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The links below point to media coverage (of the proposed construction of 11 lighted sport fields at Magnuson Park located at Sand Point in Seattle) not covered in our other press pages.
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Date: April 16, 2004 Media Outlet: Seattle Channel Title: "City Inside/Out" Link: http://www2.cityofseattle.net/ |
Host C. R. Douglas talks with Diana Kincaid, President of Friends of Magnuson Park and Peter Lukevich, President of Friends of Athletic Fields, about the city's plan for lighted ballfields at Magnuson Park. |
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Date: March 23, 2004 Media Outlet: KOMO News Title: "Battle Over Lighted Ball Fields" Reporter: Molly Shen |
"The Seattle Parks Department would like to build 11 new, lighted, ball fields at Sand Point Magnuson Park. Magnuson Park is directly across from the Kirkland waterfront. The fields would be so well lit that people living on the opposite of Lake Washington worry they would be drowned out by the bright lights." |
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Date: Feb. 18, 2004 Media Outlet: Queen Anne News Title: "Smith Cove ballfields Initial plans revealed, to dogged objections" Reporter: Russ Zabel Link: www.zwire.com/site/tab1.cfm? |
"Organized youth sports teams are practically drooling over the idea of ballfields going in at Smith Cove, where the city spent $6 million to buy the surplused Navy land, along with a smaller parcel of Navy property that will be used as a passive park on top of the hill above." [Note: Smith Cove is located in the Magnolia neighborhood and is on Elliott Bay, approximately half way between Discovery Park and down town Seattle.] |
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Date: Jan. 28 2004 Media Outlet: Seattle Channel (Cable TV channel 21/28) Title: "CityStream / City Voices" show Host: Mike James Link: www2.cityofseattle.net |
Five minute video segment featuring Friends of Magnuson Park President Kim Wells, FOMP member Maggie Kitch. Official description: "This week CityStream host Mike James takes us to Magnuson Park where some folks are concerned about proposed development plans." |
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