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,•JNSY,OF!!!! <br /> COUNTY OF HAWAI`I •( `-''-°.0:.i STATE OF HAWAI`I <br /> BILL NO. 103 <br /> (DRAFT 2) <br /> ORDINANCE NO. 24 3 <br /> AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE PARKS AND RECREATIONAL FACILITY <br /> SCHEDULE, CHAPTER 15, ARTICLE 8, SECTION 15-68.1, OF THE HAWAII <br /> COUNTY CODE 1983 (2016 EDITION,AS AMENDED), BY NAMING THE <br /> BALLFIELD AT THE DR. FRANCIS F. C. WONG STADIUM IN THE HO`OLULU <br /> COMPLEX THE "JAMES "JIMMY" CORREA BALLFIELD" IN HONOR OF JAMES <br /> "JIMMY" CORREA. <br /> BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE COUNTY OF HAWAII: <br /> SECTION 1. Purpose. The purpose of this ordinance is to name the ballfield located <br /> within the Dr. Francis F.C. Wong Stadium in the Ho`olulu Complex, situated in Hilo, District of <br /> South Hilo, Island and County of Hawai`i, State of Hawai`i, in honor of James "Jimmy" Correa. <br /> Born on June 15, 1919, James "Jimmy" Correa, the "Father of Hilo Baseball," was a man <br /> who loved and dedicated most of his life to baseball until his passing on February 7, 2016, in his <br /> hometown of Hilo. He served his country in World War II, fighting in Guadalcanal and the <br /> Solomon Islands. He also served his community as a pump operator with the County of <br /> Hawai`i's Department of Sewers & Sanitation and a recreation leader with the Department of <br /> Parks & Recreation. But his greatest service was as a coach, mentoring generations of baseball <br /> players in Hilo for over 50 years. <br /> Coach Correa began his coaching career at St. Joseph High School in 1955, where he led <br /> the Cardinals to two Big Island Interscholastic Federation championship titles. He then coached <br /> in various leagues, such as Protect Our Nation's Youth(PONY), Colt, Babe Ruth, American <br /> Legion, Americans of Japanese Ancestry (AJA), and Hawai`i Senior Baseball. Coach Correa <br /> achieved national recognition in 1981 when the Hilo Colt All-Stars won the Colt World Series, <br /> the first Hilo team to win a World Series championship. He also managed to coach a PONY and <br /> Colt team to win respective State championship titles within the same season. Later in his career, <br /> he switched to umpiring baseball and softball leagues before returning to coaching high school <br /> baseball at Waiakea High School and Kamehameha Schools. During his long and illustrious <br /> career, he coached nearly everyone who played baseball in Hilo at one level or another, with <br /> most of his coaching years spent at the historic Ho`olulu Park, now the ballfield at Dr. Francis F. <br /> C. Wong Stadium. <br /> Coach Correa was known for his simple and effective style of coaching. He used his deep <br /> knowledge of the game to teach his players the fundamentals of baseball and the values of good <br /> sportsmanship, citizenship, and fair play. He did not overcomplicate things; he showed his <br />