By Carolyn Reid
Gary Hicks, representative for Woodmen of the World Life Insurance, emphasizes his company's goal of supporting community by donating toward improvements and beautification, and the Pendleton County Athletic Park was the most recent recipient of the organization's generosity.
Recreation board member Adam Bruener said Hicks recently reached out to him, offering $400 to support a volunteer day at the park. Bruener was joined by Hicks and his wife Debbie, Jason Spaulding, Jimmy Moore, Rick Jones, and Melissa Jones as they went to work cleaning the entry's donor sign, painting lines on the basketball court as well as the park sign, and repairing the park's picnic table by replacing the benches and tabletop.
"It was great to see people coming together like that to improve the community," Bruener said.
Bruener said Woodmen also provided lunch to the team. He hopes to have more events similar to this one in the future.
New lines on the basketball court sharpens the look and gives pick-up and other players a good feel for where they need to be on the court.
Volunteers put a little elbow grease into the signs, making them nearly as good as new.
Volunteers put a little elbow grease into the signs, making them nearly as good as new.
Volunteers put a little elbow grease into the signs, making them nearly as good as new.
The sign honoring the sponsors who made the park happen was clouded with mold and other residue, making it less attractive and more obscured than needed. The volunteers cleaned the base and also each sign, making for a much more attractive entrance to the park. Rec board member Adam Bruener said, "We cleaned [the base} along with the donor signs, just gave it a facelift."