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{weblog_name} - Wanted: 600 Volunteers to Build Fallstaff Playground
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Easily one of the nicest ways to literally “build” community will take place April 22-26 at the Fallstaff Elementary Middle School, 3801 Fallstaff Road. For some of us Fallstaff alums, this is the playground of stickball, Greek Dodge, kickball, fire drills and so much more. I remember listening to World Series games on my transistor radio during recess. It was the first place we all saw when we were dismissed the day of JFK’s assassination. On weekend’s we’d get chased off the baseball field by a neighbor complaining of our noise. We’d draw square boxes on the school walls incorporating metal grates for our games of stickball. As a pitcher, there was nothing sweeter than hearing the sound of the Pennsy Pinky hit that grate and watching the batter swing and miss. So here we are many generations later,… read more