Dixie Youth Baseball signups continue Saturday morning
Despite the recent chill of January weather, it’s once again sign up time for Dixie Youth Baseball.
For those who missed the recent Jan. 14 and 15 sign up days, registration will continue this
Friday and Saturday, Jan. 21 and 22 at the STAC House, 610 8th Street in Port St. Joe.
Registration times will be from 5 to 7 p.m. on Friday, and from 9 a.m. to noon on
Saturday. The registration fee is $75, which includes a hat, shirt, and pants. Payment may be made
with cash or a check.
There are four age groups in the league, as follows:
● Tee Ball, ages 5-6
● AA, ages 7-8
● AAA, ages 9-10
● Ozone, ages 11-12
Dave Walleyn, the league president, said that “we are also looking for volunteers to coach, (either as)
head coaches or assistant coaches.”
Walleyn also said that the league needed “umpires, which can be a paid position, and training will be
provided.”
The league is also looking for high school students needing community service hours to volunteer.
Student volunteers could earn service hours by working in the concession stand, doing field
maintenance, or umpiring.
Walleyn emphasized that “if students take service hours, they would not be allowed to get any monetary
payment.”
Practices for each age group team will start on Monday, Feb. 7, with specific times and locations
based on team coaches’ schedules.
The official opening day, or “The Day of Baseball,” is scheduled for Saturday, March 26, with the
starting time yet to be decided.
Meet the Editor
David Adlerstein, The Apalachicola Times’ digital editor, started with the news outlet in January 2002 as a reporter.
Prior to then, David Adlerstein began as a newspaperman with a small Boston weekly, after graduating magna cum laude from Brandeis University in Waltham, Massachusetts. He later edited the weekly Bellville Times, and as business reporter for the daily Marion Star, both not far from his hometown of Columbus, Ohio.
In 1995, he moved to South Florida, and worked as a business reporter and editor of Medical Business newspaper. In Jan. 2002, he began with the Apalachicola Times, first as reporter and later as editor, and in Oct. 2020, also began editing the Port St. Joe Star.