{"id":37803,"date":"2013-11-14T21:58:56","date_gmt":"2013-11-15T01:58:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/miserybay.usanethosting.com\/wordpress\/?p=37803"},"modified":"2013-11-14T21:58:56","modified_gmt":"2013-11-15T01:58:56","slug":"spray-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stjindy.com\/archive1\/spray-4\/","title":{"rendered":"Spray Park nets donation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/miserybay.usanethosting.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/gallery\/13nov\/andyth.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"image\" class=\"alignleft size-full\" \/>Andy T&#8217;s Pumpkin Trot<!--more--><br \/>\nA recent donation by sponsors from Andy T&#8217;s Farm Market Pumpkin Trot is helping construction of the St. Johns Community Spray Park inch closer toward reality.<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/miserybay.usanethosting.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/gallery\/13nov\/andyt.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"image\" class=\"aligncenter size-full\" \/><br \/>\nSt. Johns City Parks and Recreation Director Bill Schafer accepted the $1,700 donation from Andy T&#8217;s owners, Andy and Sunday Todosciuk, and race coordinator Dave Fitzpatrick.<br \/>\nBusinesses and individuals whose sponsorship dollars were given in support of the project include:<br \/>\nAgro-Culture Liquid, Avery Eye Care, Boehler&#8217;s Greenhouse, Clinton County Farm Bureau, Clinton County Medical Center, Ferralls Tree Trimming, Fifth Third Bank, Firstbank, Fosters Wheel Inn, Hitching Post Restaurant, Jackson Jackson &#038; Associates PC, Journey Credit Union, Koenigsknecht Dentistry, Maco Tool &#038;Engineering Inc., Main Street Cafe Inc., Martin Brower, Michigan Woods Fibers LLC, Reed Insurance Agency Inc., Ryan&#8217;s Roadhouse, Spicer Group, Swany&#8217;s Pub &#038; Grub, Uncle John&#8217;s Cider Mill, Mike Cook Water Systems, Jet Speed Printing, CEP Custom Embroidery, Ben and Jane Swanchara.<br \/>\nThe new spray park recreational facility will be constructed on the site of the former Veteran&#8217;s Memorial Swimming Pool that was located at the St. Johns City Park. Estimated cost of the spray park is between $350-400,000. Organizers are hopeful grant funding will help offset a portion of that cost via an application for $150,000 made to the Michigan Department of Natural Resources Trust Fund.<br \/>\nMembers of the Citizens for a Spray Park Committee and the St. Johns City Parks and Recreation Board have been active over the past year, soliciting donations and organizing fundraisers.<br \/>\nFor detailed information on the project or to organize a fund-raising activity contact Schafer at 224-8944 ext. 227, or Spray Park Committee co-chairperson Suzie Fromson on Facebook at St. Johns, MI Spray Park.<br \/>\nForms for the group&#8217;s &#8220;Spray Park Buy a Brick&#8221; can be downloaded from the city web site, <a href=\"http:\/\/cityofstjohnsmi.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">http:\/\/cityofstjohnsmi.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Andy T&#8217;s Pumpkin Trot<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-37803","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stjindy.com\/archive1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37803","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stjindy.com\/archive1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stjindy.com\/archive1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stjindy.com\/archive1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stjindy.com\/archive1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=37803"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/stjindy.com\/archive1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37803\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stjindy.com\/archive1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37803"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stjindy.com\/archive1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=37803"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stjindy.com\/archive1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=37803"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}