BROOKVILLE — City manager Sonja Keaton announced the Brookville High School seniors and members of the Brookville Alumni Association plan to stain the wood at the Castle Playground in Golden Gate Park on Friday, May 19.

Keaton said the seniors and BHS alumni will conduct the project from 8:30 a.m. until 12:30 p.m. as part of the school district’s “Serve Brookville” program.

“’Serve Brookville.’ is a combination of the senior class and the alumni association, whoever can attend, working in the park, at some churches at some resident’s homes, mainly the elderly, trying to do whatever needs sprucing up that needs to be done,” Keaton said.

Keaton indicated the plan is to complete the staining of the wood in the interior section of the playground.

Keaton also said plans are to have the seniors and alumni volunteers distribute the rubber mulch around the playground.

“They need to outline the play areas because we need that fall zone with the rubberized edging and the rubber mulch can be placed inside the edging,” Keaton said.

Keaton said staining the interior of the playground has been an on-going project.

“Every time we try to do this it gets rained out,” Keaton said.

Keaton said the BHS seniors in the Class of 2002 were to team with members of the Brookville Alumni Association to stain the interior wood last year.

But Keaton said the inclement weather prevented them from staining the wood.

Keaton indicated a portion of the interior was stained and sealed last October by members of the Salem Church of God as part of the church’s “Love Does” program.

The program consists of church members volunteering to support the surrounding communities by performing numerous projects free of charge.

Keaton hopes the weather will cooperate this year so the seniors and the alumni volunteers can stain the remaining wood inside the playground.

But in case of inclement weather on May 19, the seniors and the alumni will try to complete the task on Monday, May 22, during the same hours.

“I believe there are 55 graduating seniors in the school. A lot of them are over at CTC (Miami Valley Technology Center) this year,” Keaton said.

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