Salem City Recreation — Local services in Salem

The city directly stated safety is not their concern in their Coed Softball leagues. A quoted response from a city official, clearly stating they do not care about safety: "I do not care about your video of the umpire or bruises" - Salem City Recreation department. They also go on to state the umpire did/would not enforce safety rules unless it affected the score. This was wild to me, since when should score be a factor in safety? One of the Unpires also stated (very loudly) after being asked kindly to enforce safety rules: "I do not care, shut up!" Its only a matter of time before someone gets hurt and the city is held liable. Its sad that is the only way change will happen here. Beware of playing here. There is a reason they barely have enough teams for a league even w/discounted cost compared to...

The kindergarten and pre-school tumbling program is excellent. Coach Cindi really makes it fun for small kids and does a phenomenal job teaching them skills. The pre-kindergarten dance class is a wonderful value at $30 for almost 2 months. They even provided a recital free of charge (no costume fee we just wore our own black outfit) and gave my little girl a carnation after. We are trying pre-school soccer next. Only $25 for 10 games and they give you a nice reversible...

Matt does a fantastic job creating and maintaining rec for the community. The north ball field is great but the 2 south ones are terrible the infield needs to be torn out and either be all dirt or leveled out and relayed. Lips and bumps of 6"-12" is just dangerous and unnecessary, especially when super league tournaments are held there and they are not cheap to compete in for a...