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Tugboat plans steam aheadBy SONYA CAMPBELLStaff writerPORT NECHES Thanks to a $10,000 donation made by Fi na Oil and Chemical Compa ny’s Port Arthur refinery on Feb. 7, the steering committee for Tugboat Island Playground is closer to reaching its goal of $160,000.Tugboat Island is a play ground designed with the help of local students, financed by local citizens, businesses and organizations and built by hun dreds volunteers.Fina officials presented the check to Tugboat Island General Coordinators Glen Johnson, Weida Philpott and Zuetta Pinkston Wednesday, Feb. 7.The event took place at the proposed building site located in Port Neches Park on Grigsby between Merriman and Park streets.We really appreciate Fina making this donation. This is an enormous project and they have helped tremendously/' said Philpott. But we still need lota of volunteers and tools.We need about $40,000 to reach our goal and we hope Fine's generous contribution will help encourage others to get involved/’ said Pinkston.Tugboat Island, designed by the same developers of Beaumont’s Imagination Station playground, will be built by volunteers wprking in an old *fashion “barn-raising method in two phases, March 22-24 and April 18-21.Johnson said the work will be split into three shifts with over 700 volunteers needed per shift“You don’t have to be a pro fessional contractor There's a job for everyone, even children, he saidWe chose the designers that we did because they specialize m designing this type of playground,” said Johnson. ‘'Everything is organized, even the finest details If someone loans us a hammer, we will list it in our book along with the owner’s name When a volun teer checks it out, we will know who has that hammer and once we finish work that day, the tools are gathered and locked away.When planning a project of this kind, the designers must consider safety, accessibility, coat, and the quality of building materials. They do this while keeping the children's ideas in mind. Such ideas include building a tugboat, lighthouse, shark and an industrial cityWe encourage everyone to come out and be a part of Tugboat Island, Johnson said. “It is not just a Port Neches project, it is a community project/*/
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Port Neches Midcounty Chronicle
Port Neches, Texas, US
Wed, Feb 14, 1996
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