"Play Ball"

The clock is now ticking.  Chuck Ross laid out money for a new sculpture for the Village.  The sculpture is called "The Ballplayer," and the sculptor is Steven Zaluski.  The Commission has agreed to receive this sculpture, if it is offered to the Village.

Dan Keys and eight others of our neighbors chose a spot for this sculpture, and the spot is in Griffing Park, across the street from the log cabin.  As of today, "The Ballplayer" is there.

Chuck says he'll give us one year to raise the money to buy it for the Village.  It would be a bit embarrassing if it took us more than about one month, but let's see what we can do.  Chuck was able to buy this sculpture for $6000.  If enough of us chip in to reimburse him for most of that price, the sculpture will belong to the Village.  This happens if every resident of the Park chips in less than $2.  Or if every homeowner chips in about $4.  If 600 of us chip in $10 each, it will be more than Chuck wants.  (He wants to make his own substantial contribution, or, as he puts it, he wants to leave a nice piece of the $6000 "on the table.")  We run into the same excess if 200 of us chip in $30 each.  100 of us contributing $60 each gets us to the same not-strictly-necessary place.  We'll use the excess to install nice low landscaping around the bottom of this sculpture, as there is around the other piece in Griffing Park.

Drive by Griffing Park.  Take a look at "The Ballplayer."  It's right on 6th Avenue, just south of the northeast corner of the park.  Do you like what you see?  Would you like the Village to keep this always?

If you do, and you would, make a donation.  Write a check to the Village, and memo it "Ballplayer fund."  Give it to someone at Village Hall.  Get your friends to do the same thing.  I'll try to keep track of how much is donated, and I'll provide updates.