The Worthington Times

The water is going down. By noon Tuesday, all are in agreement that the floodwater is receding. It's down by a significant amount but there's a long ways to go. At least we can see it is getting better. What a mess it's leaving behind.

No roads have opened up yet. State Road 67 to the south is still covered with water as far as the eye can see and the barricade remains just south of the Dollar General Store. State Road 157 to the north is still closed but the fence posts which were barely visible yesterday are showing about a foot now. Water has gone down on State Road 157 - the hill road by the Pryor bridge but it has a long way to go - it now looks like a big flood instead of an unbelievable flood. Terre Haute Road to the west is still closed. Still today the only road open out of town is State Road 67 toward Spencer. 

The Worthington Times long-promised group picture of "The Skaters" will finally take place in the Worthington Park at 7:00 p.m. next Monday, June 18.  If you consider yourself to be in that group or just like to cruise on a skateboard, be there or be square. 

The Worthington Park will be getting a clean-up boost during Pride Week in Worthington when Worthington Town Marshal Conaway will be overseeing some work to be done by a crew from Community Corrections. The Park Board is appreciative and says they can always use another helping hand, now and throughout the summer season. If you might be interested in doing a little “extra exercise” out at the Park, contact any member of the Board.

The Worthington Park Board is very proud of the beautiful shade trees that make our park such an oasis on hot summer days. But they’ve also been faced with the hard fact that a few need to be removed for safety’s sake, mainly behind the Community Building. A few others are in need of a trim. They want tree-lovers to know this maintenance will be as minimal as possible and they would welcome contributions for new trees. A donation to the park is tax-deductible and one could earmark a monetary contribution for tree planting. Another great idea would be to plant a tree in memory of a special someone. If interested, contact the Park Board at 875-3209 or talk to any member of the board which includes Lyle Sloan, Marilyn Wright, Jr Calvert and Delores Calvert.

The Worthington Park will be welcoming lots of visitors now that the weather is warming and the Park Board has been busy with the spring clean-up.

They’ve added colorful new trash cans, replaced all the tables in the Hinchman Shelterhouse, repainted an outside restroom and put in new horseshoe pits.

Volunteers would be welcome to help with spring lawn work—just take a rake or broom and go enjoy the season, and get some exercise!

Watch for more park news next week — news to know now is the park is closed to vehicular traffic from 8 p.m. until 8 a.m. Walkers are still welcome during these hours.