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Text of Mr. Richard Phelps address, Joe Johnson Park sign dedication Click on headline for complete speech plus photo(s), as added Remarks of Richard Phelps at the Dedication of Joe Johnson Park Sign170 Doc Walker Road, Columbia, KY. Monday, September 12, 2011 Thank you. Thank you. We come today to present a new sign for our Adair County Little League park and there are a few things I want to say and many I wish to thank. I remember in the the late 1970s how a group of people got together and decided to build a new baseball field here in this location. Many here today may not know or remember when Little League Baseball was played at the Fairgrounds. This new location would be a better place for a new generation of children to play baseball. Soon, that first field was finished. Then a second field was added as more and more children got involved. More improvements were made with the growing needs to serve the children better. Additional field and a new and improved concession area. The batting practice facility which is here behind us. Today over 300 children are involved in this Adair County Little League program in some way. All these major project were done by the hard work of volunteers and without much money to work with. So we should be proud of the many who have been a part of the Adair County Little League Program through all those years. Through all of these years there has been a man who has stayed the course with the Adair County Little League Program: That man is Joe Johnson. Joe Johnson has spent over 50 years of his life working with the baseball program, coaching for many years, serving on the board, helping to see that these improvements were made. And just being out here to watch them play and enjoy it when he was no longer able to work as hard anymore. He now has great grandchildren playing on the field he helped build here in this park. It is very appropriate that several years ago this park was named the John Johnson Park in Honor of his lifetime of work and commitment to the young people of Adair County. Mr. Johnson, When I began this effort about three months ago to help the Adair County Little League get this sign, this is what most said: "Oh, yes, Richard, please count me in for a donation! Joe Johnson has been a big part of my early life and I would be honored to help. He certainly deserves something nice for all of his hard work out there."The Joe Johnson Park now has a sign which is permanent, maintainance free, and attractive to stand here and see even more generations of young people come here to play ball. This story was posted on 2011-09-14 10:09:28
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