The Acorn must be applauded for the article about the Amanda McPherson all-star tournament for girls' softball published June 20.

This is the third season in a row the Acorn has published articles about our big events- with photos- indicating it is, indeed, our local newspaper.

Simi Valley is all about youth sports, and when youth sports teams here do something special, the Acorn is there. I have noticed.

Heck, your photographer got in our way in the dugout as we tried to coach that 8U Gold championship game. . . . No complaints!

The front-pager on Santa Susana Boys Baseball's opening day and forthcoming facility improvements, published last March, was awesome. A lot of major leaguers honed their skills on those fields.

More is to come, I am sure. We have fantastic baseball and softball leagues in this town, and they all deserve equal coverage.

There are many other youth sports organizations that deserve the attention. For now I just want to thank the Acorn for attention to our big event, which spotlighted a little girl who used to play for our league.

Please look up www .theamandamcphersonfoundation .com to learn more. Keep up the good work, Acorn. My hat's off to you. Keith Jajko Simi Valley Jajko is acting president of Simi Valley Girls Softball