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WWW.UPANDCOMINGWEEKLY.COM 26 UCW FEBRUARY 26- MARCH 3, 2020 Meetings For details about all meet ings and act iv it ies, including locat ion where not listed, call Tow n Clerk Jane Starling at 910-426-4113. Most meet ings take place at Tow n Hall or t he Hope Mills Parks and Recre- at ion Center. • Board of Commissioners, Monday, March 2, 7 p.m.-9 p.m., Lut her Board Meet ing Room. • Board of Commissioners, Friday, March 6, 8:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m., Rock f ish Camp and Ret reat Center, Budget Ret reat. • Historic Preser vation Commission, Wednesday, March 11, 5 p.m., Parks and Recreat ion Center. • Board of Commissioners, Monday, March 16, 7 p.m.-9 p.m., Lu - t her Board Meet ing Room. • Appearance Commission, Tuesday, March 24, 6:30 p.m., Parks and Recreat ion Center. • Board of Commissioners, Monday, April 6, 7 p.m.-9 p.m., Lut her Board Meet ing Room. • Historic Preser vation Commission, Wednesday, April 8, 5 p.m., Parks and Recreat ion Building. • Board of Commissioners, Monday, April 20, 7 p.m.-9 p.m., Lut her Board Meet ing Room. Holidays • Good Friday, Friday, April 10, all tow n of f ices closed. Promote yourself : Email hopemills@upandcomingweekly.com. CALENDAR Hope Mills notebook a STAFF REPORT NEWS Here are some Hope Mills news odds and ends taken from recent reports com- piled by Town Manager Melissa Adams: Work is getting close to completion on the temporary headquarters for the Hope Mills Police Department located in the for- mer Ace Hardware Building on Main Street. It is estimated the construction will be completed by early to midMarch. Moving from the current police station on Rockfish Road to the new location will begin as soon as construction has ended and is expected to be finished by the end of March. The temporary police headquarters will be known as Main Street Police Station. The temporary location will be used dur- ing construction of the new public safety building for the fire and police depart- ments at the current location on Rockfish Road. The town has again been notified by the Department of the Army that it will be conducting training exercises in Hope Mills. The Army held similar training events in the town last year. The Special Warfare 1st Special Forces Command (Airborne) will be holding exercises March 2-27, June 1-26 and Aug. 10-Sept. 4. All Army personnel involved will be in civilian clothes and display military ID. The training should not draw any attention from the public. Registration for spring sports with the Hope Mills Parks and Recreation Department continues through Saturday, Feb. 29. Available sports include baseball for ages 5-14, softball for ages 7-15 and indoor soccer for ages 5-12. Registration for wrestling has already con- cluded because that sport opens its season in March. Youth baseball and softball will conduct drafts the first two weeks of March. The opening day for baseball and softball is Saturday, April 4, at 9 a.m. at Brower Park on Rockfish Road. Hope Mills will host district baseball and softball tournaments during the upcoming season. The tournaments include District 6 Dixie Softball, ages 7-15, six divisions, June 19-21 and District 11 Dixie Youth Baseball, 10U and 12U, June 26-30. Beginning this fall, the Hope Mills Parks and Recreation Department will add girls' volleyball for ages 9-17 to the sports program. The staff is working with the Fayetteville- Cumberland County Parks and Recreation Department and Freedom Christian Academy to coordinate scheduling. Registration for the first season of girls' volleyball will be held in June. Because of possible safety issues at the vacant lot where the former Christ Episcopal Church Parish House stood, the Hope Mills Public Works Department has been seeking quotes to install a fence along the parking lot side of the property as well as the rear of the vacant lot. Prior to the Monday, Feb. 17, meeting of the Board of Commissioners, Adams reported three quotes had been received. After all the quotes have been studied, a decision on who will build the fence is expected soon, with work to install the fence to follow quickly. In addition to the plans for the fence, the Public Works staff will be grading and seeding the lot when the planting season arrives in the spring. Parks and Recreation director Lamarco Morrison and Planning and Executive Development Director Chancer McLaughlin will be involved in the pro- cess as both have prior experience with landscaping architecture. Morrison and McLaughlin will work with the town's Appearance Commission to come up with a basic landscaping design for the vacant lot. The plan is to eventually include the lot in the Heritage Park Master Plan. The Hope Mills Chapter of Zeta Phi Beta, Inc., will hold a Black History Month Oratorical Contest on Saturday, Feb. 29, in the large activity room at Hope Mills Recreation Center. The competition will be held from 1 p.m. until 3 p.m., and high school students from grades 9-12 will be competing. Prizes of $150 for first, $75 for second and $50 for third place will be awarded. The Special Events and Programs Division of the Hope Mills Parks and Recreation Department recently conducted training for the staff in cardio- pulmonary resuscitation. As a result, the entire full- time staff of the Parks and Recreation Department is certified in CPR. If you've got an important event coming up in Hope Mills or know of a story you'd like us to pur- sue, we'd love to hear about it. Please share your Hope Mills news with us via email at hopemills@ upandcomingweekly.com. EARL VAUGHAN JR., Senior Staff Writer. COMMENTS? EarlUCWS- ports@gmail.com. 910-364-6638. The compilation of news in Hope Mills is derived from Town Manager Melissa Adam's reports. Hope Mills News & Views