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Community volunteers make things happen in Novato!
San Marin High School Gary Gates Field is not just another softball field. The building of the softball field has been a
community effort from the beginning. The result has been the construction of one of the finest softball fields in the Bay
Area. The Board of Directors have succeeded at getting the support of Rotary, spreading the word, and getting the support
of local merchants and families behind it.
When the project first started, it was just a slanted grass field. The sign went up in 1992. The scoreboard went up
a year later. Then, the earth-moving machines came to level the ground. By early 1994, the field had been re-oriented and
flattened. San Marin High School played there, for the first time in 1994.
In 1998, the lights were installed. By 1999, work had begun in earnest on the snack shack, a two-story building with an
announcer booth upstairs. Then, the permanent bleachers and fencing were installed. Now, the work party is working on upgrading
the snack shop, putting in sidewalks, and building the gazebo!
Throughout the years, the project moved forward thanks to the work of Spilman and five members of the Gary Gates Foundation
Board of Directors. The Gary Gates Memorial Foundation was formed in 1990 with the aim of supporting youth programs at the
lighted softball field to honor the memory of local softball coach Gary Gates.
Busy Beavers at the call out work party 11-15-08
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