“Concerned that weeks of dry weather expected in August and September could ruin a crop of grass on new soccer fields at the South Whidbey Community Park, park commissioners are having a water line installer do what it takes to get water onto the young greenery.Planted in May, most of the grass survived a recent spell of hot, dry weather. But, said parks commissioner Curt Gordon this week, the grass will need more water if it is going to be ready for limited play this fall. We’re looking at getting water out there any way we can, he said at Wednesday’s regular commissioners’ meeting.The parks district has a state permit to connect an irrigation system at the new soccer fields, which are located adjacent to Langley Road, with the water system in the Maxwelton Road portion of the park. District commissioners recently signed a $101,416 contract with the Steve Arnold Company of Clinton to install the piping for irrigation. Gordon said the grass may not be able to wait for Arnold to get the pipes into the ground, so he may ask the contractor to use above-ground water lines if necessary.With luck, he said, the grass will grow enough over the next two months to open the fields for a small soccer tournament in the fall. Gordon said he wants to hold some sort of event this year to officially open the fields. He said the fields will not be ready for regular play until next spring.Other projects to be finished at the new fields include building a restroom facility, paving a parking lot, and obtaining a state permit for installing lines for drinking water. Also in the budget for finishing the soccer field facility is an $10,000 sum for signage. Commissioner Tara Barlean said the district’s sign committee recommends hiring South Whidbey’s Pat McVay to make entry signs for both the Langley Road and Maxwelton Road portions of the park. She said the cost for those signs will be about $8,000. The board approved the committee’s choice, but told Barlean to have McVay give the district a more accurate estimate on the cost of designing, carving, and installing the signs. “