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Wednesday, April 09, 1997     Page: 7A

Area woman offers land for borough playground
   
Soon there could be a new recreation area in the Flats section of the
borough for the children of Plymouth.
    Dorothy Vogt, 77, approached Borough Council at Tuesday night’s regular
meeting to donate the land where she lived as a child so today’s children can
enjoy it as a recreation area and playground.
   
“I could have gotten $16,000 for this land, but I don’t need the money,”
Vogt told council. “I’d rather see it go to the kids.”
   
Vogt, who now lives on a Salem Township farm, said she often sees children
playing on the streets of Plymouth and would rather they play in a new
playground on Flat Road.
   
Her only stipulation is that the borough name the playground after her
parents, the late Mary and John Shydlinski.
   
Council President Tom McTague said council will vote on the proposal at an
upcoming meeting.
   
In other business, council:
   
Awarded a $21,417 contract to James T. O’Hara Company, Moscow, Pa., to
remove dirt from near the dam between Wadham and Brown’s creeks.
   
McTague said the removal of dirt will lower the water level before it
passes over the dam. The water now flows through the dam too quickly when the
water from the creeks are high.
   
— Christopher Romanelli