Volunteers spruce up Lake Park
Volunteers took time out of their Saturday morning on April 5 to clean up Lake Park and get it ready for spring.
Terri Owen is a board member with Friends of the Park and volunteers for the spring clean up every year.
“It’s overwhelming and a lot of people didn’t make it because they thought it was canceled due to the rain,” she said. “Yesterday there was some water between the picnic shelters and there is probably more now. We usually have a lot more people. The weather probably has something to do with it, but there are groups that came and helped out.”
Working along with Owen was Gail Piper.
“We belong to Friends of the Park and we come every year, rain, shine or snow,” Piper said.
Volunteer Tim Mutersbaugh was working in one of the flower beds.
“We’re cleaning up all the rubbish, the sticks, and some of the dead stuff,” he said. “We put a light layer of mulch down to help neutralize the ground to help build it up more. Volunteers from Friends of the Park and any one in the community can help. We do it every year. I just live up the road, so I like coming down to this park and I’m very thankful for this park. So I put some time into making it nice. I bring my grandson down here to fish. It’s a good time. We can get away from the house and come down here and enjoy the evening.”
Wal-Mart store manager Penny Nickerson said this was their first annual park clean up.
“I brought a crew,” she said. “They are around the park everywhere. Some are doing mulch, some are doing plants and we are picking up trash. This is our first annual one because we are going to do it every year. This is my first year as store manager. I moved to Coshocton about a year ago. So yeah, I love this town.”
Lisa Thompson was with the Wal-Mart crew.
“This is my first year,” she said. “I like it and at least it’s not pouring down the rain.”
Tammi Rogers, park director said, “River View’s prom is tonight so we wanted to make sure the pavilion got spruced up for them and everywhere else in the park that has sticks and litter that needed picked up. We are spreading mulch and just trying to spruce it up for spring time. The bags get a little heavier when it’s wet but what are we gonna do? It’s spring time in Ohio and you never know what you’re gonna get. I have actually attended clean up days when it was snowing. I am just glad it’s not snowing. I am thrilled that people took time out of their day to help us out. We appreciate it.”
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