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Engle Park, other projects to start soon on Water St. By Christina Scanlon
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WARRENSBURG — A series of park installations are in the works around the town, eventually bringing possibilities for small festival-type activities and live music, along with a meditation garden setting for the public’s use. The first undertaking is Cal Engle Park, located behind Hudson Headwater’s Warrensburg Health Center and along Water Street. Dirt work is set to begin this week. Funded by Hudson Headwaters, the park was envisioned when the medical building was constructed last year. Craig Jones, of Richard E. Jones Associates and architect on the project, said the design of the park takes advantage of the natural slope leading to Water Street. “We created a small amphitheater,” he said. “There will be a tiered grass area with seating.”
Warrensburg Supervisor Kevin Geraghty said the spot will lend itself well for small music performances, such as a vocalist or acoustic arrangements. There will also be picnic tables and grass throughout the park. “It’s going to be really nice to honor (former Town Supervisor) Cal Engle with this park,” Geraghty said. He is hopeful the park will be complete by the fall. Also funded by Hudson Headwaters and likely to be complete around the same time, is a healing, or meditation, garden located between the health center and dental building. Inspired by English gardens, “it’s going to be a quiet place with a water feature,” said Hudson Headwaters spokesman Howard Nelson. “All the planting there will be medicinal related,” said Jones. “It will flower all year long and relate to the reason they’re there.” A third project, funded by grant money re-
Dozens of ducks can be seen along Water Street where a new park will be constructed by the Town of Warrensburg this fall. Photo by Christina Scanlon
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BoltonÊ sixthÊ graderÊ attendingÊ D.C.Ê conference Young leaders invited from around U.S.
friends tell me how awesome it is.” While there, she’ll be participating in a jampacked schedule of leadership activities, sightseeing and educational trips to historical sites and a stop at the White House. “I’ll be able to learn all these skills and bring them back to my school,” she said of what she’s looking forward to the most. She’s also eager to make new connections with other future leaders. Her invitation for the conference was a bit of a surprise, arriving in the mail after she was nominated by her English teacher, Lori Humiston.
By Christina Scanlon
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BOLTON — Gabrielle Mowery, a sixthgrader at Bolton Central, will join a select group of middle school students from around the country for the 2016 Junior National Young Leaders conference next week. “I’m pretty nervous, but I’m excited to see Washington, D.C.,” said Mowery “All my
Mowery, the daughter of Kerry Kane and Bruce Mowery, was additionally nominated by Humiston for recognition in science, technology, engineering and math. “That felt really good,” said Mowery of the support from her teacher. Though several years away from graduation and career-making decisions, Mowery has some leadership roles on her radar. “I’ve always kind of liked the idea of being a lawyer,” she said. “That goes along the lines of leading someone to justice.” >> See BOLTON| pg. 5