![]() “He tells me what he wants to do, and I’ll tell him, ‘yes’ or ‘no.’”īertram added, “One thing I am working on is a pedestal to mount the plaque down by the weight room next to the other donor towers. “Randy is handling most of that, and I’m just kind of like a ‘yes’ man,” Bertram said. “So the quality is much better.”Īrrington has received estimates of approximately $1,000 to replace the placard atop the school scoreboard that currently reads “Burbank Bulldogs,” which will be swapped with “Kemp-Kallem Field.”Īrrington has yet to find an estimate for the newspaper image but has secured some help for the upcoming ceremony.Īccording to Arrington, Joanne Lento Miller, president of the Burbank-Burroughs Alumni Assn., has agreed to donate and provide refreshments for the celebration.Īs for further planning, Arrington has been working with Bertram. “It’s a metal sculpture, not just the pictures,” Arrington said. “Randy set up a PayPal account and now the fundraising and planning is left up to him and Bertram.”Īrrington said he’s already paid just a little under $4,500 for a 36-inch-by-24-inch Imagecast 3-D plaque. “All funding is totally outside the district, and we want the public to know that,” board member Charlene Tabet said. He also wants to change the sign above the scoreboard, host a celebration ceremony and place a framed, blown-up newspaper article in the school’s hall of fame.īecause the district is not providing any funding, Arrington is on the hook for the price tag and has set up a PayPal account, /RandyArrington, to raise funds. “We can sure use some money, and I’m hoping to cover the costs by fundraising,” he said.Īrrington plans to have a sculpted plaque sit in a monument near the stairs leading to the field. 20.Įverything fell into place for Arrington, except for one little detail. 15 and then voted to support the name change on Dec. That recommendation was heard by the school board, which held a public hearing on Nov. 24, when the committee voted for adoption of Kemp-Kallem Field. 20 and was appointed chair of the committee during its first meeting on Oct. He was then selected to serve on a new facilities-naming committee on Sept. “They’re both educators, coaches and icons in this community and are deserving of such honors.”Īrrington suggested the name change during a Burbank Unified board meeting on April 19. “I have a tremendous amount of respect for both men,” Arrington said. ![]() The former resident and current chair of Burbank Unified’s facilities-naming committee announced recently that on May 4 there will be a ceremony to christen Burbank High’s main athletic field as Kemp-Kallem Field after former longtime Burbank High teachers and coaches Dave Kemp and Frank Kallem. In what will have been just a little over a year, a recommendation made by Burbank High School graduate Randy Arrington will turn from wishful thinking into a dream come true.
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