[Augustine Forbes Park Tot Lot Groundbreaking]
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WHAT AN EXCITING DAY.I THINK ABOUT A LITTLE BIT OVER A MONTH AGO, I STOOD IN FRONT OF THE CHURCH AND HAD ALL OF THE FAMILY TO COME UP AND I SAY THAT THIS DAY WOULD COME.
THANK YOU SO MUCH, COUNCILMAN, FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY JUST TO SAY A WORD ABOUT SISTER AUGUSTINE FOXS, MAMA, TEEN, UH, MRS. TEEN, WHATEVER YOU CALLED HER.
WE DON'T HAVE TO LOOK OUTSIDE OF OUR COMMUNITY FOR HEROES.
THERE ARE HEROES RIGHT AMONG US.
WE ARE HERE TODAY TO CELEBRATE THIS GREAT EVENT, THIS MONUMENT OF NAMING A PARK.
THIS PARK AFTER OUR MOTHER AUGUSTINE WATSON FORS.
MAMA TEEN, AS SHE WAS AFFECTIONATELY CALLED BY ALMOST EVERYONE IN THE COMMUNITY WAS THE ELDEST OF 14 CHILDREN AND MOTHER OF 11.
THE PARK WILL SERVE AS A LASTING REMINDER OF HER MEMORY AND THE IMPACT SHE HAD ON THE KIDS IN HER COMMUNITY.
WE HAVE MANY PEOPLE WHO'VE COME AND GONE WHO'VE, WHO'VE GIVEN TO OUR COMMUNITY, AND I'M NOT ONE TO EVER FORGET THOSE WHO'VE MADE CONTRIBUTIONS.
ALL OF THIS PROPERTY, ALL OF THIS IS GOING TO BE CLEARED OUT AND WHAT YOU WILL SEE IS A BEAUTIFUL FACILITY THAT HAS NOT ONLY A A ONE THIRD MILE WALKING TRACK, WE WILL HAVE OUTDOOR EXERCISE EQUIPMENT, BUT WE WILL ALSO HAVE A TOT LOT FOR OUR CHILDREN, AS WELL AS BENCHES, AS WELL AS OTHER AMENITIES THAT WILL ALLOW FOR EVERYONE IN THIS AREA TO BE ABLE TO ENJOY IT.