http://shatteredpeace.com/index.htm A consortium of Glendora home owners opposed to sports parks in residential neighborhoods. Features local news. en-us Copyright 2004 Shattered Peace http://shatteredpeace.com/pompei.htm With a total of 7,979 children between the age of 5-14 that works out to $920.00 each. Or $428.00 for every household in Glendora http://shatteredpeace.com/pompei.htm The Commission recommends that planning and design of the Louie Pompei project in whole, while considering the project development to be in stages. Time and cost are factors yet to be established, as a working plan must be developed. The Commission recommends that a request for proposals (RFP) be called for as soon as possible http://shatteredpeace.com/violence_in_youth_sports.htm A survey of 3,300+ parents, coaches,youth sports administrators and youth. Found that 80% believe inappropriate behavior is destroying youth sports http://shatteredpeace.com/federal_noise_control_act.htm The Federal Government will conduct or finance research directly or with any public or private organization or any person on the effects, measurement, and control of noise. 42 USC 4913 Quiet communities, research, and public information http://shatteredpeace.com/survey.htm The survey was taken to gather Glendorans perceptions of how the city active and passive parks and wilderness areas are meeting their recreational needs. http://shatteredpeace.com/index.htm Alteration of the environment, As through the introduction of hazardous or detrimental substances, heat, or noise whose nature, location, or quantity produces adverse health or environmental effects Congressional Research Service Report for Congress National Institute for the Environment http://springfieldcitizens.home.att.net/ SPRINGFIELD PA -- Citizen Group Opposes School Administration who want to light the High School football field with 80 foot lights, hold 30 or more nighttime events, and use a public address system while residents are trying to sleep. http://shatteredpeace.com/citations.htm Did you know the government can seize your land for private use if they can prove that doing it will serve what's called "the public good? See what 60 minutes discovered! http://shatteredpeace.com/propositions_nov_04.htm California Propositions A Listing of propositions 59 through 72 that will appear on the November 2004 General Election ballot http://shatteredpeace.com/adverse_health_effects_noise.htm A study on Community Noise Compiled by the World Health Organization (WHO) http://www.shatteredpeace.com/pony_colt.htm Glendora Pony Colt Baseball at Goddard Jr. High has been the subject of numerous complaints from residents regarding the light being left on , or the noise. If residents complaints had validity, we could talk, but they do not. http://shatteredpeace.com/good_neighbor_policies.htm Jurisdictions should continue requiring all sports leagues, organizations, associations, and other user groups to have formal and enforceable "good neighbor" policies for their members. http://shatteredpeace.com/city_of_glendora_public_parks.htm Most Glendora city parks devoted to active sports. You will need to belong to a sports club to use the parks in Glendora CA http://shatteredpeace.com/sunflower_sports_park.htm Jon Kirk Mukri, head of the city's Recreation and Parks Department, said "We have a moral obligation to police this,". "We can talk about not having enough parks, but if our parks are being used inappropriately, that makes a bad situation worse." http://www.shatteredpeace.com/sound_goddard_sandburg.htm There were about 620 noise ordinance violation tickets written last year in the city of Elkhart. Population 51,874 -- Glendora is about 49,400 http://shatteredpeace.com/sunflower_sports_park.htm Who is paying for the maintenance of the fields that a for profit club is using exclusively. Glendora or the School District? http://shatteredpeace.com/musco.htm MINUTES OF THE GLENDORA BOARD OF EDUCATION October 28, 2002. -- Board President Mr. Pousard stressed that the lighting is a City project and that no school programs have a need for the lighting or will use the lighting http://shatteredpeace.com/glendora_little_league.htm Glendora Little League parking, littering, and noise in residential neighborhoods a serious problem. Little League participation has dropped 216,840 in the past ten years; 1994-2003. With 29 percent or 64,500 of the total in the past two years. http://www.shatteredpeace.com/quotes.htm Your heart starts pounding... breathing becomes labored, and your head starts to ache. You wipe the sweat from your forehead and try to gather your thoughts. Have you just had a heart attack? Not at all. This is your body's reaction to excessive noise. http://shatteredpeace.com/pompei.htm Proposed Plan 2 includes two football fields, one permanent soccer field, one permanent softball field, and one combination softball/soccer field. Improvements to the newly acquired 3.5 acres known as the In-N-Out property will include parking and multiple use turf area, with restrooms. http://shatteredpeace.com/glendora_bougainvillea.htm On January 7, 1978, Glendora's first State Historical Land-mark was dedicated. Known as the Glendora Bougainvillea, the site contains the largest growth of Bougainvillea in the United States http://shatteredpeace.com/Seattle_opposed_park_lighting.htm The decision reflects growing public sentiment nationwide that light and noise from sports field complexes are rapidly becoming primary sources of pollution in the U.S. http://shatteredpeace.com/brentwood_ca_lights.htm Brentwood California Keeps Promise to Neighbors Will Not Allow Night Lighting of Park http://shatteredpeace.com/cost.htm 100 percent of residents pay for sports parks that less than 10 percent are allowed to use