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Artificial turf was laid on the Gifft Hill School field last week.

GHS Goes Green with New Athletic Field

By Jaime Elliott
St. John Tradewinds

After years of planning and months of work, Gifft
Hill School was looking conspicuously greener last
week.

Field Turf personnel were at the St. John private
school on Thursday, November 5, laying artificial
sod on the playing field. The regulation flag football
sized field will be used by GHS teams and will also be
available for public use.

“Tt will be the primary athletic field for the school
and will be available for community use any time
people want to use it,” said Beth Jones, development
director for GHS.

Fred Trayser worked with Field Turf officials to
build the field to exact specifications for the high-tech
surface. Once completed, the field will be soft and ab-
sorbent and won’t even get muddy after a rain storm,
according to Jones.

“There was a huge amount of engineering that went
into this,” Jones said. “Everything had to be done ex-
actly to the specifications so it would drain properly.
You can play on the field right after it rains — there
is no mud.”

The field, the cost of which was covered by an
anonymous GHS benefactor, will be officially opened
for use on November 16, and school officials are plan-
ning something special for the big unveiling.

The Department of Human Services invites proprietors of nonprofit organizations to an infor-
mational meeting about funding opportunities from federal and local sources. The meetings will

take place from 9am to 3pm on:

¢ Tuesday, November 17th at the STX Cardiac Center
¢ Thursday, November 19th at the STT Head Start Center in Sugar Estate
¢ Friday, November 20th at the Cruz Bay Battery Office

Information about benefit programs to assist clients with access to TANF, SNAP (aka Food
Stamp), Medicaid, WIC, Unemployment and other cash or health assistance programs will be

provided.

Registration forms are available at the Department of Human Services main office on St.
Thomas at the Knud Hansen Complex, and on St. Croix in the Commissioner’s office at the Vit-
raco Building in Golden Rock.

Completed registrations forms can be delivered to either main office, faxed to Mrs. Warrington
at 774-3466, or emailed to vinonprofitmangament@yahoo.com.

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