Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: TUESDAY, January 25, 1994 TAG: 9401250013
SECTION: VIRGINIA PAGE: C-1 EDITION: METRO
SOURCE: Ray Reed
DATELINE: LENGTH: Medium
A: Clinton's speech to Congress tonight was written by himself and a team of aides whose captains are David Dreyer and Robert Boorstin.
Dreyer, 37, is a career Washington hand and a senior White House public affairs official. His title is deputy communications director, which carried a salary of $100,000 on a list of White House salaries that was leaked in March.
Dreyer has been on Capitol Hill for 14 years. He was on the staff of Sen. Gary Hart, D-Colo., in 1987 and more recently worked for Rep. Dick Gephardt, D-Mo.
Boorstin, 34, is a former New York Times reporter who joined Michael Dukakis' presidential campaign in 1988. His job, special assistant to the president for policy, was listed at $85,000 on the leaked list.
Boorstin served on the Clinton health-care task force and is a major contributor to the president's remarks on health-care reform. Old-fashioned stadium
Q: What's wrong with Municipal Field in Salem? News stories about the Bucs say it's inadequate. I've been over there a lot, and I'm curious why they think there's something wrong with it. R.W., Roanoke
A: The playing field is OK - except for the too-close cinder-block walls in left and right fields and the light poles in the outfield.
The old ballpark, too, has undeniable charm on a summer evening for baseball fanatics who get an adrenaline rush from rotisserie leagues.
There's another perspective, though. Families who would crowd a bigger stadium - as all baseball owners hope - are inconvenienced by long lines at restrooms and concession stands. Today's youngsters are too impatient for these waits, and many adults are, too.
Salem Municipal Field was built in 1927 for crowds of a few hundred. Anyone who's attended a heavily promoted game with 4,000 or so fans can testify to long lines.
Unless those fans arrive early, parking is a problem too.
Seating, restrooms, concessions, parking and clubhouses fall short - by as much as 50 percent - of the standards major-league baseball has set for Class A minor-league ballparks.
The standards go into effect April 1, 1995. Also pending are recommendations for minor-league parks that are expected to become mandatory standards later, said Sam Lazzaro, general manager of the Buccaneers.
Seating should be 4,000. Of those, 1,000 should be armchair seats with backs, and another 1,000 are to be bench seats with backs. Municipal Field has only 1,000 grandstand seats.
The visitors' clubhouse lacks enough showers and lockers, and the home clubhouse needs more space, too. Clubhouse upgrading is possible, but the rest of the stadium is locked into an area too small for a deeper outfield and enlarged seating, parking and concessions areas, Lazzaro said.
The stadium is hemmed in by a hillside in back. Extending the outfield would mean buying up the homes along Sixth and Florida streets and closing those streets, Lazzaro said, and the costs are too high.
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