Field lit in culmination of two-year campaign

By: 
Mira Schmitt-Cash

Clarksville’s Light Up Our Field committee started raising money two years ago to light the diamond at City Volunteer Park to allow for night practice and games. The field is used for city rec and Clarksville School secondary softball.
Having an overbooked field was a good problem to have because it meant a lot of kids were out for ball, committee member Jessica Lovrien said. This year, the committee surpassed its $80,000 goal to purchase the lights from Musco. It purchased a 25-year service contract as well, which will allow city maintenance to turn on the lights remotely.
Mayor Val Swinton thanked the committee for all their efforts and said the result “does Clarksville proud,” during the ribbon cutting Nov. 12. Committee members, in the order they spoke to recognize donors at the ribboncutting ceremony, were Lovrien, Meredith Borchardt, Tammy Litterer and Nicole Hardy. The event had been postponed from Sept. 24 due to flooding.
Read the full article in the November 17 edition of the Star.

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