Field View Park Gets New Sign

PRESCOTT – Prescott park is looking pretty spiffy these days. A cement walkway bypasses bountiful flower beds and overflowing planters, leading to new playground equipment and a handicap-accessible eating and barbeque area. Now the park sports a brand-new sign as well, courtesy of Seth Davis of Walla Walla.

Sixteen-year-old Davis designed, built, and installed the new wooden sign that greets visitors to Field View Park as his Eagle Scout project. Davis learned that the park was in need of a new sign from a fellow church member who lives in Prescott.

He created a design and approached the Prescott Joint Park and Recreation Board with his proposal, which they heartily approved.

Davis said the project took about three weeks to complete.

"I haven't had a lot of woodworking experience, but I consider myself pretty handy so it wasn't too much of a struggle. And I had a lot of help," Davis said.

He used a Cricut machine to choose a lettering design, which he traced onto the sign before routing, painting, and staining the sign. Several PJPRD board members joined Davis in the park Wed., Sept. 27 as he and fellow troop members installed the new sign.

"It's so nice and looks so much better than the small, dilapidated sign we had before," said PJPRD administrative assistant Yvonne Jackson.

Davis plans to design a second sign, to be placed near the path entrance to the park, that will list the many benefactors that have made the recent park improvements possible. He said he will have that sign built professionally, but he will do the installation.

Davis, who belongs to Walla Walla Troop 303, still has a few partially completed merit badges to finish up to earn his Eagle Scout rank. He hopes to reach that milestone by year end, he said.