Atlantic Parks and Recreation Department Director Roger Herring says he plans to meet with local skateboard enthusiasts Saturday morning. During a meeting of the Park and Rec Board Monday evening at the City Park outdoor shelter, Herring said improvements to the skate park at Sunnyside Park should be completed soon, after much time and effort. He said “It has been a very involved project.” Herring said 18 4×10 sheets of skate park quality wood, each with 54 screws, half of which are stainless steel have arrived, and are scheduled to be assembled by the end of this week. In addition, protective surfaces have been applied.

Herring attributed progress on the project to the fact his staff have not had to do much mowing due to the dry conditions. Roger said he plans to meet with all skaters and/or their parents this Saturday, to talk about the skaters’ their responsibility in seeing to it that vandalism is curbed. He says the meeting will likely take place at 10-a.m. Saturday. He will tell the skaters and their parents about the liability issues, and that they need to take pride in the facility and “police it.”  Herring says if they make it through this fall without any damage being perpetrated to the park, he will likely make a commitment to buying some more pieces for the park, to replace missing and/or damaged and removed components.

He says also, a new sign with the rules and regulations will be placed at the site. Herring will go over those rules during the meeting Saturday, and persons who normally use the park, will have to sign-off on a form acknowledging they understand those rules. Additional details concerning Saturday’s meeting will be released within the coming days. Herring says there’s a whole different group of persons using the park, and the number of people using it is up as well, from last year.

ST. LOUIS (AP) — The St. Louis Cardinals begin a three-game series tonight against the lowly Houston Astros. Adam Wainwright will take the hill for the Cardinals in the series opener against Houston’s Lucas Harrell. St. Louis enters the matchup having lost three of its last four games. You can hear game number one this evening, on KJAN. The pre-game show begins at 6:20, with the 1st pitch slated for approximately 7:15.

Monday, August 20

AMES, Iowa (AP) – Former Arizona State basketball player Chanse Creekmur has joined Iowa State’s football team. Creekmur, a native of Marshalltown, Iowa, has walked on to the Cyclones on as a junior tight end. Creekmur played two seasons for the Sun Devils. He started 13 games a year ago and averaged 4.7 points and 2.3 rebounds a game. The 6-foot-5 Creekmur was a standout quarterback at Marshalltown High, leading the Bobcats to the state title game as a senior.

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) – Former Iowa State forward Calvin Godfrey’s plans to transfer to LSU have fallen through after the player was unable to meet academic requirements.  The 6-foot-8, 230-pound Godfrey spent his freshman season at Iowa State before playing at Howard College in Texas last season. He was one of new LSU coach Johnny Jones’ first recruits, but LSU officials say in a statement released Monday that Godfrey is not eligible to enroll this semester and has been released from his letter of intent. Godfrey averaged 12.6 points and 7.0 rebounds at Howard last season. He played at Iowa State in 2010-11 before being dismissed from the team following an arrest for marijuana possession. Godfrey had also been suspended earlier that season for violating unspecified team policies.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) – The NFL has suspended Kansas City All-Pro linebacker Tamba Hali for the season-opener against Atlanta for violating its policy on substance abuse.  The league announced the suspension Monday without disclosing details. Hali will miss the Sept. 9 game against the Falcons and be fined an additional game check.  Hali is a rising star who went to his first Pro Bowl last season along with fellow Chiefs linebacker Derrick Johnson. Hali had 12 sacks while Johnson set a franchise record with 131 tackles.

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