Residents throwing support behind sites slated for closure
By Tim Mitchell
Sunday September 14, 2008
Robin Scholz
The sign listing the specials at the Boondocks II restaurant at Weldon Springs State Park in Clinton also asks visitors to get involved in helping to save the state park, and the businesses within it.
About 12,000 of DeWitt County's 17,000 residents signed petitions that were delivered to state Rep. Bill Mitchell's office last week.
"When you consider that we only have 17,000 people living in DeWitt County, it shows the overwhelming support we have to keep Weldon Springs and the other state parks open," said Ruth Stauffer, director of the DeWitt County Development Council. "Weldon Springs improves our quality of life so much. It is absolutely silly for the governor to close it."
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