Clubhouse theft won't stop women's softball league from returning to Buchanan Park on …

Buchanan Park Ladies Softball League looking for playersBy Mark NewmanReporterTue., March 22, 2022timer2 min. readBuchanan Park Ladies Softball League officials Jo-Anne Marriott (left) and Karen Buehner say the league will resume play in late May after being on hold for two seasons due to the coronavirus pandemic and they are looking for new players.The apparent theft of potentially thousands of dollars’ worth of equipment won’t stop the clink of the aluminum bat from returning to Buchanan Park on Tuesday nights. “It’s very frustrating,” said Jo-Anne Marriott, treasurer of the Buchanan Park Ladies Softball League, who noted they came across the theft during a recent visit to the clubhouse, located in the middle of the west-Mountain park, to prepare for their first season in two years. “I’m so angry.”Marriott said they don’t know when or how the clubhouse was entered, only that the thief or thieves rifled through a bunch of equipment bags that had been sitting on the floor and made off with 25 bats and five or six helmets.Marriott said one of the bags was emptied on the floor and used to carry away the stolen equipment.“The City is looking into it,” she said.City officials  have not confirmed the…
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