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What’s being built at Wellsville’s Tullar Field? BY KATHRYN ROSS
WELLSVILLE — You can see it from the Arterial and from South Main Street, but what is it? Last fall the skeleton of a wood-frame building took shape on the southwest side of Tullar Field, the softball field behind the police station. It stands out starkly against the grass and snow. It looks to be quite near the outfield fence. But few people seem to know what it is, and conjecture has been ongoing at a steady pace — with guesses running from a refreshment stand to a field house. Many people made qualified assumptions based on the knowledge that the ballfield is the Lady Lions softball team’s home. However, it is also the field where community softball teams play each summer. The questions are: Whose building is it, the school district, village or town of Wellsville or privately owned? And what is it? Wellsville School District Superintendent David Foster confirmed that it doesn’t belong to the school district, but he was able to refer a reporter to Matt Burke, who cleared up some of the mystery. Burke, a teacher at Wellsville and coach of the girls’ varsity softball team, said the construction is the beginning
Photo by Kathryn Ross Work started in the Fall for construction near the southwest fence of Tullar Field.
of 60-foot by 24-foot pavilion. Construction got underway in the fall with the help of students in the Building and Trades Department on the Wellsville campus of Alfred State College. “They’ve been great,” Burke complimented the students who are also involved in building the new town hall/garage just a few blocks away from the ball field. “They’re the best,” he added. Construction will be completed sometime in the spring, weather permitting. Burke said the project will eventually include a pavilion with lights and a batting cage with turf. It was Burke’s idea, he admitted. “It is just a place where people can sit on a summer night, have a picnic and hit a
few balls if they want to,” he said. As for who will oversee the pavilion just in case someone wants to hold a baseball themed wedding there, Burke quipped, “Let’s get it built first.” He expects it will be scheduled the same way pavilions in Island Park and Lagoon Field are reserved, by calling the town clerk. Otherwise, it is open to the public. “I just want it to benefit the community,” he said. The construction is not being funded through any school, village, or town taxes he affirmed. The cost estimate is not yet complete. It is being funded from donations Burke said. Once completed there will some sort of ceremony to officially open it, he added.
Alfred State and UB Nursing are helping the Southern Tier ALFRED — With growing healthcare needs in rural areas, Alfred State College is further strengthening ties with the University at Buffalo thanks to a $250,000 High Needs Nursing Grant from the State University of New York. This collaborative approach builds a new pathway for BS in nursing graduates at Alfred State to seek an Adult/ Gerontology Nurse Practitioner (AGNP) Doctor of Nursing Practice (DNP) degree.
This doctoral program is mostly online with limited face-toface requirements. Any face-to-face component will be held on the Alfred campus and the clinical requirements will be arranged in the surrounding healthcare facilities, keeping students available for local healthcare needs and building local capacity for advanced services from the graduating nurse practitioners. Students can earn a Doctor of Nursing Practice degree without leaving
Alfred or the Southern Tier. This new way to earn an advanced degree is attractive to both new students beginning their healthcare studies at Alfred State and alumni who want to further their careers. The UB and ASC partnership was recently featured on Spectrum News. “The nursing faculty at ASC and UB are working closely together to get the word Nursing Grant continued on PAGE 4
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