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GCLL
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donations from
friends
and participants,
registration fees,
and,
in part, by the Youth
Activities Fund
of the
City and Borough of
Juneau.
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updated
11/04/02
Webmasters:
Joyce
Vick
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Gastineau Channel Little League – 51st
Season
Check us out at www.myteam.com/go/juneau
and the Little
League Homepage.
GCLL Announces New Officers for 2003
The Gastineau Channel Little League board
of directors met this week to organize for the coming 2003 season.
J. Allan MacKinnon was reelected president of the league. He has been on
the Board for nine of the past ten years, serving as President for six
of those years. He is a long time volunteer and held various positions
in the organization while his boys played baseball.
The board presented a variety of topics
that will be addressed at their planning session scheduled for early November.
They discussed intentions to embrace the new technology and establish GCLL
on the Eteamz website as a result of the recent presentations at the Division
Conference held here in September. This would include website and On Line
Registration features. GCLL was the first Little Leagueâ organization
in the world to utilize the On Line Registration features of the Eteamz
Network for the Conference. According to MacKinnon, “now we can use this
convenient connection for our local folks who make use of the Internet
and technology.”
The board also reaffirmed the local participation
in the recently announced Child Protection Program of Little League Baseball.
The program, at one time voluntary, is now a requirement: “All local
Little Leagues are now required to conduct background checks on Managers,
Coaches, Board of Directors members and any other persons, volunteers or
hired workers, who provide regular service to the league and/or have repetitive
access to, or contact with, players or teams. Individuals are also required
to complete and submit a Little League Volunteer Application to their local
league.”
GCLL has been requiring written applications
and doing background checks since 1997 when the voluntary program first
began, according to MacKinnon. GCLL will be refining the details of complying
with the LLB requirements in the next few weeks.
Joyce Vick was elected by the group for
the position of League Information Officer to oversee the league’s web
site. She will oversee the new initiative to use the web for On Line Registration.
Personnel information on players and volunteers would not be online,
but would continue to be maintained on the league’s computer as we have
in the past, according to Vick. She has managed and coached youth sports,
served as secretary and treasurer for the league and is a member of the
Youth Activities Board of the CBJ.
Mary Lou Bavard was reelected as Vice
President for Softball. Mary Lou has been in the leadership for many years
and an advocate for kids and players in the fast pitch softball community.
Her two daughters are active in softball and son in baseball. Lisa
Baker is Vice President for Baseball. Baker, who has three boys playing
in the league, has been a volunteer, player agent, secretary and treasurer
for the league.
Mike Lindsey was reelected Safety Officer
and equipment manager. He led many successful teams as manager and coach
and is a former vice president for baseball. He is a long time volunteer
in youth sports. Keitha Kolvig was elected as Chief Player Agent.
In this role she is the “chief advocate for kids” as they are registered,
attend tryouts, are selected for teams. She works with the many player
agents for the various divisions of tee ball, softball and baseball to
“make the program work and be successful.”
Gail Fenumiai was elected secretary and
Susan Listberger treasurer. Darlene Jacobsen was elected Training Officer.
She will work with board members to create training opportunities for players,
coaches and officials. All three have coached or volunteered with
the league in past seasons.
Jim Douglas was reappointed Chief Umpire
for Baseball and Everett Boster was reappointed Chief Umpire for Softball.
Both officials hold voting positions on the volunteer board.
The group tentatively set the following
dates: Spaghetti Feed and Auction, January 12, 2003; Tryouts March 7 to
10, 2003; and opening day Saturday, April 26, 2003 at Adair Kennedy Baseball
Field.
Laurie A. Logsdon is the league administrator.
In this role she maintains records for the organization and performs a
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Player
Agents and Umpire Coordinators
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Chief Player Agent
Keitha Kolvig is acting Chief Player
Agent h) 789-5992 E-mail kkolvig@faulknerbanfield.com
(Pat White is not available -
(Home) 789-2518 - E-mail: jpwhite@ptialaska.net
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Baseball Player Agents
Farm - Monica Wellard 789-3395
wellard@gci.net
Minors - East/West Candy Held
789-2180(H) rancantrev@aol.com
Majors - East/West - Erin
Smith 789-1293 mesmith@gci.net
Juniors - Jeanne Fischer 789-4841(H)
lovecache@msn.com
Seniors - Sally Millay 789-3795(H)
millays@jsd.k12.ak.us
Softball Player Agents
Farm / Minors - Libby Krebsbach 790-4839(H)
jkrebs4932@aol.com
Majors - Mary Manning 789-5540(H) jmmanning@gci.net
Juniors - Bennie Laliberte 789-1096(H)
bbkkc@aol.com
Seniors - Sue Lutz 789-3846(H)
tlutz@gci.net
Baseball Umpire Coordinator
Margie Germain Antrim - mantrim@gci.net
Softball Umpire Coordinator
Arlene Crumrine - arlenec@alaska.com
or afc@pobox.alaska.net
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North to Alaska 2002
Gastineau Channel Little League, representing
Alaska District #2, will host the Division I Conference in Juneau on September
19 through September 22, 2002.
The Conference starts at 4:00 pm at
Centennial Hall on Thursday, September 19. It continues all day Friday,
September 20 and Saturday, September 21. It will conclude Sunday, September
22 at 11:00 am.
For our out of town guests, Juneau Convention
& Visitors Bureau can be reached at 1-800-581-2201 or on the web at
www.traveljuneau.com.
If you would like to assist in anyway,
please contact any Keitha
Kolvig.
2002 Homerun cards are available NOW!!!!
Ask your favorite Little Leaguer if they have any to sell. They are only
$10 and good until the end of May 1, 2003. Questions??? Contact Mary
Lou Bavard at 789-7458.
Interested in:
• scheduling team pictures? Contact
Nancy
Massey
• assisting with registration?
Contact Keitha Kolvig
• sponsoring a team? Contact
Mike
Lindsey
• managing/coaching a team? Contact
J.
Allan MacKinnon
• assisting with Winter Clinics?
Contact Chip Mixson
• volunteer umpiring? Contact
Jim
Douglas or Everett Boster
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2002
Softball Rule Corrections
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Little League Baseball announces several
rule corrections/interpretations for Tournament rules as listed in the
Softball rulebook. Please refer to your softball rulebook and make
the following corrections. These corrections/interpretations are
incorrect as listed in the current edition of the softball books.
TOURNAMENT RULE CORRECTIONS FOR 2002
SOFTBALL RULEBOOK
PAGE T-9 - A. 5. NOTE 3 - PROTESTS
BECAUSE OF A TEAM’S FAILURE TO MEET THE MANDATORY PLAY REQUIREMENTS (SEE
TOURNAMENT RULE 9) MUST BE MADE BEFORE THE UMPIRE (S) LEAVE THE PLAYING
FIELD. NOTE: MANDATORY PLAY DOES NOT APPLY TO THE BIG LEAGUE DIVISION.
(Insert the word “NOT.”)
PAGE T-9 - C. 1. (b) Remove: (NOTE:
In the 9-10 Year Old Division Tournament, once a game starts, protests
of ineligible player(s) will not be considered.)
PAGE T-13 - 10.C. - Remove:
Junior/Senior/Big League: only players in the starting lineup may re-enter
the game.
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2002
All-Star Tournament Schedule
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Minor Baseball (9 & 10 year olds)
- District in Juneau 7/08 - 7/13
Major Baseball (11 & 12 year olds)
- District in Wrangell 7/14 - 7/23
State in Wrangell 7/26 - 7/30
Junior Baseball (13 & 14 year olds)
- District in P.O.W. 7/09 - 7/14
State in Anchorage 7/17 - 7/22
Senior Baseball (15 & 16 year olds)
- District in Petersburg 7/13 - 7/18
State in Petersburg 7/20 - 7/25
Major Softball (11 & 12 year olds)
- State in Juneau 7/18 - 7/24
Junior Softball (13 & 14 year olds)
- State in Juneau 7/20 - 7/24
Senior Softball (15 & 16 year olds)
- State in Anchorage 7/21 - 7/25
Umpire Training - April 3,4,5
& 6, 2002
Coaches Clinic - tba
Scorekeepers Clinic in April - tba
Opening Day Saturday, April 27, 2002
10:00 am Adair-Kennedy Baseball Field
Games begin for competitive divisions,
April 27, 2002
Games begin for instructional divisions,
May 4, 2002
National Little League Week June 9
– 15, 2002
Baseball School June 10-14,2002
Softball Camp June 10-14, 2002
[all dates are subject to change]
Regular registration is over. Late registration
continues. Names will be placed in a pool. Questions? Contact J. Allan
MacKinnon - mackinnon@gci.net
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Regular
Season Information
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Regular season for GCLL players begins
April 27 and continues through July 3. Competitive divisions of baseball
and softball will be scheduled for 2 or 3 games per week during the
season. Parents are reminded that players are expected to be available
for regular season and scheduled post season play during this time. Players
expecting to participate in tournament teams are expected to be available
through at least July 31st.
The league begins for youth ages 5-6-7
(as of 7/31) in tee ball and progresses through softball and baseball divisions:
farm, minors, majors, juniors and seniors.
GCLL contact telephone (with voice mail)
is 789-9803. VP for Baseball is Mike
Lindsey VP for Softball is Mary
Lou Bavard; president is J. Allan
MacKinnon.
Opening Day, Saturday, April 27, Adair
Kennedy Baseball Field.
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