The most lengthy topic of discussion at the Wednesday Alva Recreaction Complex board meeting was how to figure out a way to hire a highly qualified groundskeeper to improve the baseball fields. Comments at the meeting by board members said they have observed Courtney Nesseralla and her helper doing baseball diamond work, while the highly qualified part-time employee was out doing the relatively easy job of steering a riding lawn-mower.

Courtney said he is not willing to do the baseball field work at the city's part-time $10 per hour pay. Board members suggested all sorts of pay schemes such as...