{"id":91190,"date":"2017-08-07T07:10:12","date_gmt":"2017-08-07T12:10:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=91190"},"modified":"2017-08-07T07:10:40","modified_gmt":"2017-08-07T12:10:40","slug":"kitson-to-throw-1st-wren-tourney-pitch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2017\/08\/07\/kitson-to-throw-1st-wren-tourney-pitch\/","title":{"rendered":"Kitson to throw 1st Wren tourney pitch"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_91191\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-91191\" style=\"width: 150px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-91191\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Jim-Kitson-headshot-8-2017.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"235\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-91191\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><strong>Jim Kitson<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><em>VW independent\/submitted information<\/em><\/p>\n<p>WREN &#8212; Longtime Wren area resident Jim Kitson\u00a0will be throwing out the ceremonial first pitch at the 26th annual Wrenway Park Wiffleball Tournament.<\/p>\n<p>Festivities begin Friday, August 18, at 5:50 p.m. at the Wiffleball Warehouse in Wren.<\/p>\n<p>Kitson has been active in the Wren area throughout his life, and participated as an athlete in his youth. He gave back to the community by coaching all levels of girls\u2019 and boys\u2019 baseball and softball. He has also served as vice president and president for the Wren Ballpark Association.<\/p>\n<p>Kitson currently holds the position as groundskeeper at the park, and he consistently keeps the ballpark looking pristine.<\/p>\n<p>Wren area residents are grateful for his service and dedication to the community.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>VW independent\/submitted information WREN &#8212; Longtime Wren area resident Jim Kitson\u00a0will be throwing out the ceremonial first pitch at the 26th annual Wrenway Park Wiffleball Tournament. Festivities begin Friday, August 18, at 5:50 p.m. at the Wiffleball Warehouse in Wren. Kitson has been active in the Wren area throughout his life, and participated as an [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-91190","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-26 18:02:37","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91190","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=91190"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91190\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=91190"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=91190"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=91190"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}