SEPTEMBER 15, 2017, KEIZERTIMES, PAGE A3
Big hand for Big Toy volunteers
community working side-
By ERIC A. HOWALD
by-side.”
Of the Keizertimes
Kohler said the group had
A battalion of more than
200 volunteers pulled off a plenty of people and good
minor miracle Saturday, Sept. organization, but loaner tools
– two track hoes and a loader
9.
Led by members from 12 – from Doug’s Dirt Works
made all the
c o n g re g a -
difference.
tions of the
“ H e
Church of
pulled them
Jesus Christ
off
other
of
Latter
jobs and we
Day Saints
probably
( L D S ) ,
wo u l d n ’t
the group
have gotten
cleared
as far as we
wood chips
did with-
from about
out them,”
90
per-
Kohler said.
cent of the
City staff
Big Toy in
finished
Keizer Rap-
off the job
ids
Park.
Tu e s d a y,
The chips
— Dan Kohler
Sept.
12.
are
being
The
Big
cleared and
the play structure is closed Toy is expected to remain
for the next several weeks closed at least through Oct.
while a pour-in-place surface 16 while the new surface is
installed.
is installed.
More than 600 cubic yards
“I don’t think that the city
or parks board had any clue of wood chips were poured
that we could get that many into the site in 2015. Usable
people out there,” said Dan portions of what was re-
Kohler, director of public af- moved from the Big Toy are
fairs for the LDS church in being stored at the park and
this area. “We were thrilled, used to replace wood chips
we had people from the around other Keizer park
church and people from the play structures.
“We were
thrilled, we had
people from
the church and
people from
the community
working side-
by-side.”
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A: Joell Matus.
B: Jason Kohler
(from left), Dan
Kohler and Blake
Weimer.
C: Mayor Cath Clark
and Cassie Kerner.
D: Becky Russell
(from left), Addison
Thompson and Jen-
nifer Frankel.
E: Dave Louden
(from left), Seth
Kerner and Jose
Aguilar.
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