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• Continued from page 1-Aject. Costs have not yet been determined, but Decell said “no stone will be left unturned’’ in the search for funding options.Although closing the park at night would eliminate overnight camping, City Council member Gail Earls — an observer at the meeting — said she thinks the public would support such a plan.“If people come out and see we’re doing something, they’ll realize we’re working on trying to make (the lake) better,’’ she saidMember Faye Reed expressed concern that the board plan to preserve the caretaker’s home, an historic house built by the Civilian Conservation Corps.The lake will be kept open weekends, and might be closed one or two days a week during the improvements, Decell said. He noted that after the construction is completed, full operating hours of the lake would be reinstated.He said he is searching now for a person to work about 10 hours per day to collect admission fees and keep the gate open. The personnel department will determine the actual amount of money available with staffing cuts.Ted Zobeck, a scientist with the U.S. Department of Agriculture research station in Big Spring, presented a plan to construct a “nature center’’ in Birdwell Park.Zobeck and Joe Reed, of the Big Spring High School science department, said their plan would be useful for teaching science to students in local schools.“We want to enthuse children about science,’’ Zobeck said. He described building a garden, agreenhouse, a pond and marsh, as well as areas for studying weather and soil. He said nature trails could be constructed through the park.Zobeck said the nature study facility would probably use the entire park, and would be funded entirely through grants from the government and private donations. He conceded that it would take several years for the project to come to fruition.Board members were concerned because they had recently approved temporary use of the park for a disc golf course. They voted to allow the projects to be planned concurrently, and if both become plausible, an alternate site for one activity would be found later.Zobeck said he would present his idea to the city council at a later meeting.In other business, the board:• Approved the use of a room at the municipal pool for meetings of the Comanche Trail Ladies Golf Assocation. The room, a downstairs waiting room on the north side of the building, could be leased to the group upon approval of the city council.• Sought action toward completion of repairs at the softball field used by the United Girls Softball Assocation. Official Gilbert Cobos said repairs to the fences and field grass, begun one year ago, have not been completed by city crews.Decell agreed to put the needed work “on his list’’ for completion before the group’s playing season begins.• Requested picnic tables be rearranged in Comanche Trail Park so the public can use them while feeding the ducks.
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Big Spring, Texas, US
Tue, Feb 26, 1991
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