On Thursday, May 20th, the members of the Wyoming Black Hills Leadership Institute’s Donald Ray Roby Memorial Park improvement committee were invited by city employees to help them, and some local school kids, to plant some trees and look over the improvements they have been making at the park.  The strides that have been made in the parks improvements were exciting to see!

City employee, Travis Peterson, explained to those that attended how the watering system is completely installed, park benches bought with the donations raised by the committee have been installed.  The first of eighteen trees have been planted and the BBQ pits will be installed soon.  The landscaping is continuing with grass and flowers and shrubbery set to go in soon.

The park will soon be another jewel in the Newcastle City park system.  Travis and his fellow workers have once again gone above and beyond the call of duty!  It was nice of them to invite the park improvement committee to the tree planting, but the committee knows that the glory and praise should all go to the city employees!  They made it happen.

Thank you again to everyone who donated to this project in any way over the last few years.  It wouldn’t have happened as fast as it has without your help.  To those associates of the Wyoming Black Hills Leadership Institute who formed and served on the committee, to those who donated money, time, and labor installing the engraved marker and planting trees.  To everyone involved in any way, Thank You!  Most of all, thank you to the City of Newcastle and their employees!

Drive by the Donald Ray Roby Memorial Park in the Saddle subdivision and see the improvements.  To find out more about the Wyoming Black Hills Leadership Institute, stop by or, call the UW Cooperative Extension Service Office in Newcastle.