By Derek Gean
Community editor

Thanks to the work of an area Eagle Scout candidate and his team of volunteers, the Happy Hollow Picnic Area now has new picnic tables for visitors to utilize.  

Yannik Roell, the 17-year-old son of Chief Warrant Officer 5 William and Jill Zenia Roell, worked in conjunction with the Directorate of Public Works Office of Natural Resources Branch and with the assistance of Dan James, DPW landscape architect, to refurbish the tables as part of a community service project required to obtain the rank of Eagle Scout.

Joe Proffitt, a natural resource specialist, contracted to the DPW Natural Resource Branch from Colorado State University, said the project was one that had come full circle from an original Eagle Scout project in 1996.

“The old table tops and benches had seen 14 years of service at Happy Hollow…     Read More...