NEW CUMBERLAND - "May all your dreams come true - Go Bears," one donor had engraved on the $600 stone they purchased for the Field of Dreams gateway.
The dream of the Oak Glen High Class of 2011 to gift a brick gateway for the Field of Dreams is a reality. Workers will put the finishing touches on the gateway this week.
Anticipating voters would approve a $37 million bond levy for district-wide improvements in November, the Oak Glen High Class of 2011 embarked on a fundraising project to build the brick and wrought iron gateway at the entrance to the Field of Dreams.
The Hancock County Schools Board of Education will have a groundbreaking at 1 p.m. Tuesday in anticipation of the start of construction on the OGHS athletic complex to be paid with bond levy money.
At 11 a.m. Saturday, the OGHS Class of 2011 will have a dedication-ribbon cutting for the completed gateway. Joey Davis, president of the Class of 2011, said crews will complete the work this week with installation of an iron gate, fence and landscaping.
The Field of Dreams is the baseball and softball complex adjacent to the middle school and high school, completion of which is included in the bond levy package. The total cost for all projects district wide is $56 million, including $19 million set aside by the School Building Authority for a new Weirton Elementary.
Hancock County Schools Supt. Suzan Smith has said completion of the Field of Dreams would include paved and lighted parking lots, paved and lighted access drives, lighted stairs to Oak Glen High, a concession stand, restrooms and maintenance building, baseball and softball field bleachers, press boxes, public address systems and scoreboards.
Davis said the seniors' dedication ceremony will begin in the high school library. A presentation on the gateway project and its progress is planned. Completion of the project comes about a year after Davis and other class members began raising money for it, selling engraved stones and doing other fundraisers.
"I think the class likes it," Davis said. "It is something we've done that will be remembered by the community. It's something different. We've had a lot of good responses from the community since it went up."
Davis said it took about three weeks to sell the 32 blocks to fund the work. Businesses, county and city government officials and Oak Glen alumni and staff are among the donors.
Touting the project to prospective donors last year, Davis said the gateway would fit in well with the Field of Dreams, the new sports complex and other improvements.
Davis said retired teacher Richard Ford drew up a rendering of the gateway.
The sale of blocks will cover about $16,000 of the project, Davis said. Seniors put together other fundraisers to generate the rest of the money. One such event was the sale of beverages during the Fourth of July events in Chester.
The dream of the Oak Glen High Class of 2011 to gift a brick gateway for the Field of Dreams is a reality. Workers will put the finishing touches on the gateway this week.
Anticipating voters would approve a $37 million bond levy for district-wide improvements in November, the Oak Glen High Class of 2011 embarked on a fundraising project to build the brick and wrought iron gateway at the entrance to the Field of Dreams.
The Hancock County Schools Board of Education will have a groundbreaking at 1 p.m. Tuesday in anticipation of the start of construction on the OGHS athletic complex to be paid with bond levy money.
At 11 a.m. Saturday, the OGHS Class of 2011 will have a dedication-ribbon cutting for the completed gateway. Joey Davis, president of the Class of 2011, said crews will complete the work this week with installation of an iron gate, fence and landscaping.
The Field of Dreams is the baseball and softball complex adjacent to the middle school and high school, completion of which is included in the bond levy package. The total cost for all projects district wide is $56 million, including $19 million set aside by the School Building Authority for a new Weirton Elementary.
Hancock County Schools Supt. Suzan Smith has said completion of the Field of Dreams would include paved and lighted parking lots, paved and lighted access drives, lighted stairs to Oak Glen High, a concession stand, restrooms and maintenance building, baseball and softball field bleachers, press boxes, public address systems and scoreboards.
Davis said the seniors' dedication ceremony will begin in the high school library. A presentation on the gateway project and its progress is planned. Completion of the project comes about a year after Davis and other class members began raising money for it, selling engraved stones and doing other fundraisers.
"I think the class likes it," Davis said. "It is something we've done that will be remembered by the community. It's something different. We've had a lot of good responses from the community since it went up."
Davis said it took about three weeks to sell the 32 blocks to fund the work. Businesses, county and city government officials and Oak Glen alumni and staff are among the donors.
Touting the project to prospective donors last year, Davis said the gateway would fit in well with the Field of Dreams, the new sports complex and other improvements.
Davis said retired teacher Richard Ford drew up a rendering of the gateway.
The sale of blocks will cover about $16,000 of the project, Davis said. Seniors put together other fundraisers to generate the rest of the money. One such event was the sale of beverages during the Fourth of July events in Chester.
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