ARUNDEL — A proposal was made to rebuild the
sign marking the Donald E. Gilliam Memorial Field at the Board of
Selectmen meeting held on Tuesday, March 27.
Jenn
Dumas, parks and recreation director, and Roger Taschereau, public
works director, spoke on behalf of the concept to rebuild a safer, newer
sign that would last longer than the one built in 1980 in memoriam of
Donald E. Gilliam III, an Arundel boy who was killed by a car.
Dumas said the sign "hasn't stood the test of
time" and also proposed that the sign be moved closer to the field ,
though he said one issue with that is that people might assume both
fields were in dedication to Gilliam.
"If someone comes up with a complaint about that, they have way too much time on their hands," Vice Chairman Mark Paulin said.
Asking
for $1,800 from the Board of Selectmen to cover expenses to purchase
the sign for cost from Prescott Metal in Biddeford, Selectman Dana Peck,
owner of Maine Heritage Ironworks, advised the board to use another
finish instead of powder coating.
As it turned
out, the town didn't need to pay for the sign. Selectman Phil Labbe
offered a donation of $1,000 on behalf of his company, Labbe Excavating,
and Paulin made a donation of $250 from his company, Paulin Tire and
Auto Care. Others in the room quickly jumped to help raise the needed
$1,800.
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