By BART WRIGHT
Hawaii Tribune-Herald
After eight years, Ed Torrison recently decided quitting is not an option.
A leader of the University of Hawaii at Hilo athletic boosters, Torrison has been doing the legwork necessary to bring together local interests for a much-needed complex that would serve as a home facility for Vulcans’ soccer and for the Hilo High School football team.
A month ago, he thought he had sold the concept to the parks and recreation department. Instead, at a meeting in July, the decision was announced that the site in question — nine acres on state land bordered by Kamehameha Avenue and Manono and Kuawa streets — will instead be designed to include a variety of fields for youth activities, leaving the lack of a comprehensive site for UH-Hilo soccer and Hilo High football remaining as a comment on the community.