SK Park Busy During Transition
Coming Up at the Park
Saturday: Annual Hotfoot 5K Run ,8:45 a.m.
Saturday and Sunday: South Kitsap Amateur Radio Club’s annual Field
Day
June 30: Noon to 4 p.m., South Kitsap Parks Appreciation Day
Now that the South Kitsap Parks & Recreation District Board of
Commissioners has signed the park over to Kitsap County, county
workers are on the site cleaning up the park, which also got a lot
of T.L.C. (tender loving care) from about 100 volunteer’s Wednesday
during United Way’s Day of Caring.
The park will see a lot of activity over the next two weekends,
including a 5K run, a ham radio demonstration and a celebration of
the park’s history.
On Saturday and Sunday members of the South Kitsap Amateur Radio
Club will be demonstrating how amateur radio works as part of a
national Field Day for ham radio operators.
These are the folks you want to know in the event of an earthquake,
terrorist strike or other event that knocks out communication.
During Hurricane Katrina, for example, hundreds of volunteer “hams”
traveled south to save lives and property.
According to the South Kitsap club’s president Mervin Archer, local
ham radio operators at the event will demonstrate the newest
digital and satellite capabilities. Club members are among more
than 600,000 ham radio operators in the United States and more than
2.5 million around the world.
On Sunday, the park will also be the site of the annual Hotfoot 5K
Run. Proceeds go to the Volunteer Firefighters Association to
benefit its Community Scholarship Fund.
On June 30, the public is invited to the South Kitsap Parks
Appreciation Day from noon to 4 p.m. at the park. Hosted by the
parks board, this will be a chance for anyone who has ever
volunteered for or cared about the park to celebrate its 28-year
history as it begins a new chapter under county ownership. There
will be food, music, children’s activities and train rides, as well
as a program of appreciation with local dignitaries.
The parks board is seeking pictures and memories to incorporate
into the event. If you have something to share, contact Margie Rees
at (360) 871-6590 or (360) 871-1182 or Mary Colborn at (360)
674-2166, or webelievewecan@aol.com.
Park Appreciation Day
Please join us in celebrating the park and all the people who care and have cared for it.
It’s our chance as a parks board to honor the many hundreds of volunteers who have shared their time, energy and resources in service to the park and the South Kitsap Community.
Members of SKPRD, Kitsap County Parks Department representatives and local dignitaries like Mayor Kim Abel will offer words of appreciation and words of hope for the future of the park.
It’s also a chance for the South Ktisap community to honor this beautiful park and share your memories and your own personal hopes for its future.