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Someone damaged Kenton Park's baseball field by driving donuts through the snow.

(Ryan Pittel)

The snow has brought vandals out to North Portland parks, residents say.

Residents reported seeing people drive ATVs in circles through

and

. Others say they've seen damage to Roosevelt High School's baseball field and the St. Johns Community Center soccer field.

Cathedral Park resident Anna Gorman said she saw a group of ATV riders, joined by a red jeep or sports utility vehicle, spinning around the boat ramp parking lot.

And in

, residents say a car has damaged the north baseball field.

Some time this weekend, someone drove on to the field and did donuts in the snow-covered grass. Zack Oremland said he was walking his dog through Kenton on Monday night around 8:15 p.m. when a gold SUV began circling through the park.

Pitell says the photographs don't do the damage justice.

“The damage is extensive,” Kenton resident Ryan Pittel wrote in an email to The Oregonian. “The pictures don't do it justice.”

Pittel said the tracks are wider in Kenton than the ATV tracks reported in other parks.

This is the second such case in the park in the last year. Last summer, a car went “

” across the park’s basketball court, burning the rubber. Neighbors were never able to find a suspect.

“I've lived in Kenton for 8 years,” Pittel said. “And this past year has been the first time I've seen such vandalism.”

Portland Parks & Recreation spokesman Mark Ross said his bureau will compile a list and assess the damage as soon as the snow melts completely.

"If the grass did not get rutted badly, turf repair may be a simple fix," Ross said.

-- Casey Parks