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City Parks Popular As Recreation Areas
A surge in outdoor recreation drives city park improvements. Santa Fe Park gains a new ball field, rest rooms, and planned concessions. Elk, buffalo and other pens are planned for Monkey Island and the city zoo, with Monkeys to be relocated. Highland Park’s Sunken Gardens and bird enclosures draw crowds as park superintendent Clem Keller oversees crews. Chanute’s electrical system serves multiple towns with 212 miles of lines and a large dam storage capacity ensuring long term water supply.
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Santa Fe Park
R. J. Hayes
Monkey Island
City Park
Clem Keller
Highland Park
Barker Dam
Ditmars
Brown Wells
Chanute
Barker
Ash Grove Lime & Portland Cement Co
Tribune
Larry Mathews
Keller