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25 <br />Sr 4?17W&? y VU.4 W ? C4W 56W&L94 AooMaY,1, <br />s30ss ap,,W,� S7 %nTffhiZ� �cs5fr8 <br />CONFERENCE CHAMP/ONS.' 1978, 1981, 1982, 1994, 1996, 2006, 2008 <br />October 15, 2010 <br />Hennepin Youth Sports Grant <br />300 South 6th Street <br />Minneapolis, MN 55487 <br />Re: ISD #282 Grant Application <br />Dear Grant Administrators: <br />On behalf of the Huskie Football Parents group and the St. Anthony Village High School Football <br />program, I am pleased and excited by the grant application submitted by ISD #282. <br />Replacing the lighting on the Stadium Athletic Complex is a smart move for environmental and <br />fiscal reasons, but a new lighting system goes farther than budgets and green -living: it expands <br />opportunities for our young athletes, particularly at the only regulation -sized football field in the city. <br />Having regular access to this facility is essential for our youth teams, especially at the older levels— <br />who require the regulation field for their games. <br />Enabling an efficient lighting system allows year-round use of the field without fiscal constraints <br />or neighboring complaints. It will prevent youth football teams from having to push their "home" <br />games into neighboring communities. It will allow more players to participate in practices and games <br />in the all-important summer and fall evenings. New fencing will protect our players from injury and <br />provide a safety barrier during practices and games. <br />St. Anthony has no adult recreational softball, soccer or football programs, so this project will <br />exclusively benefit the youth of this community. That will ensure the focus of the complex remains <br />where it should be—on young athletes, both male and female, and allow them to develop the <br />important life skills that organized athletics offers, from teamwork and cooperation, to preparation <br />and competitiveness, to winning and losing with class and respect. <br />The St, Anthony Village H.S. Football program fully supports ISD #282's grant project and <br />believe it will expand opportunities for St. Anthony's young athletes. <br />Sincerely, V <br />Todd Niklaus <br />Head Football Coach <br />