The Tribune from Coshocton, Ohio • 14

14 me cow lotion mount ounouy, Lake Park known as 'People's Corrider' course, for successful played on a yearly basis By FRANK SHEPHERD Partly from a $15,700 in one end with-cooking gift from the Coshocton accomodations and rest Foundation and of rooms. I HILLTOP OS-- COIF CLUB sp revenue raised by the participants holding tour Plans are also ready for more camping area north- of the current campground in the woods area then north-along the eartH- acqueduct that separates the park, the water fields and horse stable areas from the park. outstanding and limitless. Just recently, the. Coshocton County Soccer Association anndunced plays to build a five-field complex just east of the Towpath, between the footbridge and Ohio 83.

Ttie footbridge and restored bicycle or walk path from the Village to the Canal Boat and on around to the swimming area was completed at a cost of $155,038, with--44 percent coming from corporation donations. Other projects within the park system have included building of the campground complete with showeroom facilities and one of two picnic shelters just there from Shaw Park. One of the other ma jor projects was the lighting of the baseball field first in 1968, and then revamped in 1983. The second major project in this area was the building of the Softball complex in 1973. operation.

Three years ago, the Holmes County Limestone Company bought the course and attempted to begin making needed improvements that were long But patronage of the course and needed capital was lacking. The course was then put op for sale again aid after a group of local investors failed to raise the money, the Foundation -together with the City became interested in adding it to the complex. The course has a ways to return to the facility it was in the 1960's. But at least the wheels are moving in the right direction The entire park complex from the north end of Roscoe Village to the Airport, is recognized as one of the finest in the state and maybe in the nation, with-the connection being to Roscoe Village. The recreation possibilities are were tnreatening to leave.

The city had an earlier option to purchase the course through January of 1968, but could not come up with enough matching funds to buy it. The course came into being on property owned by the Edward Scan-family, in the early 1900's and was operated by the family until the late 1960s. It was long recognized as one of the most challenging and best kept courses in this part of the state during that time. One of the biggest events was a local tournament that was sponsored by the Coshocton Tribune. Some of Coshocton's-finest golfers got their starts at the course.

It was the wish of Edward Scarr that someday the course and surrounding lands would go to the citv as a park complex. Since 1958 five or six different groups have all tried to purchase the Tribune Sports Ediotr It's now known as The People's Corridor, the Lake Park Recreational park has been a development that began in 1968, when the city purchased the park area and turned into a community venture. The park has been improved by leaps and bounds since the purchase of the property for $365,647 with 43 percent coming from corporate donations in 1968. The complex continues to grow, with-the adding of the golf course at the east end of the park, this October. In the past 12 years the Hilltop course fell into a state of badly needed repair.

Some of it was caused by dry weather in the summers, and some by just plain neglect. Four years ago, play at the Hilltop had fallen off enough -to concern some of the area's best golfers, who no longer were patronizing the course. And the leagues that naments and other money making projects, a $25,000 lighting system was upgraded at the baseball field and two softball fields were lighted in 1983 and completed this past spring. Future projects in this area call for the building of another regulation baseball diamond, hopefully in the spring of 1985, to continue the lighting projects on the B- Softbafl" diamond and possibly on the new baseball field and to build a new concession stand with rest rooms and press box at the baseball diamond. There is also a need for a large picnic shelter in the area of the Walhon-ding River, south of the campgrounds, complete Some of Coshocton's older residents have voiced the opinion that the outfield areas around the softball fields should be made into a park lot, where they could watch ball games from their Darked cars.

The areacouldjje majje. very attractive by planting trees and making it available for picnic areas between ine parking lots and the current roadway that encircles the enterior of this section of the park. NEW SIGN A new sign provided by course. The road was paved in late the Pepsi Bottling Company marks the summer, after making some necessary entrance of the roadway to the golf repairs to the roadbed. Winter Sports Schedule Philo at River View, 6:30 p.m.

TUESDAY West Holmes at Dover, 5:30 p.m. THURSDAY River View at Sheridan, 6:30 p.m. SATURDAY Coshocton at New Philly, 11:30 a.m. Ridgewood at Dover, 10 a.m. GIRLS FRESHMEN BASKETBALL MONDAY Philo at River View, 5 p.m.

TUESDAY West Holmes at Dover, 5:30 p.m. THURSDAY River View at Sheridan, 5 p.m. JUNIOR HIGH ATHLETICS MONDAY River View girls basketball at Philo, 5 p.m. Ridgewood 7-8 grade boys basketball at' GIRLS BASKETBALL MONDAY Garaway at West Holmes, 6 p.m. TUESDAY Newcomerstown at Hiland, 6 p.m.

WEDNESDAY River View at Maysville, 6 p.m. Tri-Valley at West Muskingum, 6 p.m. THURSDAY Triway at Coshocton, 6 p.m. East Knox at West Holmes, 6 p.m. Garaway at Malvern, 6 p.m.

IV South Strasburg, 6 p. m. Ridgewood at Newcomerstown, 6 p.m. Hiland at Jewett Scio, 6 p.m. SATURDAY River View at West Muskingum, 1 p.m.

Tri-Valley at Sheridan, 1 p.m. Newcomerstown at Garaway, noon Lakeland at IV South, 6 p.m. 1 Hiland at Ridgewood, 6 p.m. WRESTLING WEDNESDAY Malvern at Ridgewood, 6:30 p.m. SATURDAY Coshocton and Newcomerstown at Tri-Valley Invitational, a.m.

West Holmes at AsWand Invitational, 11:30 a.m. SWIMMING SATURDAY Zanesville at Coshocton, noon GYMNASTICS WEDNESDAY Coshocton at Sheridan, 6 p.m. BOYS FRESHMEN BASKETBALL MONDAY West Holmes at Coshocton, 6 p.m. Newcomerstown, 4:30 p.m. Adamsville girls basketball at Frazeysburg, 5 p.m.

Frazeysburg boys basketball at Adamsville, 5 p.m. PhUo boys basketball at River View, 5 p.m. THURSDAY River View boys basketball at Sheridan, 5 p.m. Sheridan girls basketball at River View, 5 p.m. IV South girls basketball at Ridgewood, 4:30 p.m.

Ridgewood boys basketball at IV South, 4:30 p.m. Coshocton wrestling at Meadowbrook, 6 p.m. Adamsville girls basketball at Roosevelt, 5 p.m. Frazeysburg girls basketball at Crooksville, 5 p.m. Roosevelt boys basketball at Adamsville, 5 p.m.

Crooksville boys basketball at Frazeysburg, p.m. SATURDAY Coshocton boys basketball at Mt. Vemon, 10 a.m. River View girls basketball at Crooksville, noon Crooksville boys basketball at River View, noon -J-, iT'ifiMM' ah trXS-Jw. nr.

ir fr ii-ii i i i mrSm -y i.j rennovatlng and improving tbe Hilltop Golf Course are showq just prior to a recent meeting. From left, Jerome Stenner, ing over a drawing of tbe plant for improving the course. Bill Breon was absent. (Tribune photos by Frank Sbepberd) Seward D. Schooler, Ed Montgomery, Leo Prindle, Sam Clow, Ron Cramblett and Dick Finnegaa.

Tbe or- were look STEERING COMMITTEE -The sterling and campaign committees that have been working very bard the past three months, on the plant for.