A "Dream" coming true: Sports Complex nearing completion.
"When you dream, dream big...As big as the ocean blue...‘Cause when you dream it might come true.”
POMEROY – About two years ago I quoted those lyrics from a Ryan Shupe song when writing about a group of Meigs High School alumni who were embarking on a fund raising program for the development of several community projects including a new sports complex on the Meigs campus. Since the new high school was built in the late 1960s, football games have been played at the old stadium in Pomeroy. Now, through the efforts of the Meigs Local Enrichment Foundation (MLEF) and their many contributors, the “dream” of a sports complex on the MHS campus is becoming a reality. It is anticipated that the entire project will be completed this fallRecently Mike Bartrum, MLEF president, announced that the sports complex work had been fully funded.
Construction of the track is nearing completion. This week sidewalks around the entire track were being poured, and the track itself, now filled with crushed limestone, was being readied for the next step, the application of a “soft topping.” Concrete had also been poured where the bleachers will be located and some of the lighting was in place. Rain slowed work on the project this spring, but June was a breaking point in the weather so the construction could move forward.
A new entrance to the cross country track was completed, and the football field was re-graded and top soil delivered to the site. While the weather has been hot but dry, much progress has been made on the complex. In a report presented at a recent meeting of supporters, it was announced that the concession/entry/toilet facility is nearing completion; the underground conduit is being installed and the field light foundations will follow; and the long jump and high jump concrete bases have been completed.
It was also announced that the field irrigation system is 80 percent complete; the perimeter concrete sidewalk is currently under construction as is the concrete pad for the visitors’ bleachers, and the track perimeter fence will be started any day.According to the report the utilities (water, sewer and electric) are scheduled to begin soon and the foundations are currently underway for installation of the new home Marauders bleachers and the press box with its viewing deck.
