JOHNSON CITY PARKS AND RECREATION
2022 WALL OF FAME INDUCTEES HONORED
ADMINISTRATION HIGHLIGHTS
ATHLETIC DIVISION HIGHLIGHTS
PARK SERVICES DIVISION HIGHLIGHTS
GOLF DIVISION HIGHLIGHTS
RECREATION SERVICES DIVISIN HIGHLIGHTS
A Walk in the Park Your Parks and Recreation Connection I S S U E
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D E C E M B E R
2022 Wall of Fame Inductees Honored Jerry D. Lonon, Dean Baggett and Charles J. Stahl IV were honored Dec. 8 at the Wall of Fame Banquet as 2022 inductees. Lonon served area youth with the Parks and Recreation Department and as a community and school coach, spending two summers running the Columbus Powell Summer Park Program. Along with fellow Wall of Fame member Juan Chiu and Parks and Recreation Director James Ellis, he developed a soccer program which launched the department’s summer youth soccer program. Lonon was instrumental in several upgrades to Lion’s Park, coached Little League and Pony League baseball, football and swimming at Boones Creek and David Crockett high schools and guided Fairmont’s soccer team to eight city championships.
Jerry D. Lonon
Baggett played in the Babe Ruth Baseball League on teams sponsored by the Johnson City Rotary Club (1971-1973) and Royal Oil (1974-1976). His first job was as a scorekeeper under former Parks and Recreation Director and Wall of Fame member Lonnie Lowe at Legion Street and Carver Park in 1978 and 1979. He also umpired American Little League baseball games beginning in 1978 and has coached kids for 30 years, half of that being in Babe Ruth Baseball. He also umpired in the city league during the mid-1980s.
Dean Baggett
Stahl has served as the city’s assistant city manager since 2006, and spent three years of those years serving as the Parks and Recreation director in addition to his regular duties. He also serves on the Golf Advisory Board, Senior Services Advisory Council and Parks and Recreation Advisory Board, and previously served on the Johnson CityWashington County Veterans’ Memorial Foundation. He has been involved in the new sports complex expansion at Winged Deer Park, the Park Services building renovation, installation of replacement turf at Kermit Tipton Stadium and a number of improvements to TVA Credit Union Ballpark. He also spearheaded improvements to Winged Deer lakefront, Pine Oaks Golf Course and Kiwanis Park and spent eight years working on the development of the Tweetsie Trail.
Charles J. Stahl IV
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