CITY BASEBALL FIELDS TO GET IMPROVEMENTS

Peter Kinder

Age: 46

Hometown: Cape Girardeau

Family: Single

Profession: State senator for the 27th District of Southeast Missouri and assistant to the president for Rust Communications in Cape Girardeau.

Club affiliations: Cape Girardeau Noon Lions Club, La Croix United Methodist Church, Cape Girardeau and other area chambers of commerce, American Cancer Society volunteer, Southeast Missouri State University Boosters Club, Missouri Bar Association.

Political history: Elected to the Missouri Senate in 1992 and re-elected in 1996. Served as campaign manager for the late congressman Bill Emerson in 1980 and 1982 and as special assistant to Emerson in Washington, D.C., in 1981-1982. Currently, 8th District chairman for the Bush-Cheney campaign.

Endorsements: Missouri Right to Life, Missouri Farm Bureau PAC, National Rifle Association PAC, Missouri State Teachers Association PAC, Missouri Chamber of Commerce, Associated Industries of Missouri and National Federation of Independent Business.

Some of Cape Girardeau's baseball fields will get improvements in the coming days as part of a joint project between the city parks department, Cape Youth Baseball League and the Cement Masons Local 908.

The majority of the work began this weekend at Arena Park, but other projects include improvements at the Capaha Park youth fields. Concrete dugout pads will be poured at all of the fields.

The dugout improvements could be the start of other improvements to the youth fields, said Scott Williams, recreation supervisor for the parks department.

The department has done other projects with city youth leagues like CAYSA and the Cape Girls Softball League.

The city will pay for the majority of the project costs, with the youth baseball league paying for the remainder. The Cement Masons Local 908, youth league volunteers and parks staff will provide the labor.