Babe Ruth World Series to begin next week

by Derrick Pacheco<br
| August 5, 2009 9:00 PM

MOSES LAKE — The 2009 16-18 Babe Ruth World Series baseball tournament begins next Saturday and the Babe Ruth World Series Task Force will meet tonight to discuss the event to be held at Larson Playfield.

The task force will discuss volunteer opportunities and tournament-event scheduling.

Tournament co-Director and World Series Task Force Chairman Randy Boruff said the tournament is right around the corner.

“We are making sure all of the T’s are crossed right now,” he said.

With the tournament beginning Aug. 15, the Babe Ruth World Series Task Force has found enough housing for tournament participants, said housing co-Coordinator Eileen Martinez.

“We are done,” she said. “We have enough host parents for all of the kids.”

Tournament housing requirements for the world series are fulfilled and Boruff said he is thankful for everyone’s help.

Tournament participants will begin arriving Aug. 13 and Martinez said there will be a mandatory host-family meeting at 7 p.m. on Aug. 11 at Larson Playfield.

Martinez said the host-family meeting is mandatory and will help host parents understand rules and regulations for housing tournament participants during the Babe Ruth World Series.

“We will go over the rules and any questions (parents may have) will be answered there,” she said.

While all incoming tournament participants have been housed, the task force still needs volunteers to help at the tournament, Boruff said.

“If anyone is interested in volunteering, they can call me and we will find a place to put them,” he said.

Advertising space is still available in the Babe Ruth World Series program.

To advertise in the 2009 Babe Ruth World Series program, contact Kerry Garbe at 509-750-4575.

To volunteer to help at the World Series tournament, contact Boruff at 509-750-4610.

Tickets for the 2009 Babe Ruth World Series are currently available in Moses Lake at the Columbia Basin Herald office, the Moses Lake Parks and Recreation Department, and the Moses Lake Chamber of Commerce.

Tickets are available at The Bookery and the Grant County Journal in Ephrata.