WWPNamingRights@ww-p.org
To the members of the ad hoc naming committee
Since the beginning of the year my Facebook profile page has displayed an image of the North baseball field showing “Bachner Field #16” spray painted on the field fence from 2009. The words on the image include “Name North Baseball Field For David Bachner In 2014” and “Let’s not hope the North Baseball field is named for David. This year let’s work together to make this happen. For David. For Baseball.”
I’m hoping in September I can update that image with words that describe the task has been accomplished.
My name has been cited by the district administrators as the person who has brought the topic of naming the baseball field for David Bachner to the school board’s attention. I would respectfully submit that Pete Weale’s letter sent to the school board president in January and reprinted in the WWP News in May was the first request this year. Michele Demak Epstein’s response in the comments of that article with e-mail addresses of the school board is what prompted me to write my first letter. Pete and Michele should be cited as bring the naming topic to the board’s attention and not me.
I hope I’ve brought a different perspective to this naming request via my e-mails to you and to the school board. I was never fortunate enough to meet David or watch him play. I’ve learned about David by listening when anyone speaks about him and reading articles published about him. I was touched by the outpouring of support for David at his funeral in 2009 and by my son T.J. who was in middle school at the time and how T.J. talked about what had happened.
Having participated in the High School North Baseball program with my son T.J. for two years I’m familiar with the high standards that the program holds itself and it’s participants to both on and off the field. I truly believe from everything I’ve learned that there is no finer athlete/classmate/person than David Bachner that represents North Baseball/North High School and those standards. By naming the North field after David we really will be bringing not only a name that is well respected but welcome personality to the North baseball field.
Please name the North Baseball Diamond the David J. Bachner Field.
Tim Hitchings
8 Burr Court
Plainsboro resident for 13 years
Tim Hitchings 