Suggestions for Oconee Veterans Park

I have not been making as many original posts recently because I am coaching my son Lowell's under 12 soccer team in the Oconee County Parks and Recreation Department. Some soccer god has a sick sense of humor since their team nickname is the Grizzlies, which I guess makes me a papa Grizzly and somewhere Sarah Palin is smiling.

Anyhow after the first game, a hard fought 1-0 loss to the Panthers, a few quick observations and suggestions:


  1. Have recycling bins/cans on the soccer pitch. Most of these kids are drinking Gatorade, Powerade and what not, and they can be easily recycled. Curbside of Bogart might even do it for free if we give them the free publicity, but I cannot speak for them. Coaches get real tired of schlepping used drink containers to trash cans after hard fought losses. 
  2. Have the Oconee County Sheriff's Department (or some other civilian or police force) keeping traffic on Highway 53/Hog Mountain Road coming out of Oconee Veterans Park and the across the street Herman C. Michael. Some folks were idling in the parking lot for more than 15 minutes. It is going to be much worse once we have football and soccer games going at the same time.
  3. Get the referees there a little earlier. We had to wait more than 10 minutes extra last night. I suppose this is a petty concern.

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