Lions Club Ballfields
Lions Club Ballfields
USSSA Facility Activity Profile + Federal-Land, Municipal-Governance, Public-Safety & Historical Research
Shawnee, Oklahoma. This page intentionally has two research layers: first, the standardized Hidden Valley direct-facility analysis; second, the expanded Lions Club Ballfields history involving the 1947 Instrument of Transfer, City/YMCA agreements, municipal stewardship, tornado damage, public-safety questions, maps, media, redevelopment research, and supporting public records.
Direct USSSA Activity
The current Lions Club Ballfields Facility Report controls this quantitative section. Pages 1–2 represent records listing Lions Club Ballfields independently as the Primary Facility.
Primary Facility, Municipality & Director Concentrations
Direct facility activity is associated with Shawnee and three tournament directors. The figures below describe report activity, not compensation or verified receipts.
Scott Nelson
$61.38K displayed Calculated Team Entry Fees.
Ted Cox
$26.39K displayed Calculated Team Entry Fees.
Kenneth Crawford
$11.07K displayed Calculated Team Entry Fees.
Annual & Sport Trends
The current report displays direct facility activity from 2002 through 2008. The highest displayed season is 2007.
| Season | Total | Baseball | Softball | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | $6.60K | $6.60K | — | Baseball only displayed. |
| 2007 | $36.51K | $31.88K | $4.63K | Peak displayed season. |
| 2006 | $19.89K | $19.89K | — | Baseball only. |
| 2005 | $9.80K | $9.80K | — | Baseball only. |
| 2004 | $19.78K | $19.78K | — | Baseball only. |
| 2003 | $6.02K | $6.02K | — | Baseball only. |
| 2002 | $243 | $243 | — | Earliest displayed season. |
Direct / Associated / Combined
The standardized Hidden Valley template distinguishes direct activity from multi-facility association. The currently supplied Lions Club report is a two-page direct profile; no controlling Page 3 or Page 4 multi-facility totals were supplied, so no associated or combined amounts are invented.
DIRECT
Primary Facility alone. Current controlling direct total: $98,842.
ASSOCIATED
Primary Facility appearing inside multi-site configurations. No controlling associated total supplied in this report package.
COMBINED
Direct + associated when both populations are documented. No combined total asserted here.
League Activity & $0.00-Fee Interpretation
The report identifies four league teams and displays $0.00 League Team Entry Fees.
What $0.00 Establishes
The public source field used by the dataset displayed a $0.00 League Team Entry Fee.
What It Does Not Establish
It does not prove that no operational activity occurred or that no separate locally administered fee existed. No unsupported local fee is imputed.
Federal Land, Municipal Stewardship & Facility History
The Lions Club Ballfields record extends beyond normal facility analysis into primary federal land records, City operating agreements, maps, public-safety documentation, media, parks-policy research, and redevelopment proposals.
Research conceptual map prepared from legal descriptions. It is not a certified survey, title opinion, or parcel-level legal determination.
1947 Instrument of Transfer — Deed Record 179
Instrument No. 10739-47 records a federal surplus-property transfer from the United States, acting through the War Assets Administrator, to the City of Shawnee under Executive Order 9689 and the Surplus Property Act framework.
Documented Federal Framework
The instrument contains described tracts, reservations and restrictions, public-airport obligations, maintenance requirements, federal emergency-use rights, successor-transfer approval provisions, and a reversion mechanism upon breach.
Parcel-Level Question
The instrument's existence does not by itself prove that every recreational use, lease, demolition, or redevelopment action at Lions Club Ballfields violated federal law. Exact tract identity, title chain, releases, amendments, approvals, and agency determinations require verification.
SYAA Lease Revocation & YMCA Operating Framework
The 2013 municipal record documents a change in facility stewardship.
| Documented Item | What the Record Establishes | Research Significance |
|---|---|---|
| 2013 SYAA revocation | City cited maintenance deficiencies, backstop disrepair, trash/grounds issues, limited season-game use, poor communication, and unanswered financial-information requests. | Documents the City's stated reason for changing stewardship. |
| 2013 City memo | Staff recommended an arrangement with the Troy and Dollie Smith Family YMCA. | Provides contemporaneous transition rationale. |
| 2013 YMCA agreement | Recreation/education use; $1 annual lease payment stated. | Creates operating rights and duties. |
| Maintenance | YMCA routine maintenance; major landlord-type repairs remained with City. | Separates operational from major-repair responsibility. |
| Utilities | City charged for electric, solid waste, sewer, water, including field lighting and facility services. | Creates a public-cost component for review. |
| Third-party use | YMCA could make property available to others, prepare fields, determine costs, and assess costs against users. | Points to user agreements, insurance, fee schedules, and invoices. |
| Financial reporting | Semi-annual financial statements/business-activity reports; City could conduct financial review. | Identifies records that can verify operations independently. |
Aerial, Legal-Description & Facility-Layout Visuals
The supplied aerials and measurement images help visualize the facility, YMCA relationship, field areas, and approximate spatial context. They do not substitute for a survey or title work.
“It Started With a Fence”
Supplied research traces the catalyst to post-tornado conditions. The materials identify an April 19, 2023 tornado, visible damaged fencing/debris through February–March 2024, an April 9, 2024 demolition notice, and demolition beginning in July 2024. These source-derived findings should be checked against original City, FEMA, inspection, environmental, and project records for formal proceedings.
Supplied Facility Images
Post-tornado, aerial, measurement, historical, and research visuals are preserved here as part of the facility record.
Video, Podcast & Public-Discussion Record
Media preserves chronology, statements, site conditions, and the evolution of the research. Primary records remain controlling for formal factual and legal conclusions.
Shawnee Lions Club Park 2-21-24 — Failed Shawnee Leadership or Lack of Leadership
Post-tornado facility condition and public-safety / leadership questions.
Watch VideoLions Club Ballfields 1998... Instrument of Transfer Land 1947 Executive Order
Research presentation connecting facility history with the Instrument of Transfer.
Watch VideoMayor Stephens: Lions Club Lunch
Public discussion concerning Lions Club Ballfields and the 1947 Instrument of Transfer.
Watch VideoStarted With a Fence — Shawnee Lions Club Ballfields
Civic research and public-records analysis tracing the progression from safety questions into municipal-record and land research.
Watch PodcastShawnee Oklahoma Little League Discussions 2023
Shawnee Little League discussions during 2023.
Watch VideoInstrument of Transfer — AI NotebookLM Audio
AI-generated explanatory audio resource. It is not an original legal authority.
Play Audio“Regional Park” to “Parks and Recreation Projects”
A separate supplied research summary examines the reported April 14, 2008 budget-workshop renaming of the “Regional Park” line item. It is relevant to broader Shawnee recreation planning but does not by itself prove that a specific sales-tax dollar was spent at Lions Club Ballfields.
Research Question
How did recreation funding, park-planning decisions, and line-item changes affect the development or non-development of a regional youth-sports facility?
Verification Path
Budget notices, agenda packets, expenditure ledgers, fund transfers, legal opinions, workshop records, project authorization records, and sales-tax expenditure documents.
Proposal to Acquire & Revitalize Lions Club Ballfields
The supplied proposal is a redevelopment concept—not evidence of a completed sale, transfer, appraisal, federal approval, financing package, FEMA allocation, or redevelopment agreement.
Proposed Use
Indoor dome + multi-field youth baseball/softball and adaptive-sports concept, subject to approvals and site verification.
Proposed Offer
The proposal states a $325,000 offer conditioned on federal confirmation and other conditions.
Not a Completed Transaction
The proposal does not establish acceptance, appraisal, conveyance, title clearance, FAA approval, financing, or final authorization.
Primary Records, Research Analyses & Supporting Documents
Readers can open the underlying PDFs directly.
2014–15 City / YMCA Agreement
Multi-park agreement including Lions Club Park.
Open PDFIOT Land-Violations Analysis
Independent allegations and verification recommendations; not an agency or court finding.
Open PDFRegional Park → Parks and Recreation Projects
2008 budget-line-item research summary.
Open PDFWhat the Research Establishes — and What It Does Not
The page preserves the distinction between documented source facts, calculated activity, research interpretation, allegations, and legal conclusions.
Supported / Documented
Direct USSSA activity in the current Facility Report; teams; sports; seasons; posted fees; Calculated Team Entry Fees; minimum games/officials; identified directors; City/YMCA operating terms; maintenance and utility provisions; reporting requirements; third-party-use provisions; the 1947 Instrument of Transfer; supplied post-tornado imagery; research chronology; analytical publications; and redevelopment proposals.
Not Established by These Materials Alone
Actual receipts; municipal/facility revenue; director compensation; profit; taxable income; bank deposits; gate/concession receipts; ultimate disposition of funds; year-by-year contract compliance; parcel-level federal compliance; a final determination that a particular use violated the IOT; negligence; causation; damages; legal liability; acceptance of a redevelopment proposal; or completed federal transfer approval.
Records That Can Resolve the Remaining Questions
Future verification should focus on the underlying records capable of answering allocation, compliance, title, and public-cost questions.
Parcel / Title Chain
Certified legal descriptions, surveys, deeds, releases, amendments, agency approvals, and title records.
City / YMCA Compliance
Semi-annual financials, business-activity reports, user agreements, fee schedules, insurance, City reviews, maintenance records, and utilities.
USSSA Event Verification
Preserved event pages, schedules, teams, fees, director records, agreements, invoices, and independent allocation evidence.
Post-Tornado Response
Inspection reports, hazard notices, fencing/security work orders, FEMA correspondence, demolition contracts, environmental and soil records.
Parks / Sales-Tax Research
Budget ledgers, expenditure records, agenda packets, public notices, fund transfers, and project authorization files.
Federal-Land Verification
FAA/successor-agency correspondence, approvals, releases, transfer records, and determinations of permissible non-aviation use.
Why Lions Club Ballfields Is Different
This facility research sits at the intersection of youth-sports activity, public-facility stewardship, municipal operating agreements, public utilities, federal conveyance restrictions, post-disaster safety, redevelopment, and long-term parks policy.
Independent Research Publication
This page is for research, education, transparency, historical documentation, and public-interest analysis.
It is not an official USSSA report and is not represented as sponsored, endorsed, verified, or approved by USSSA, the City of Shawnee, the YMCA, the United States Government, FAA, any municipality, tribe, school district, facility owner, tournament director, elected official, nonprofit, or other organization. Hidden Valley Calculated Team Entry Fees are research estimates based on publicly available event information and are not audits, tax determinations, forensic-accounting conclusions, legal findings, verified receipts, or allegations of wrongdoing. Identification of a person or organization does not itself imply misconduct, liability, revenue sharing, compensation, or receipt of funds.
Independent analyses in the document library may contain theories, allegations, interpretations, or proposed reforms. They are part of the research record and should not be mistaken for court judgments, agency determinations, title opinions, certified surveys, audits, or verified legal conclusions.