Jerry Park steps down

P& wo sea vol the Vo a p Jer sig Par Ho bec Po and we 201 Th two gra don Af wit ded dep annual scholarship after him "It's an honor, I think they went further than they needed to," Park said in a May 2014 interview with the Howe Enterprise "It's over and above what I thought was necessary but they did it anyway."

Park was also a military man serving in the US Army from 1959-1962 and was stationed in Alaska. He actually received overseas pay for being in Alaska, even though Alaska became a state in 1959 He joined the Army as a 19-year-old because a friend of his called him and asked him to join him on the 'buddy plan' which meant they would go to basic training together He was making

Jerry Park

wound up going anyway I didn't regret it. I wasn't doing anything else productive at that time "

Since that time, Park has been an overly-productive member of the Howe community by serving in nearly every volunteer capacity possible

"He's a unique individual and you can't replace him," said Howe City Councilman Bill French during Tuesday night's council meeting "No one can do it as good as Jerry did - at anything "

Mayor Jeff Stanley appointed Lisa Tibbets to take his place on the P&Z which was eventually approved by the council