Ports and Sports
Featured Story: Opening Day at Very Special Ball Park in Lake County
July 28, 2018 - Saturday was opening day at Lake Health Miracle Park, a unique project to give kids with special needs the chance to play baseball.
The new park, in the shadow of the Lake County Captains ballpark, was the idea of Mark Rantala, the Director of the Lake County Port and Economic Development Authority.
Rantala said he heard about a similar park in Findlay, Ohio and thought there should be one like it closer.
"I did a sketch on a little piece of yellow paper and I came out here and stepped it off and said it will fit here if we get the captains to give us 26 parking spaces. The Captains gave us 26 parking spaces," said Rantala. (Read More)