29th Edition
August 2018
Sorrento/Blind Bay Park A Place to Go be a good idea for Sorrento to build a By Jerre Paquette park for kids, families, and maybe even 35 years ago, on the 1983 August long weekend, the first ball tournament the plentiful old timers in the area. They knew they had a good idea, and knew was held at the then newly developed where there was some land, 12 acres of Sorrento/Blind Bay Park. it, just up the Don Reed hill off Notch was there when Hill Road. They the Sorrento made a tentative Drifter’s Fast agreement to Ball team hosted purchase it, inthe first annual cluding all its tournament with raw timber logs. a full compleAlthough Don ment of particifelt they repating teams ceived too little throughout the for the logs, the hot, but beautiful idea of the park BC holiday weekend. Construction of Sorrento/Blind Bay Park ball diamond was launched was completed 35 years ago. photo contributed by: Don Reed and the plans Some time began. around 1980 or Don said one might argue that the acso, Don was talking with local residents tual birthdate of the Park was when the Louise Cooper and Dulcie Doyle and idea was conceived and put into motion, two others, about the lack of a playor perhaps it was when official docuground for their 10-12-year-old kids to mentation was signed; “although in my go to. (Continued on page 3) Louise and Dulcie thought it would
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