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Those receiving funds were (top row left to right): Darke County Parks
(Roger Van Frank, Director);
Greenville City Parks (Deb Fall, Park
Superintendent and Dale Musser, Park Board President); and
the Ladybug
Garden Club (President Amy Erisman, Becky Collins, Angela Beumer, Kim
Cromwell, Sherry
Ward, Sherri Jones, and Charlene Thornhill.) The Beard
family is pictured on the bottom left.
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J. Michael Beard Fund
Supports Local Groups
On Friday, June 3rd, representatives from Darke County Parks,
Greenville City Park, and the Ladybug Garden Club met at Shawnee
Prairie Preserve Nature Center to receive grants from the J. Michael
Beard Community Fund, administered by the Darke County Foundation. Mike
Beard was a long-standing, active resident of Darke County who died in
2013. He dedicated himself to his family, church, friends, and work at
the Darke County Highway Department. Mike was fond of being outdoors,
particularly at county or state parks, where he enjoyed hiking, fishing
from the family boat, and going camping. His family chose to extend his
legacy throughout the community via non-profit grants and scholarships
through the Darke County Foundation.
The grant to the Darke County Park District will be used for
landscaping and Nature Center beautification at Christmas time. The
Beard children asked that Greenville City Park use its funds to plant
trees in the park in memory of their father. The funds going to the
Ladybug Garden Club will be used for local beautification projects such
as the gazebo area and beds at the Darke County fairgrounds, the
Greenville traffic circle, Arbor Day tree planting, Garst Museum
Christmas trees and Wayne Healthcare Christmas decorating. All three
organizations are very grateful for these generous contributions which
will be put to great use in the community, and they would like to thank
the J. Michael Beard family and the Darke County Foundation for their
support.
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