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<br /> <br />Clayton S. Honma <br />William P. Kenoi <br />Director <br />Mayor <br /> <br />Robert A. Fitzgerald <br />Deputy Director <br /> <br /> <br />DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION <br /> <br />101 Pauahi Street, Suite 6 Hilo, Hawai‘i 96720 <br /> <br />(808) 961-8311 Fax (808) 961-8411 <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />NEWS RELEASE <br /> <br />November 18, 2013 <br /> <br />FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE <br /> <br /> <br />Opening Ceremony Set for New Mountain View Playground <br /> <br />Mayor Billy Kenoi, Puna Councilman Zendo Kern, the Department of Parks and <br />Recreation and the Friends of Mountain View Gym and Park invite the public to an <br />opening ceremony for the new children’s playground at A.J. Watt Gym in Mountain <br />View. <br /> <br />Festivities will start at 2 p.m. Friday, November 22, at the Nā Wai Ola Public Charter <br />School campus located next to the gym. <br /> <br />Friends of Mountain View Gym and Park will hold drawings for donated prizes. <br /> <br />Covering 2,300 square feet, the new playground is comprised of two modular-design <br />play areas designed for children between the ages of 5 and 12 years old. A climbing <br />wall, stairs, platforms, a protective roof and five slides, including a tunnel slide, are <br />among the features. A special synthetic turf and impact-absorbing layer comprise the <br />safety surface installed under the playground. <br /> <br />For more information, please contact Jason Armstrong, Public Information Officer, <br />at 345-9105, or jarmstrong@co.hawaii.hi.us. <br /> <br />-30- <br /> <br />Attachment: The new children’s playground is shown in this recent picture. <br /> <br />County of Hawai‘i is an Equal Opportunity Provider and Employer. <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />