by Brianne Welch | Dec 29, 2014 | News Slider, Sports
The Bison baseball team returned home from the Dominican Republic with a stronger sense of appreciation for what they have and formed bonds with one another that they believe will carry on into the season. The team served together on their first all-team mission trip where they renovated a local sandlot field. The guys built dugouts, put up a backstop, leveled the playing surface and spruced up the field. They worked from Dec. 12 to Dec. 19 alongside a pastor named Michel. When the team wasn’t hard at work they had some free time to kill. “When we weren’t working, we spent a lot of time playing with the kids in the local community,” senior Josh Lee said. Senior J Hwang talked about the impact simply spending time with the kids had on him. “The biggest impact for me was the relationship that I got to build with the community and the teammates that I went with,” Hwang said. “I spent a lot of time with the kids, just hanging out hours after hours even though I couldn’t speak Spanish.” Lee said he was most impacted by the lifestyle the people of the community lived, and the joy he saw in their lives. “The biggest impact the trip had on me was how happy and appreciative the people in the community were, especially the kids,” Lee said. “They have very little, but you wouldn’t know that because they never stopped smiling while we were there.” Not only did the trip impact the individual players on the team, but it also helped the team form strong bonds with one another....
by Tyler Lallathin | Dec 2, 2010 | News Slider
“Lake Lipscomb,” as some informally call the planned water feature by the baseball field and tennis courts, had too much water for its own good. While developing the retention pond into a lake area, complete with fountain, builders discovered an underground spring. So a plan had to be developed to deal with this excess “live” water source before continuing the development. “Several design changes had to be made,” said Tom Wood, director of campus enhancement. He said that new equipment had to be ordered to handle the spring water so that the lake can be completed. Once the equipment arrives to deal with the unexpected water source, the contractors will be able to continue their construction of the lake. Wood explains that when it’s completed, plans call for the area to include “added landscaping and eventually a variety of seating areas and other potential enhancements for student and community enjoyment.” The cascading fountain planned for the lake will be 36 feet high. The lake will also provide irrigation for all of campus when it is finished, by pumping water from underground into the lake, and then on to irrigate campus. The lake also will serve as a learning opportunity for students to enrich themselves in knowledge of plant species and the biological aspects of the area. Campus enhancement is on track to have the lake finished in January 2011, weather permitting. “There is also some discussion about providing the lake with fish,” said Wood. Lipscomb will continue to grow and improve the look of its campus. The next plan to enhance campus is a fountain and baptistry in Bison...
