Baseball and softball camps are well attended

e " said Ognoskie of Mosse and Crees noskie said the kids learned a lot from day e to day four and that some of the younger es went from playing fetch to playing catch said that some others wanted to be pushed the max, such as young third grader Anthony wder, who wanted Ognoskie to make him n far in order to dive for the ball. n the last day, we did infield drills where I uld roll the ball out there and they'd have to e for it, get up and throw." said Ognoskie. hey were fired up. No kid in that little camp nt home without a little dirt on them So that

For four days, boys and girls participated in baseball and softball camps in Howe The Howe Bulldogs Baseball camp was run by Howe's varsity head coach, Torrey Ognoskie with the help of some players, such as Winston Mosse and David Crees The Lady Bulldogs softball camp was led by varsity head coach Adam Rupert with help from players such as Emily Sanders, Madisyn Hargrove, and others

The camp allowed the baseball program to raise money for equipment and to help maintain the field The money raised from the $30 camper's entry fee will be used for seeding the baseball field and for the purchase of general baseball equipment.

The age groups were spli purposes The younger on morning, while the older p in the mid-afternoon

"The little ones were exci Ognoskie "That made m to help them"

Ognoskie said he ran the o more like practices to get environment and terminol doing soon.

"It's nice to have somebody who's already done it and can show them what it's supposed to look purchase one of these "

A track hoe is an excavator that is a power-driven machine used for digging, moving, or transporting loose gravel, sand, or soil

The small track hoe was budgeted for $40,000 for purchase. The city has recently spent approximately $2,000 on a job that. Councilman Bill French asked if the track hoe would be used five times per year.

City Administrator Shephard stated that it's hard to say due to small leaks, but said that it would probably be used that many times per year

"One thing that me and David (Wortham) have talked about is the saving of wear and tear on the back hoe that we have." said Shephard. "Obviously, not using it as much when needing to get into these smaller places "

French asked whether the track hoe would be a maintenance issue down the road, whereas Wortham of Public Works stated that the City of Sherman's oldest unit is five years-old and they haven't spent any money on maintenance other than normal oil changes.

Haigis asked for an overall picture of what the city has spent on renting a track hoe over the past five years

"While it's good to have your own equipment, but in the same token, I'm sure we've got other places we can spend some money such as street repair"

Shephard said that the total rent cost would not equal the cost of the new machine but felt this is a piece of equipment that is much needed and would be used to saved wear and tear on the big back hoe.

"I think the one thing that we have

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