NEWBURY RECREATION COMMITTEE REPORT
June 5 & 25, 2007
June 5, 2007 Emergency Meeting
PRESENT:
Peter Newbern, Jane Pratt, Gail Bostic, Marilyn Hill, Dennis Pavlicek
EMERGENCY:
Marilyn will not be able to continue as Recreation Coordinator due to personal/family considerations. The committee is charged with advertising and interviewing replacement candidates in the next few weeks. Dennis will email a draft of a Shopper ad to be edited by committee members.
OTHER BUSINESS:
The Old Home Day dunk tank has been ordered and Peter is working on a schedule , requesting that last year’s “victims” volunteer to be dunked again this year, but with the tank in the sun.
Fisher Field update: KA Stevens of Newport was awarded the contract for the site work at Fisher Field. Hopefully the soccer field will be ready for play next Aug./Sept.
June 25, 2007 Regularly Scheduled Meeting
PRESENT:
Peter Newbern, Jane Pratt, Gail Bostic, Marilyn Hill, Inge Lee
RECREATION COORDINATOR POSITION:
The committee is requesting that Dennis schedule interviews on Thurs., June 28 in the morning. At this time three resumes have been received.
RECREATION PROGRAMS AND ACTIVITIES:
Among the programs and activities discussed:
Summer Concerts- Good start! Committee is helping out Marilyn with covering the summer dates.
Women’s Wellness Forum- All scheduled and will be advertised in the Shopper this week 6/27. July 10 Incontinence, Aug. 14 Nutrition, Sept. 18 Diabetes.
Old Home Day- Peter has talked with several town’s people who have agreed to be on the dunk team. He is searching for a few more. The dunk tank is scheduled for 1-3 PM and he has 4 dunk team members and a ticket seller all set.
Fisher Field
Work on the site began last week. A change is very obvious to passerbys. More updates as work progresses.
NEXT MEETING:
The next meeting of the Newbury Recreation Committee will be Monday, July 23, 2007, at 7:00 PM.
Respectfully submitted,
Jane Pratt, clerk
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