By Matthew Abrey

After over 10 years of public campaigning, fundraising, and applying for grants, finally has stadium lights at its main baseball field.

A game Saturday night at Boucherie Field, between the association害羞草研究所檚 two U-15 bantam teams, was briefly interrupted at dusk for a field light-up ceremony which was attended by West Kelowna mayor, Doug Findlater, councillor Rusty Ensign and Central Okanagan-Similikameen-Nicola Conservative MP, Dan Albas.

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For West Kelowna Minor Baseball Association害羞草研究所檚 president, Tom Katelnikoff, this is the culmination of over a decade of hard work and persistence.

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The state-of-the-art 8-pole system was built to a premium industry standard, surpassing even NCAA Tournament specifications.

The project was funded in-part through a federal Canada 150 grant in 2017, as well as contributions from the City of West Kelowna, with the final price tag coming in at approximately $400,000.

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