Committee has goal to put turf at Jon Alder’s Volunteer Field
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March 5, 2019

Committee has goal to put turf at Jon Alder’s Volunteer Field

By Tim Miller

If everything continues to go according to plan, Jonathan Alder High School athletes will soon have a new turf surface to play on at the school’s Volunteer Field.
A community committee has been working the past few years with the district’s board of education to replace the grass with turf.
“Joe...

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