Starr's Mill

High School is one step closer to having a lighted baseball field.

The Fayette

County Commission approved a $15,000 grant to help get the fields lighted

after a presentation from Greg Woodward, president of the Starr's Mill

Dugout Club.

With three

teams getting ready for competition in early spring, when it gets dark

around 5:30 p.m., the teams can't get enough practice time, Woodward said.

In exchange

for the county help, Woodward said, the fields will be made available

to recreation teams in the summer.

The county

Board of Education also has granted $15,000 for the project, and the booster

club will conduct a fund-raiser to fund the remainder of the $45,000 labor

cost.

Cooper Lighting

Company is donating the lights, which will hold the cost far below what

other schools in Fayette paid to light their baseball fields, commissioners

said.

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