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Dear Councilmembers,
One of the primary functions of our county council is its right to set land use policy. The word right is significant. In the French language, the word for right is the same word for duty. (French 101 students will remember that homework duties were called
les droits.)
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When our council exercises its land use policy right, it must also exercise its duty to protect the land for its designated use. As Royce Hanson, former councilmember, former planning board chair and father of our Agricultural Reserve, informs us, the council s first duty is to do no harm. Its second duty is to think about the consequences of any actions before acting.
When it came to the top Minor League Baseball promotion of 2017, one idea literally eclipsed the rest.
On Aug. 21, the United States experienced its first coast-to-coast total solar eclipse in 99 years. The ideal place to watch this phenomenon, during which day turned into night as a result of the moon obscuring the sun, was from within a 67-mile-wide strip of near-total darkness known as the path of totality. Seven Minor League teams were within the path of totality: the Salem-Keizer Volcanoes, Idaho Falls Chukars, Bowling Green Hot Rods, Nashville Sounds, Greenville Drive, Columbia Fireflies and Charleston RiverDogs. All seven of these teams held a ballpark event that day as the eclipse made its approximately 1,500-mile southeasterly journey across the United States.
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“We are very excited to extend the invitations to these four affiliates and their communities,” Nationals president of baseball operations and general manager Mike Rizzo said in a statement. “All four affiliates are located in the Northeast and mid-Atlantic regions, with Harrisburg, Wilmington and Fredericksburg located within 120 miles of Nationals Park. Wilmington and Fredericksburg are easily accessible via the I-95 corridor.”
The moves become official upon the affiliates accepting their invitations.
“Our four affiliates and their proximity to Washington, D.C., will be critical not only to player development and roster construction, but also to our injury rehabilitation process,” Rizzo said. “We are certain that each affiliate and the surrounding community will be assets to our player development and organization as a whole.”