deer Park also doesn’t come to Districts at all because they turn their league into a bunch of travel teams after regular season. As part of the “approval” process of letting Deer Park host the tournament, I required that they send at least three teams to Districts this year. Normally there are 2-3 leagues at Districts in Spokane, when their should be 7-8. So they agreed to that… and IF I can get them to come to Districts, I can also get Liberty Lake or Pend Oreille to commit as well I think. Besides the hotel situation, they only have two fields to play on. (They have plenty of practice fields, but two playing fields). They are properly lit so night games could pick up the slack from only having two fields. They have plenty of parking. Concessions shouldn’t be a problem. Seating is an issue as they only have small bleachers behind home plate… People would need to bring their own camp chairs after about the first 25 folks or so on each field. The fields are in an acceptable municipal complex…The High School and AD has agreed to let the league use the school building, practice fields, batting cages and everything else necessary as they want to support the league in anyway possible. The league president is doing a good job of getting volunteers to help out and commit to different things to operate the tournament. I don’t think manpower is an issue at this point. The president of the league also has contacted the mayor and a couple of city councilors to discuss what needs to be done, and I am supposed to have a conference call with the mayor to see what they can do to help facilitate the tournament. I have a list for him. That call is supposed to happen this week. I told the league president though – “If everything isn’t cool by everyone (including the DA group), by mid Feb, we will probably move the tournament down to District 5. Logistically, I think it is going to be “OK”, but we may have to do things like put up temporary fencing for the outfield, or bring in porta-potties to meet the demands of those level of crowds… and so forth. Downtown merchants are on-board, newspaper folks, and they are beginning to talk to local radio and tv to see what the possibilities there are… The league is already starting to figure out fun things for the kids and families to do in the area when not playing, and we are borrowing a couple of ideas from other tournaments I have been to in the state… I am asking you all for your opinion, or insight on trying to host a tournament in a smaller location, and if you think I am not thinking of everything that may be overlooked. I have better fields, and more experienced people down in District 5, but I think the need is in District 13… PLEASE COMMENT! Regards JP http://www.jpiworldwide.com +1-509-210-3023 OFC <image002.jpg> _______________________________________________ Wadas mailing list Wadas@lists.rodeonetworks.com <mailto:Wadas@lists.rodeonetworks.com> http://lists.rodeonetworks.com/mailman/listinfo/wadas _______________________________________________ Wadas mailing list Wadas@lists.rodeonetworks.com <mailto:Wadas@lists.rodeonetworks.com> http://lists.rodeonetworks.com/mailman/listinfo/wadas _______________________________________________ Wadas mailing list Wadas@lists.rodeonetworks.com <mailto:Wadas@lists.rodeonetworks.com> http://lists.rodeonetworks.com/mailman/listinfo/wadas
JP, I see that we will be playing on Dirt Infields, and am I correct to assume that they are the high school softball fields. If I am correct, then the question is, what type of mounds will they have? (ie. Portable, dirt, or no mounds) Mike From: Wadas <wadas-bounces@lists.rodeonetworks.com> On Behalf Of jarel@jpiworldwide.com Sent: Monday, February 8, 2021 1:30 PM To: 'Washington DAs Discussion Forum' <wadas@lists.rodeonetworks.com> Subject: [Wadas] State Major's Tournament Hi All, I am sending this message to get some feedback as we start finalizing things for the State Tournament for the Majors. I need your input ASAP. Here is my thinking: We have a league in District 13 that is interested in hosting the tournament. It's in Deer Park Washington. https://www.google.com/maps/place/Deer+Park,+WA+99006/@47.921436,-117.388698 2,9.75z/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x5361ff6fffabe849:0x280f94f497c48a1a!8m2!3d47.95433 75!4d-117.476891 to see where it is. I have also attached a Google Earth file so you can see where the fields are. right across from the High School in Deer Park. They host a big wooden bat tournament each year, so they have the understanding of how to put on a good tournament. I am gonna ask Jim Wheat for some of his helpers name and phones numbers so they can help teach the folks in Deer Park about putting on a good Little League Tournament. My reasoning for leaving the tournament in District 13 instead of sending it down to District 5 is that for years District 13 kind of "languished". There is little interest in doing any more than what is absolutely necessary for Little League here and the attitudes of the presidents is poor. they seem VERY defeated. So a good state tournament where they can all pitch-in and get reconnected to all things Little League may help Little League in the Spokane area in general (otherwise I have three leagues in District 5 chomping at the bit to host the 12 year olds). I think holding the 12u Tournament in Spokane/surrounding area would help LL here tremendously. I have two areas that are talking to me about starting new leagues in the Spokane area and this may be the thing that moves them to get on board.. Deer Park is a small town. It's about 15-20 minutes North of Spokane. Finding hotel rooms would have to be a "Spokane" thing.they have a couple of "lake resorts" , but no major hotel chains in the area. but the wooden bat folks that come their tournament each year house/stay in Spokane and play in Deer Park. Deer Park also doesn't come to Districts at all because they turn their league into a bunch of travel teams after regular season. As part of the "approval" process of letting Deer Park host the tournament, I required that they send at least three teams to Districts this year. Normally there are 2-3 leagues at Districts in Spokane, when their should be 7-8. So they agreed to that. and IF I can get them to come to Districts, I can also get Liberty Lake or Pend Oreille to commit as well I think. Besides the hotel situation, they only have two fields to play on. (They have plenty of practice fields, but two playing fields). They are properly lit so night games could pick up the slack from only having two fields. They have plenty of parking. Concessions shouldn't be a problem. Seating is an issue as they only have small bleachers behind home plate. People would need to bring their own camp chairs after about the first 25 folks or so on each field. The fields are in an acceptable municipal complex.The High School and AD has agreed to let the league use the school building, practice fields, batting cages and everything else necessary as they want to support the league in anyway possible. The league president is doing a good job of getting volunteers to help out and commit to different things to operate the tournament. I don't think manpower is an issue at this point. The president of the league also has contacted the mayor and a couple of city councilors to discuss what needs to be done, and I am supposed to have a conference call with the mayor to see what they can do to help facilitate the tournament. I have a list for him. That call is supposed to happen this week. I told the league president though - "If everything isn't cool by everyone (including the DA group), by mid Feb, we will probably move the tournament down to District 5. Logistically, I think it is going to be "OK", but we may have to do things like put up temporary fencing for the outfield, or bring in porta-potties to meet the demands of those level of crowds. and so forth. Downtown merchants are on-board, newspaper folks, and they are beginning to talk to local radio and tv to see what the possibilities there are. The league is already starting to figure out fun things for the kids and families to do in the area when not playing, and we are borrowing a couple of ideas from other tournaments I have been to in the state. I am asking you all for your opinion, or insight on trying to host a tournament in a smaller location, and if you think I am not thinking of everything that may be overlooked. I have better fields, and more experienced people down in District 5, but I think the need is in District 13. PLEASE COMMENT! Regards JP http://www.jpiworldwide.com +1-509-210-3023 OFC
Hi They put dirt mounds on them for Little League season. and they will have their wooden bat tournament starting the day of or the day after ours finishes. JP From: Wadas <wadas-bounces@lists.rodeonetworks.com> On Behalf Of Mike Ray Sent: Thursday, February 11, 2021 1:18 PM To: 'Washington DAs Discussion Forum' <wadas@lists.rodeonetworks.com> Subject: Re: [Wadas] State Major's Tournament JP, I see that we will be playing on Dirt Infields, and am I correct to assume that they are the high school softball fields. If I am correct, then the question is, what type of mounds will they have? (ie. Portable, dirt, or no mounds) Mike From: Wadas <wadas-bounces@lists.rodeonetworks.com <mailto:wadas-bounces@lists.rodeonetworks.com> > On Behalf Of jarel@jpiworldwide.com <mailto:jarel@jpiworldwide.com> Sent: Monday, February 8, 2021 1:30 PM To: 'Washington DAs Discussion Forum' <wadas@lists.rodeonetworks.com <mailto:wadas@lists.rodeonetworks.com> > Subject: [Wadas] State Major's Tournament Hi All, I am sending this message to get some feedback as we start finalizing things for the State Tournament for the Majors. I need your input ASAP. Here is my thinking: We have a league in District 13 that is interested in hosting the tournament. It's in Deer Park Washington. https://www.google.com/maps/place/Deer+Park,+WA+99006/@47.921436,-117.388698 2,9.75z/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x5361ff6fffabe849:0x280f94f497c48a1a!8m2!3d47.95433 75!4d-117.476891 to see where it is. I have also attached a Google Earth file so you can see where the fields are. right across from the High School in Deer Park. They host a big wooden bat tournament each year, so they have the understanding of how to put on a good tournament. I am gonna ask Jim Wheat for some of his helpers name and phones numbers so they can help teach the folks in Deer Park about putting on a good Little League Tournament. My reasoning for leaving the tournament in District 13 instead of sending it down to District 5 is that for years District 13 kind of "languished". There is little interest in doing any more than what is absolutely necessary for Little League here and the attitudes of the presidents is poor. they seem VERY defeated. So a good state tournament where they can all pitch-in and get reconnected to all things Little League may help Little League in the Spokane area in general (otherwise I have three leagues in District 5 chomping at the bit to host the 12 year olds). I think holding the 12u Tournament in Spokane/surrounding area would help LL here tremendously. I have two areas that are talking to me about starting new leagues in the Spokane area and this may be the thing that moves them to get on board.. Deer Park is a small town. It's about 15-20 minutes North of Spokane. Finding hotel rooms would have to be a "Spokane" thing.they have a couple of "lake resorts" , but no major hotel chains in the area. but the wooden bat folks that come their tournament each year house/stay in Spokane and play in Deer Park. Deer Park also doesn't come to Districts at all because they turn their league into a bunch of travel teams after regular season. As part of the "approval" process of letting Deer Park host the tournament, I required that they send at least three teams to Districts this year. Normally there are 2-3 leagues at Districts in Spokane, when their should be 7-8. So they agreed to that. and IF I can get them to come to Districts, I can also get Liberty Lake or Pend Oreille to commit as well I think. Besides the hotel situation, they only have two fields to play on. (They have plenty of practice fields, but two playing fields). They are properly lit so night games could pick up the slack from only having two fields. They have plenty of parking. Concessions shouldn't be a problem. Seating is an issue as they only have small bleachers behind home plate. People would need to bring their own camp chairs after about the first 25 folks or so on each field. The fields are in an acceptable municipal complex.The High School and AD has agreed to let the league use the school building, practice fields, batting cages and everything else necessary as they want to support the league in anyway possible. The league president is doing a good job of getting volunteers to help out and commit to different things to operate the tournament. I don't think manpower is an issue at this point. The president of the league also has contacted the mayor and a couple of city councilors to discuss what needs to be done, and I am supposed to have a conference call with the mayor to see what they can do to help facilitate the tournament. I have a list for him. That call is supposed to happen this week. I told the league president though - "If everything isn't cool by everyone (including the DA group), by mid Feb, we will probably move the tournament down to District 5. Logistically, I think it is going to be "OK", but we may have to do things like put up temporary fencing for the outfield, or bring in porta-potties to meet the demands of those level of crowds. and so forth. Downtown merchants are on-board, newspaper folks, and they are beginning to talk to local radio and tv to see what the possibilities there are. The league is already starting to figure out fun things for the kids and families to do in the area when not playing, and we are borrowing a couple of ideas from other tournaments I have been to in the state. I am asking you all for your opinion, or insight on trying to host a tournament in a smaller location, and if you think I am not thinking of everything that may be overlooked. I have better fields, and more experienced people down in District 5, but I think the need is in District 13. PLEASE COMMENT! Regards JP http://www.jpiworldwide.com +1-509-210-3023 OFC
Also, I just met with the mayor, the head of facilities for the city and the league president. They are putting in new scoreboards, enclosing the fields, adding bullpens, adjusting the backstops, and some additional fencing and gating - among other things. The city really wants the tournament - especially after COVID. JP From: Wadas <wadas-bounces@lists.rodeonetworks.com> On Behalf Of jarel@rodeotv.net Sent: Thursday, February 11, 2021 2:57 PM To: 'Washington DAs Discussion Forum' <wadas@lists.rodeonetworks.com> Subject: Re: [Wadas] State Major's Tournament Hi They put dirt mounds on them for Little League season. and they will have their wooden bat tournament starting the day of or the day after ours finishes. JP From: Wadas <wadas-bounces@lists.rodeonetworks.com <mailto:wadas-bounces@lists.rodeonetworks.com> > On Behalf Of Mike Ray Sent: Thursday, February 11, 2021 1:18 PM To: 'Washington DAs Discussion Forum' <wadas@lists.rodeonetworks.com <mailto:wadas@lists.rodeonetworks.com> > Subject: Re: [Wadas] State Major's Tournament JP, I see that we will be playing on Dirt Infields, and am I correct to assume that they are the high school softball fields. If I am correct, then the question is, what type of mounds will they have? (ie. Portable, dirt, or no mounds) Mike From: Wadas <wadas-bounces@lists.rodeonetworks.com <mailto:wadas-bounces@lists.rodeonetworks.com> > On Behalf Of jarel@jpiworldwide.com <mailto:jarel@jpiworldwide.com> Sent: Monday, February 8, 2021 1:30 PM To: 'Washington DAs Discussion Forum' <wadas@lists.rodeonetworks.com <mailto:wadas@lists.rodeonetworks.com> > Subject: [Wadas] State Major's Tournament Hi All, I am sending this message to get some feedback as we start finalizing things for the State Tournament for the Majors. I need your input ASAP. Here is my thinking: We have a league in District 13 that is interested in hosting the tournament. It's in Deer Park Washington. https://www.google.com/maps/place/Deer+Park,+WA+99006/@47.921436,-117.388698 2,9.75z/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x5361ff6fffabe849:0x280f94f497c48a1a!8m2!3d47.95433 75!4d-117.476891 to see where it is. I have also attached a Google Earth file so you can see where the fields are. right across from the High School in Deer Park. They host a big wooden bat tournament each year, so they have the understanding of how to put on a good tournament. I am gonna ask Jim Wheat for some of his helpers name and phones numbers so they can help teach the folks in Deer Park about putting on a good Little League Tournament. My reasoning for leaving the tournament in District 13 instead of sending it down to District 5 is that for years District 13 kind of "languished". There is little interest in doing any more than what is absolutely necessary for Little League here and the attitudes of the presidents is poor. they seem VERY defeated. So a good state tournament where they can all pitch-in and get reconnected to all things Little League may help Little League in the Spokane area in general (otherwise I have three leagues in District 5 chomping at the bit to host the 12 year olds). I think holding the 12u Tournament in Spokane/surrounding area would help LL here tremendously. I have two areas that are talking to me about starting new leagues in the Spokane area and this may be the thing that moves them to get on board.. Deer Park is a small town. It's about 15-20 minutes North of Spokane. Finding hotel rooms would have to be a "Spokane" thing.they have a couple of "lake resorts" , but no major hotel chains in the area. but the wooden bat folks that come their tournament each year house/stay in Spokane and play in Deer Park. Deer Park also doesn't come to Districts at all because they turn their league into a bunch of travel teams after regular season. As part of the "approval" process of letting Deer Park host the tournament, I required that they send at least three teams to Districts this year. Normally there are 2-3 leagues at Districts in Spokane, when their should be 7-8. So they agreed to that. and IF I can get them to come to Districts, I can also get Liberty Lake or Pend Oreille to commit as well I think. Besides the hotel situation, they only have two fields to play on. (They have plenty of practice fields, but two playing fields). They are properly lit so night games could pick up the slack from only having two fields. They have plenty of parking. Concessions shouldn't be a problem. Seating is an issue as they only have small bleachers behind home plate. People would need to bring their own camp chairs after about the first 25 folks or so on each field. The fields are in an acceptable municipal complex.The High School and AD has agreed to let the league use the school building, practice fields, batting cages and everything else necessary as they want to support the league in anyway possible. The league president is doing a good job of getting volunteers to help out and commit to different things to operate the tournament. I don't think manpower is an issue at this point. The president of the league also has contacted the mayor and a couple of city councilors to discuss what needs to be done, and I am supposed to have a conference call with the mayor to see what they can do to help facilitate the tournament. I have a list for him. That call is supposed to happen this week. I told the league president though - "If everything isn't cool by everyone (including the DA group), by mid Feb, we will probably move the tournament down to District 5. Logistically, I think it is going to be "OK", but we may have to do things like put up temporary fencing for the outfield, or bring in porta-potties to meet the demands of those level of crowds. and so forth. Downtown merchants are on-board, newspaper folks, and they are beginning to talk to local radio and tv to see what the possibilities there are. The league is already starting to figure out fun things for the kids and families to do in the area when not playing, and we are borrowing a couple of ideas from other tournaments I have been to in the state. I am asking you all for your opinion, or insight on trying to host a tournament in a smaller location, and if you think I am not thinking of everything that may be overlooked. I have better fields, and more experienced people down in District 5, but I think the need is in District 13. PLEASE COMMENT! Regards JP http://www.jpiworldwide.com +1-509-210-3023 OFC
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Bob Toigo -
Del Rivero -
Doug Sheldon -
Glen Dickason -
jarel＠jpiworldwide.com -
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Kim Betzsold -
Mike Ray -
Pat Ryan -
scottbrohaugh＠frontier.com