Honorably building sound minds and sound bodies
It’s
refreshing to see the non-profit Tri-Municipal Park Inc. readying multi-playfields,
sand volleyball courts, disc golf, an orchard, walking trails, a pavilion and
more on a 165 acre Centre Hall parcel. The board is asking the community for fund-raising
suggestions regarding additional ideas that we envision for the park. Some
ideas submitted so far are lit baseball fields, a walking path
from town to the park, a butterfly garden and a tethered bike repair kit with
an air compressor for pumping up deflated tires and sports balls.
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When
sportspersons start utilizing these playfields soon, a hope of mine is that
most sportspersons will hold playing fair as a prime principle during their
healthy competitions. Many psychologists
talk about how playing fair in sports is more important than winning. Some
overly obsessive winners want to crush their enemies and will do whatever it
takes to win, even if that means being cruel or cheating. And as second-grader Eagle’s
fan Abigail points out, “You don’t always have to win.”
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I agree with young
Abigail. Perhaps we should see that “failure” is honorable and constructive
rather than humiliating. Strong lessons from youngster’s clean-living days in
sports carry over to real life. If parents help their children to be fair and
fun to play with, then others will want to line up to play with them. We should
be teaching our children ways to develop their characters and do well at winning at life. Strategy is an
outgrowth of character and star players are those who can help their teammate’s
blossom into becoming better players and people.
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For the love of the
game, when the park officially opens soon it would be nice to see respectful community
members christen a persuasive entrance sign that reminds players about how
integral fair sportsmanship is. Perhaps some of our thoughtful community
members can submit their own motto and slogan suggestions to the Tri-Municipal
Park board for such an inspiration park entrance designed sign. Alongside the
slogans we could add a weather resistant monitor that plays a video loop of
prime sportsmanship moments in sports; inviting the community to submit some of
the same style films, shot from their new fields.
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For maps of the park
and for submitting suggestions you can find the Tri-Municipal Park Facebook
page at:
In addition, the park
board meets the 3rd Tuesday of each month at 7 p.m. at the Centre
Hall Borough Building.
Here is a
link to some featured Sportsmanship moments:
https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=sportsmanship+moments+in+sports
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