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A youth soccer game takes place feet from a sprinkler head measuring six inches in diameter, bottom right, Saturday at Berl Huffman Athletic Complex. Parents have voiced concerns that many of the field's conditions are unsafe. Improved soccer facilities are one of the items on a November bond election. Early estimates put the full cost of soccer improvements at $12.3 million. May 23, 2009 (Geoffrey McAllister/Lubbock Avalanche-Journal)
Mammie White, left, and Rickey Shaw, center, wait for Greg Jackson, right, as he requests a birth certificate for his daughter, Wednesday at the City of Lubbock Health Department. The current proposed budget will eliminate six positions at the department. Wednesday, July 08, 2009 (Photo by Geoffrey McAllister/Lubbock Avalanche-Journal)
Lubbock firefighter Rodney Brown blows leaves from the engine garage at Fire Station #6, Monday afternoon. The city could add three new fire stations at $2.5 million a piece as part of a $61 million bond package in November. Monday, July 06, 2009 (Photo by Geoffrey McAllister/Lubbock Avalanche-Journal)
Lubbock firefighters Rodney Brown, left, and Chad Dawkins dry fire engine 6 at Fire Station #6, Monday afternoon. The city could add three new fire stations at $2.5 million a piece as part of a $61 million bond package in November. Monday, July 06, 2009 (Photo by Geoffrey McAllister/Lubbock Avalanche-Journal)
