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Forces combine to provide new basketball standards, backboards, hoops, nets for Mountain Lake City Park

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MICAH SIEBERT, YOUTH pastor at Cornerstone Bible Church in Mountain Lake, as well as working part-time at The Studio in Mountain Lake, a Youth For Christ ministry.

Providing for a pair of new basketball standards, backboards, hoops and nets for the court at Mountain Lake City Park was a triple combination work of donations, volunteerism – and faith.

According to Micah Siebert, who spearheaded the effort and who works as youth pastor at Cornerstone Bible Church in Mountain Lake, as well as working part-time at The Studio in Mountain Lake, a Youth For Christ Ministry, “this effort has been supported from a variety of different angles so far.

“These include – the donation of the bulk of the material a percentage of donated labor and painting, concrete and installation by the City of Mountain Lake and the Street/Park/Cemetery department, donated backboards and rims – as well as costs financed in part through the Mountain Lake Ministerial Association’s Pow Wow offerings at the Sunday morning worship service and the evening concert featuring House of Aaron, both on the city park’s bandstand along with additional individual contributions.”

Cement for the foundations of the standards was poured earlier this week, with the old hoops removed and the new ones installed on Friday, July 18.

As soon as the first of the new hoops was in place – local ball players were busy breaking in the equipment.

 

 

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MOUNTAIN LAKE STREET/Park/Cemetery Superintendent Rick Oeltjenbruns cuts down the remaining old basketball standard using an acetylene torch.

 

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WITH THE CITY’S payloader supporting the old basketball hoop with chains, Oeltjenbruns completes the task of cutting it off at the base, at back. At front is the new basketball standard, anchored with bolts into the new cement, awaiting installation of the backboard, hoop and net. Assisting him were, from left, Josh Grev, summer employee, behind the new standard and Street/Park/Cemetery employees Steve Peters and Daron Friesen.

 

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THE NEW BACKBOARD, hoop and net await installation on the second new standard.

 

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WHILE THE CITY crew works on the north side of the city park’s court to take down the old and install the new – a pair of ball players are already utilizing the hoop on the south side of the court, the old hoop off to the side. Playing ball are Brodie Freeman, at left, taking aim at the net, and Kris Menken, under the basket.

 

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HERE’S A SHOT of one of the two new basketball hoops from the “action” angle. Kris Menken helps to initiate the new equipment with a jump shot.

 

 

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