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<br /> <br />Clayton S. Honma <br />William P. Kenoi <br />Director <br />Mayor <br /> <br />Robert A. Fitzgerald <br />Deputy Director <br /> <br /> <br />DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION <br /> <br />101 Pauahi Street, Suite 6 Hilo, Hawai‘i 96720 <br /> <br />(808) 961-8311 Fax (808) 961-8411 <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />NEWS RELEASE <br />January 16, 2014 <br />FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE <br /> <br />Hawai‘i County Welcomes Senior Softball Players <br /> <br />The Hawai‘i County Department of Parks and Recreation is pleased to <br />welcome kupuna athletes from Canada, California and throughout <br />nd <br />Hawai‘i who are coming to Hawai‘i Island to play in the 2 annual <br />Mayor’s Cup Senior Softball Tournament. <br /> <br />Games will be played at Maka‘eo Park, also known as Old Airport Park, <br />in Kailua-Kona starting Monday, January 20, and wrapping up Thursday, <br />January 23. The public is invited to watch players competing in the <br />tournament’s two age-group divisions: 60 years and older; and 70 years <br />and older. Admission is free. <br /> <br />Tournament fees will go to the nonprofit Hawai‘i Island United Way for <br />use in supporting dozens of local health and human service <br />organizations. Last year’s inaugural tournament was a tremendous <br />success, and this year’s event promises to deliver an even greater <br />financial boost to Hawai‘i Island’s less fortunate. <br /> <br />The Department of Parks and Recreation humbly asks residents to <br />serve as good hosts by showing aloha for the visiting senior softball <br />players and their families. <br /> <br />For more information, please contact Jason Armstrong, Public <br />Information Officer, at 345-9105 or jarmstrong@co.hawaii.hi.us. <br /> <br /> <br />-30- <br />County of Hawai‘i is an Equal Opportunity Provider and Employer. <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />