Lions Club Ballfields
Lions Club Ballfields
Oklahoma USSSA Facility Activity Profile | 2001–2026
Integrity of the Game vs Economic Impact (Politics): The Oklahoma Business Plan
Independent facility research combining the Hidden Valley USSSA activity dataset with supplied municipal records, management-transition documents, verified Shawnee minutes research, historical facility imagery, and documentary video links.
Primary Facility Snapshot — Direct / Stand-Alone USSSA Activity
The facility report identifies Lions Club Ballfields as a direct Primary Facility population only. No satellite or multi-facility activity was identified for this facility report, so the documented facility activity footprint is the same direct stand-alone population.
Direct Tournament-Director Activity
The Page 1 director chart identifies Scott Nelson — $61.38K, Ted Cox — $26.39K, and Kenneth Crawford — $11.07K in Calculated Team Entry Fee activity associated with the displayed director categories. These figures describe public-record activity associated with those categories; they do not establish personal receipts or compensation.
Annual Activity & Sport Mix
Total Activity
2008 $6.60K; 2007 $36.51K; 2006 $19.89K; 2005 $9.80K; 2004 $19.78K; 2003 $6.02K; 2002 $243.
Highest displayed season: 2007 — $36.51K.
Baseball
2008 $6.60K; 2007 $31.88K; 2006 $19.89K; 2005 $9.80K; 2004 $19.78K; 2003 $6.02K; 2002 $243.
Highest displayed baseball season: 2007 — $31.88K.
Softball
Softball activity is displayed only for 2007 at approximately $4.63K, matching the report's total softball Calculated Team Entry Fees of $4,631.
No Satellite / Multi-Facility Activity Identified
Unlike facilities with documented multi-site event combinations, the Lions Club Ballfields report contains no satellite or multi-facility activity population to report. There are therefore no satellite facility-combination totals, satellite municipalities, satellite directors, or separate combined-footprint calculations for this facility.
DIRECT
Records listing Lions Club Ballfields independently as the event facility.
ASSOCIATED
No separate multi-facility / satellite population was identified in this facility report.
COMPLETE FOOTPRINT
$98,842 in Calculated Team Entry Fees — the same direct stand-alone population because no satellite activity was identified.
Calculated Team Entry Fee Methodology
Number of Participating Teams × Publicly Posted Team Entry Fee = Calculated Team Entry Fees
The calculation is applied at the applicable event-record level and aggregated for research analysis. A publicly reported $0.00 Team Entry Fee is recorded as $0.00 rather than replaced with an unsupported estimate.
Municipal Governance & 2013 Management Transition
The supplied executive summary documents a 2013 transition in management of Shawnee's Lions Club Ballfields from the Shawnee Youth Athletics Association (SYAA) to the Troy and Dollie Smith Family YMCA. The source packet includes a City lease-revocation letter, a postal return receipt, an August 14, 2013 operations memorandum, the City-YMCA agreement, a facility map, and verified municipal-minutes research.
City-YMCA Agreement
The agreement identifies the City of Shawnee as owner of Lions Club Park and grants the YMCA use rights for recreational purposes. It assigns routine maintenance responsibilities, requires insurance, provides complaint and records-access mechanisms, and reserves financial-review authority to the City.
Documented terms include a $1 annual lease payment, specified City and YMCA maintenance responsibilities, City-paid utilities, approval thresholds for improvements, semi-annual financial statements/business-activity reports, and City financial-review authority.
City-Stated SYAA Concerns
The City revocation materials list maintenance, backstop condition, grounds/trash service, limited season-game use, communication, and failure to provide requested financial information as stated reasons for ending the SYAA arrangement. These remain City-stated assertions in the supplied packet; the source set does not independently adjudicate each allegation.
Earlier Municipal Context — Lions Club Ballfields & Regional Park
The verified Shawnee municipal-minutes research distinguishes two separate recreation subjects: capital work at the existing Lions Club West Softball Field and planning for a proposed Regional Park/sports complex associated in the research record with North Airport property. The record does not establish that these projects occupied the same parcel or that one replaced the other.
| Date | Documented Action | Source-Controlled Interpretation |
|---|---|---|
| Feb. 22, 2000 | Lions Club West Softball Field lighting action deferred. | Municipal capital action involving the existing Lions Club West Softball Field. |
| Mar. 6, 2000 | $55,780 lighting project awarded to Shawnee Lighting Systems, Inc. | Strongest directly documented Lions Club capital item in the reviewed minutes research. |
| June 17 & Sept. 3, 2002 | Regional Park / North Airport planning entries. | Planning-stage Regional Park record; not merged with Lions Club parcel history. |
| July 7, 2003 | Regional Park / sports complex site action involving North Airport property at Kickapoo and Hazel Dell Road. | Separate Regional Park site-selection/action entry in the research index. |
| Feb. 21, 2006 | Regional Park Master Plan discussion under Agenda Item No. 6; concept accepted 7-0. | Plan described 11-12 soccer fields first, with 8-10 baseball fields plus football/softball in a later phase; Commission directed staff to determine State School Land Commission costs and proceed. |
Facility Images & Historical Visual Record
The following images were supplied for the Lions Club Ballfields research page. They are presented as documentary visuals and are not used to infer facts beyond what the images and source materials support.
YMCA Field / Age-Division Images
Documentary Videos
Shawnee Oklahoma YMCA Lions Park
Lions Club Ballfields 1998 — Instrument of Transfer / 1947 Executive Order
Shawnee Lions Club Park — February 21, 2024
Video titles are reproduced from the supplied links. The landing page does not adopt title language as an independently verified factual conclusion.
Research Documents
Lions Club Ballfields Executive Summary
2013 management transition, City-YMCA agreement, accountability structure, historical context, and source limitations.
Open PDFHidden Valley USSSA Facility Summary
Direct USSSA activity, annual trends, director categories, methodology, and no-satellite finding.
Open PDFIntegrity of the Game Facility Report
Primary facility metrics, annual baseball/softball charts, facility methodology, dataset methodology, and research disclaimer.
Open PDFVerified Shawnee Municipal Minutes Summary
Source-controlled Lions Club Ballfields and Regional Park chronology with explicit evidentiary boundaries.
Open PDFWhat This Research Establishes — and What It Does Not
| Supported / Calculated | Not Established by These Materials Alone |
|---|---|
| Direct Lions Club Ballfields USSSA activity; publicly posted Team Entry Fees; calculated baseball/softball totals; teams; minimum games; minimum officials; director-chart categories; annual trends; Shawnee municipality association; 2013 City management transition documents; City-YMCA agreement terms; 2000 Lions Club West Softball Field lighting action; separate Regional Park planning chronology. | Actual financial receipts or profits; director compensation; full bank-account flows; complete SYAA or YMCA financial performance; independent proof of every City allegation; complete later renewal/amendment history; legal survey/title history; parcel identity between Lions Club Ballfields and the separate Regional Park/North Airport property; motive, causation, or legal violations not established by primary sources. |
Facility-Specific Research Summary
Lions Club Ballfields presents a compact but historically significant research profile. The Hidden Valley USSSA dataset documents $98,842 in direct Calculated Team Entry Fees associated with 22 teams, including $94,211 in baseball and $4,631 in softball. The highest displayed season is 2007. No satellite or multi-facility activity was identified, so the direct stand-alone population is also the complete documented USSSA activity footprint for this facility report.
The broader document set adds a municipal-governance layer. Supplied records document a 2013 transition from SYAA to the Troy and Dollie Smith Family YMCA, with the City-YMCA agreement identifying City ownership and establishing maintenance, insurance, programming, complaint, records-access, and financial-reporting controls. Earlier verified minutes document a $55,780 Lions Club West Softball Field lighting project in 2000, while separate Regional Park / North Airport planning appears in 2002-2006. The source-controlled research does not merge those separate municipal subjects into one parcel history without additional evidence.
Research & Methodology Disclaimer
Integrity of the Game vs Economic Impact (Politics): The Oklahoma Business Plan and the Hidden Valley — Integrity of the Game dataset are independent research products created for research, education, transparency, public-interest, and analytical purposes.
This landing page is not an official USSSA report and is not represented as prepared, sponsored, endorsed, verified, or approved by USSSA, the City of Shawnee, the YMCA, SYAA, any governmental entity, municipality, tribe, school district, facility owner, director, or other organization appearing in the research.
Calculated financial figures are research estimates derived from publicly available information and the stated methodology. They are not audits, tax determinations, forensic-accounting conclusions, legal findings, or allegations that any person or organization received, retained, concealed, misreported, or improperly used the calculated amounts.
Statements from City revocation materials and staff memoranda are identified as City assertions unless independently established. The reviewed municipal-minutes research intentionally preserves a boundary between Lions Club Ballfields and the separately documented Regional Park / North Airport history and does not infer parcel identity, causation, motive, or legal conclusions not established by the supplied sources.
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