Date 2014-07-30 10:14
WWPNamingRights@ww-p.org
To the members of the ad hoc naming committee.
Please name the North Baseball Diamond the David J. Bachner Field.
At the request of district officials, Gerri Hutner, a district spokeswoman, provided my name to the reporter at fox news for the following article. http://www.foxnews.com/sports/2014/07/25/new-jersey-mom-hopes-field-will-finally-be-dedicated-to-late-son/
Please note that I was not interviewed nor contacted by the reporter. My quotes were lifted from my blog https://timhitchings.wordpress.com/
I note the article contained a number of quotes by Rhonda Bachner directed towards the School board and the process. I can understand how Rhonda Bachner has some strong feelings over the length of time between her son’s death, the first request to name the field, and the 5 year requirement. It’s apparent that the author of the foxnews.com article chose to highlight those feelings.
I was not there 5 years ago when the first request to name the field was made and Steve and Rhonda were told they would have to wait 5 years. David Bachner was not my son. The 5 year wait didn’t make it any easier for Rhonda and Steve Bachner and every day of the rest of their lives they endure without their son. But, I’m not bitter about the 5 year process. I believe that the 5 year requirement has created a measured ability to consider requests under less heated and emotional circumstances. No matter how difficult it may be to have to wait, the true support for David Bachner will demonstrate the size and love the community has for the Bachner’s and why the field should be named.
I appreciate the honor of being named by the board as the person that has brought the naming matter for your deliberation. I will say that I’m not the only individual, but just one of many concerned citizens who follow the Bachner memorial facebook group and who have approached the Board of Education concerning the Bachner field naming. I have tried to help the Bachner’s as the 5 year anniversary of David’s Angelversary approaches by writing letters to the board of education and on my blog in support of naming the field after David J. Bachner. I have read my letters at board meetings that expressed my thoughts as to why the field should be named. I have strong feelings about the nature of talent, sportsmanship, dedication both on and off the field and the community of baseball. From what I have learned of David and his support and his ongoing legacy no one is more deserving of the honor of having the North Varsity baseball field named after him.
I welcome your decision as I’m confident that you will view my letters and the letters of other concerned members of the West Windsor community, the baseball community, the North baseball community as an overwhelming vote of confidence that naming the North Baseball Diamond the David J. Bachner field is the right thing to do.
Thank you,
Tim Hitchings
8 Burr Court
Plainsboro
Tim Hitchings 