Danville's Finest vs. Bravest softball series is Saturday (August 19th) at Danville Stadium. This year the free event will help raise funds to support Peer Court. It will also honor local veterans. Some wounded veterans are among those who participate in the games.
Danville Police Officer Ryan Grimes says the doors will open at 3 o’clock. ”Every person that is entering is going to be receiving a free raffle ticket. Opening ceremonies will be at 4:30 and upon completion of that at 5 p.m. will be our first pitch of the game which will be the Fire Department and the Veterans.”
Katie Osterbur, Peer Court program director, says she appreciates the support being given to local teenagers. She explained how Peer Court helps teens who get into trouble. ”Volunteer jurists and attorneys come – teenagers. We train them to run a courtroom. They sentence these teen offenders to a punishment that we work with them for three months on. And what they have to do,” adds Osterbur, ”is community service work between 10 and 50 hours, come back for jury duty, apologies and essays, a tour of the jail, (and) life-skills classes. And once they complete that the court system agrees to drop the charges against them. So they get a chance to keep their records clear.”
And, of course, in addition to the games there will be plenty of opportunities to win prizes and have fun at the ballpark. Again the gates at Danville Stadium open at 3:00 p.m. Saturday and opening ceremonies are at 4:30.
[Ryan Grimes, Katie Osterbur and Jason Wills stop by the WDNL D-102 studios to talk about the games. That’s morning radio co-host Tom Barnes on the right.]
