Babe Ruth World Series housing completed

MOSES LAKE — With the 2009 16-18 Babe Ruth World Series baseball tournament less than three weeks away, the Babe Ruth World Series Task Force will meet tonight to discuss the event to be held at Larson Playfield next month.

The task force will discuss housing options, volunteer opportunities and tournament-event scheduling, said tournament co-Director and World Series Task Force Chairman Randy Boruff.

“We are going to go through all phases (of the tournament) and make sure all of the T’s are crossed,” he said. “We are going to go over the entire schedule from the first day to the last day.”

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 homes. We appreciate everyone who has volunteered to host the kids. We would like to thank everyone.”

Tournament participants will begin arriving in Moses Lake Aug. 13 and Martinez said there will be a mandatory host-family meeting at Larson Playfield.

“We will have a meeting Aug. 11 at Larson Playfield at 7 p.m.,” she said. “This is a mandatory meeting.”

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

“We need at least one host-family parent to be there,” she said. “We will go over the rules and any questions (parents have) will be answered there.”

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

“If anyone is interested in volunteering, they can call me on my cell phone 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.

Tonight’s Babe Ruth World Series Task Force meeting is scheduled to begin at 7 p.m at the Holiday Inn Express in Moses Lake.