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Legacy Park Celebrates 5th Anniversary
Posted on Friday, March 19th, 2021
Honorary Lap Leaders: The state champion Marietta High School
girls and boys cross country teams, led by All-State seniors Ethan
Vinson and Abbie Winchester, round the flag-lined first turn. They are followed
by senior marathoner Arthur Rickets and speed walker Rob Robertson
on the ceremonial first lap around the Legacy Park Recreational Trail
on March 21, 2016. (Photo by Don Sessions)
On Monday, the first weekday of Daily Savings Time, Legacy Park on the hospital grounds in Marietta had a sunny and serene air about it and a stream of visitors, just as it has nearly every day for the past five years.
Around 5:30 p.m., a young woman was seen walking a few laps on the measured ½-mile hard-surface trail, then finishing her session with a two-lap jog. A young man listened to music on headphones while walking the loop.
A mother stepped onto the trail on foot while her son rode a bike that looked a tad tall for him. They headed north on a cross-country portion of the layout for a good workout that lasted more than an hour. A couple crossed the park on foot, fishing gear in hand, headed to a nearby pond.
A park worker on a riding lawnmower crossed back and forth on the infield.
The two dozen Oklahoma native trees planted in 2018 by donors to the Love County Senior Volunteers had grown a little taller. Six pole-mounted purple martin houses all in a row – donated by the Love County 4-H Club -- were open for residency alongside the stretch of trail that...
