Raise the Roof – Marshfield

Here’s our first update to the Class Challenge.  Cash contributions have passed $40,000.  The class of 1965 far outpaces the pack with a combined total of $11,000.  Second place goes to the class of 1959, with $5,000, a comfortable (for now) lead of $1,700 over the class of 1962.

The Raise the Roof committee has also been able to secure large in-kind donations.  ‘Project Manager Bob Jenkins is donating all of his time.  The concrete work for Phase 1 is being donated by Knife River where Chris Peach, a Marshfield graduate is the local general manager. The stairs were painted by Butch Shields, who graduated with Jenkins and owns Gold Coast Truck Repair.’  See The World Article for more contributors.

Donating is as easy as clicking on the donate button at the top of the right column.  You can pay via PayPal or simply use your credit card.  You can also donate by check.  Please visit our How to Donate  page for more information, including the various levels of recognition.

If you class is not listed, we have not received a donation.

Pete era players, if you want to hear some great stories told by Pete, including some great ones from the 50’s, visit this page.

The photos below by Bob Jenkins were taken July 31.  The photos are of the Quarter Deck Wall area. The side walls on the upper section will be next to be poured, followed by the installation of the two stairways to allow people to sit up top. Then the railing will get installed for the upper section as well.  Hopefully, everything will be in place for the season opener. Looking Good!  More details about the Class Challenge can be found here.

C Wylie Smith II

For the rest of the summer and throughout the fall, we will be recognizing some of the people who have meant so much to Marshfield High School football and track and field.  There is no better place to start than C. Wylie Smith II.

Hundreds of former Pirates worked at Coos Head Timer Company.  Many just worked summers to pay their way through college, as I did.  And many were able to make a career at Coos Head Timber.

The following article about C. Wylie Smith will take you back to the era when Marshfield, the city, was a great economic engine in the state of Oregon.  Marshfield became home to many strong leaders and Wylie Smith was among the best.  Note the many civic hats that Wylie wore.  For those of us were positively touched by the Smith Family, we use those memories as motivation to Raise The Roof on Susick Stadium and to thank him for his enormous financial contribution to the stadium.

The following is published with the permission of the World Forestry Center.

Download link

Marshfield High School will host the Kent Wigle Field Dedication on October 13 at a home football game against Brookings-Harbor. The following night October 14th, there will be a social and auction to honor Kent Wigle and his players. The event will take place at The Mill Casino and funds raised will be used for the Raise the Roof project at the stadium.

The details follow (You should see two pdf files, if you don’t please click on the download link). Questions?  Please email mhsalums@gmail.com:

Download link

Download link

Good news, our fundraising efforts have climbed to $107,000.  We still need to cover 75 more yards to reach our endzone goal of $400,000.

The quickest and easiest way to donate is to click on the donate button at the top of the right hand column.  You can donate via PayPal or credit card.

Here’s a special challenge to those who were part of the Pete Susick era – graduating years 1947-1979.  Please consider a donation at least equal to your graduation year.  So, if you graduated in 1955 consider a donation of $55, 1965  a donation of $65, etc.

Here’s a shout out for PayPal.  When the MHS Boosters set up the PayPal button, PayPal donated $100 to our Raise the Roof cause!  So click that donation button and start donating today.  Go Pirates!

Phase I construction continues with the installation of the Quarterdeck Wall. Compare the upper photo with the architect’s design.  The photo shows a great start to our project.  The wall will hold plaques to honor the donors who have contributed to the Raise the Roof project.

There are several ways to donate. The easiest is to use the donate button at the top if the right column.  Note that there are different recognition plaques for various levels of support that you may with to review before contributing.  View the various levels here.

There are also donor packets available for potential contributors.  The packet is a four page color folder with words from former coaches Kent Wigle, Fran Worthen, Mac McIntosh and Stadium Project Committee Chair Bill McNutt along with additional inserts. Click here to request a packet.

Thanks to The World for publishing the following article.  It is worth a read.  The first phase includes pouring the main Quarter Deck wall, pouring the side walls of the upper seating area on both sides, installation of the two stairways that allows people to get to the top seating area, and installation of railing in the upper seating area.

Raise the Roof project gains momentum at Marshfield by John Gunther.  Photos by Bethany Baker

Donation update:
We have passed the 25% mark. Thanks for your help. Please share this with your Pirate supporters.

Here are examples of ways your donations have helped;
1. Building permits for Phase 1 of the project have been paid and we are ready to start the work depending on weather and availability of Bob Jenkins & Scott Partney our general contractor.
2. The first phase includes pouring the main Quarter Deck wall, pouring the side walls of the upper seating area on both sides, installation of the two stairways that allows people to get to the top seating area, and installation of railing in the upper seating area.

To help manage our costs for the first phase we have concrete donated by Knife River, 2 x 4’s for framing concrete work we think at this time will be donated by Georgia Pacific, and a reduced price has been secured from Coos Head Builders for MDO plywood and epoxy for holes that are to be drilled in the concrete. This cost not including donations for materials and labor runs approx. 42 K. The donations and some in kind labor will help reduce that number for us.

Many people find it easier to follow a Facebook Group rather than a website.   So,  we are starting a Facebook Group to support our Raise The Roof Campaign.
We will be using the Facebook Group page, as well as our website, to update you on our project and fundraising campaign.
We’ll start our articles tomorrow with updates on our fundraising followed by articles on key members of the Coos Bay community who have made Susick Field and Prefontaine Track one of the best complexes in the state.

Here’s the link to the Facebook Group. 

https://www.facebook.com/RaisetheRoofMarshfield/

Please join our effort to complete the south grandstands with the Pete Susick Stadium Raise the Roof Project. Your support will help complete this state of the art  facility used by students of all ages, groups and events in the Coos Bay Community.

Follow the progress of Raising the Roof by liking our Facebook page, or if you are not using Facebook, subscribe to our email list by entering your email address near the top of the right column.