The Salisbury Township Recreation Advisory Committee has approved the location of a storage shed at the request of the Salisbury Youth Association.

The committee voted 4-0, with one member absent, to recommend the shed be placed on the edge of the parking lot at Devonshire Park. Francis J. McCullough made the motion and Mark Wilson, committee vice chair, seconded it.

The committee backed the location as recommended by Salisbury Township Department of Public Works Director John Andreas.

The shed, approximately 10 foot by 12 foot, will store equipment used to mow and maintain athletic fields.

The township summer recreation program concluded July 25. Approximately 235 children participated, according to Salisbury Township Recreation Director Genny Baillie.

Two summer playground participants were stung by insects at Laubach Park, according to Baillie.

"The Lego Movie" was shown June 23 in Laubach Park, but the movie's screening at Green Acres was rained out June 25.

At the July 21 meeting, Baillie presented committee members with polo-style shirts with Salisbury Recreation insignias.

"They [the shirts] work out well when you ask someone to not ride a bicycle [in a park]," McCullough said.

In the reports section of the meeting, McCullough said trash is "under control" at Green Acres. He recommended a bicycle rack be placed at the Green Acres Park entrance.

Holes near the basketball courts at Lindberg Park were made for engineering tests for Master Plan projects, McCullough said.

"No Dog" signs have been placed at Devonshire Park, McCullough said.

On the project list, Laubach Park was mulched, but mulch needs to be raised at the corner of one slide area, said McCullough, who will contact Andreas.

It was reported grass is growing on infields at Lindberg and Devonshire.

Use of Lindberg Park tennis courts by Salisbury High School girls and boys tennis team members in spring and fall was discussed.

"It does restrict residents' access," Baillie said.

"This morning [July 21], the Lindberg lot was filled to three-quarters," Patrick Jacoby, committee secretary said.

McCullough said that with the April closing of West End Racquet Club, South Whitehall Township, there's increased demand for tennis court use.

"I think that's [Lindberg] the most accessible court in the area," McCullough said.

"If they [the school district] refurbish the middle school tennis courts, residents would use it, too." Baillie said.

An agreement with the township and school district is in the offing for Lindberg tennis court use, according to Baillie.

Baillie said Lindberg tennis courts need to be refurbished about every two years.

The moving of a bleacher at Lindberg from a baseball field to the tennis court was again noted. No one on the committee had asked for it to be moved nor did a committee member move the bleacher, it was stated. The bleacher is said to weigh 200 pounds.

"I'm assuming the tennis teamed moved it," Baillie said.

"Half the season, people didn't have seats," McCullough said of baseball games.