Brett Thoms
Sand Bay July 2, 2022
Jim Jones, long time Sand Bay resident, was honoured for his contributions to his community on Saturday.
At the unveiling of the new backstop at the Sand Bay Ball Park, Jones was honoured with a . . .
plaque thanking him for his many years contributing to the community.
Jones, along with Randy Carson, Brian Hoffman, Darren Hickey, and Ted McFarland, helped build and install the new backstop after the old one needed to be replaced for safety reasons.
Jones was presented with two identical plaques thanking him for his contributions to the community, one which will hang off one of the cedar posts of the new backstop and the other at his home.
“It was a pleasure for me to contribute,” said Jones after being presented with the plaque. “Sand Bay is our primary home and over the 55 years that we’ve been here it’s been one of the nicest communities you could ever want to be a part of.”
The unveiling of the backstop also saw kids coming out to play a ball game, to the delight of both Jones and the people honouring him.
“I was putting the sign up this morning with my son and there were kids who were already playing ball. So, it’s nice to see it active,” said Jones.
The backstop took five days for him to build, according to Jones.
Jones has also built small libraries on hydro poles across Sand Bay, among other contributions to the community.
“He’s just a man that does nothing but give to the community,” said Susan Thomson about Jones. She added that Jones will complete any project given to him.
