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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=red face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:red'>Do not reply to this email, contact Richard Boyden,</span></font><font size=2 color="#1f497d" face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'> <a href="mailto:rboyden87@gmail.com">rboyden87@gmail.com</a> <o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color="#1f497d" face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>BHS Sports Construction News #7<br>“The Only Unofficial Voice of Sports Parents” May 21, 2012<br><br>For the full version with photos, go to <a href="http://tinyurl.com/bhs-construction-news7" target="_blank">http://tinyurl.com/bhs-construction-news7</a><br><br>Headlines<br>New Stadium Previewed<br>Derby Field Groundbreaking June 9<br>Laundry Room Back in Construction Plans<br>Old Gym is Going, Going...<br><br>Text only version: for PDF edition with photos, color and layout, go to <br><br><a href="http://tinyurl.com/bhs-construction-news7" target="_blank">http://tinyurl.com/bhs-construction-news7</a> <br><br><b><span style='font-weight:bold'>We’re Almost There! New Stadium Previewed<br>Tour shows awesome facility, a bit cramped in places</span></b><br>The new Stadium facility is looking good, with early move-in for some offices beginning as early as this week. It is a beautiful facility, but a year behind schedule -- we are very happy this journey is finally coming to an end.<br><br>Photos of upstairs breezeway (notice the wood top panelling), visitors’ locker room, and Trainers’ Room. Not shown is the impressive view from the top of the very high stands, and (alas!) the very small snack shack (“Concesssion Room”) which is by far the smallest we’ve seen at any upgraded high school field.<br><br>The photos were taken by Roy Meisner on Monday the 14th, during a tour, including Football Head Coach Fred Sims, Assistant Coaches Brent Jones, Ramon Garcia and Meisner, Trainer Jamie Faison, VP Kristen Glenchur, and AD Bill Gaebler. Also in attendance were parents Tony Rossman and Richard Boyden.<br><b><span style='font-weight:bold'><br>Derby-Moellering Field Groundbreaking Ceremony is June 9</span></b><br>Saturday June 9, at 11:00, the community will break ground for new athletic field at Martin Luther King, Jr. Way and Derby St. This long-awaited project, 15 years in the making, is slated for completion in March 2013. Bring your student athletes (in uniform if possible), family and friends to this milestone event. (There are unconfirmed rumors of free refreshments!)<br>GO JACKETS!<br><br>[Photo of Karen Hemphill with caption "Karen Hemphill made it happen"] <br><b><span style='font-weight:bold'><br>Laundry Room is Restored to Construction Plans. “Wrestling Mom” gets the job done</span></b><br>In last month’s issue we reported that plans for a team laundry facility, made in 2008, were later secretly cut by the previous BHS administration. We issued a “Call to Action” for parents to go to the School Board to address this. By the time we got there, BUSD Facilities had been directed to put the laundry space and equipment back in the plans, or, more exactly, to make the necessary design changes.<br><br>We owe this speedy action to School Board Member Karen Hemphill, whose son is on the BHS Wrestling Team. Karen worked behind the scenes to get everyone on board. Since then, your committee has worked with Facility Director Lew Jones and the architects to locate space in the new Stadium Building and heavy duty washers and dryers that should serve our programs for years to come. Thank you Karen, you are great! <br><br>While we’re on the topic of the School Board, we should also mention members Josh Daniels and Leah Wilson, both of whom have been helping us since last year. Leah’s son is on the Water Polo Team and Josh played Baseball at Berkeley High in the 1990s.<br><br>[photo of top of Old Gym, with very sad and shabby cupola with clock missing]<br><b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Going, going…</span></b><br><br>The Old Gymnasium Building, closed without notice in the middle of football season last year, will be demolished this summer. Built in 1922, the Old Gym has been a topic of controversy for years, as preservationists and warm pool advocates fought to save the building. U.S. District Judge Susan Illston cleared the way for demolition when she ruled against plaintiffs in a warm pool ADA lawsuit on December 19. By the way, has anyone seen the old clock?<o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color="#1f497d" face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color="#1f497d" face=Calibri><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:navy'>______________<o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:navy'>Pat Anderson, Diane Douglas, Marguerite Fa-Kaji and Lisa Sibony are the parent-volunteer facilitators of the etree; please direct any questions to them at <a href="mailto:bhs-owner@lmi.net" title="mailto:bhs-owner@lmi.net"><font color=navy><span style='color:navy'>bhs-owner@lmi.net</span></font></a>. </span></font><font color=navy><span style='color:navy'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:navy'>BHS etree archives: <a href="http://lists.lmi.net/pipermail/bhs/" title="http://lists.lmi.net/pipermail/bhs/"><font color=navy><span style='color:navy'>http://lists.lmi.net/pipermail/bhs/</span></font></a>; BHS PTSA website: <a href="http://www.bhs.berkeleypta.org/" title="http://www.bhs.berkeleypta.org/"><font color=navy><span style='color:navy'>http://www.bhs.berkeleypta.org/</span></font></a>. 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