The Trails March 2015

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EMERGENCY Aside from 9-1-1, the ‘other’ emergency number is your house number. PAGE 5

+ Spring is in the air for The Trails

Hello, friends and neigh-bors . . . with one fell swoop, The Trails’ majestic oak trees shed their leaves and announced the arrival of spring and

of Florida’s almost never ending summer. Somewhat like Mother Nature, your Trails Homeowners Association board has been at work to prepare for this year and its change of sea-sons.

In January contractual agreements were renegoti-ated and approved with both the Ormond Beach Observer and with Carl Harrell. Our renewal agree-ment with the Observer will enable the continued publication, within budget, of The Trails Observer, the high quality quarterly newspaper our community residents deserve. And, yes, our vendor contract with Carl Harrell means “The Pool Guy” will be back for another season. On or about June 1, Carl will again be offering swimming lessons for children; if you’re inter-ested in scheduling lessons for your child(ren) please contact Carl.

SEE BRIDGER / PAGE 6

joyful noise in the library By Jacque Estes | Staff Writer

Rose Grace learned to play the piano from her mother when she was young; now she shares her passion with a new generation.

SEE BOARD MEETING / PAGE 4

Rob Bridger

DOWN TO BUSINESSNo shoes? No problem! Grass Roots brings kids together for learning and fun. PAGE 10

Observer

Vol. 1, No. 5

Good looks: Clubhouse, pool to get an upgrade

AMENITIES Jacque Estes | Staff Writer

Tunnels to landfill are a cause for concern for Ormond Beach. PAGE 3

Board of Directors approved a variety of improvements.

When the pool opens on April 1, residents may notice the re-flection is brighter thanks to a recent resurfacing in pearl white by Blue Water Pool. The Board approved the $26,800 expendi-ture after reviewing several bid proposals.

“We wanted to get this done the first week of March so it's ready for the pool opening,” said Wes Collier.

At the end of the pool season last year, it was noted that some of the pool furnishings, espe-cially the slings on some of the chaise lounges, had stained and faded. The manufacturer has in-structed the staff on the proper cleaning and care and also of-fered a substantial discount to-ward the purchase of new slings at $62 instead of the typical $180 cost. The Facilities, Fixtures and Furnishings Committee was given approval for an additional $3,000. The funds will double the life expectancy of the furniture since the slings can be replaced as needed in the future.

The Board also agreed for the pool party to be scheduled 2-5 p.m. May 3.

A wish list of improvements was presented by the Amenities Committee. With little remodel-ing being done to the clubhouse in the past 20 years, many up-grades are needed: remodeling the kitchen, light fixtures and flooring in the clubhouse, and interior painting of the club-house.

Drivers will be seeing fewer signs along the roadways in The Trails. Flo McNelly of the Land-scape Committee recommended that all but 19 “Keep Right” signs be removed. Main Trail will keep 18 signs and Twelve Oakes will retain one.

“We want to make the commu-

Photos by Jacque Estes

A trio performs with Rose Grace watching proudly from the far left.

Dr. Rose Grace beamed at her students as they we not so quietly making noise in the City Island Branch Library meet-ing room for an appreciative audience. Grace is an assistant professor of Piano at Bethune-Cookman University and an adjunct professor at Daytona State College.

The Instrumental Concert on Feb. 28 was typical of Bethune-Cookman's Music Outreach

Program, founded by Grace in the fall of 2009. In 2013 she was recognized for her contribution with the B-CU Community Ser-vice Award.

The Music Outreach Program mission is to establish a musical interaction between the B-CU students and faculty and local public schools with musical workshops and presentations.

Grace, a Russian born pianist, accompanied her students as

they performed a variety of mu-sical pieces on euphoniums, a flute, clarinet and as soloists.

Eda Shylam, the woman who instilled her passion for music and taught her how to play the piano and is her mother, was in the audience.

“I sat down at the piano at 4 years old,” she said. “My mother

SEE GRACE / PAGE 4

GRACE NOTES

Dr. Rose Grace and her mother and teacher, Eda Shlyam

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Wes Collier, a member of The Trails Board of Directors and the Amenities Committee, stood in the kitchen of the clubhouse looking around at what needs to be done. The clubhouse is supposed to be the center of The Trails community, and of-fice manager Brandie Hayes has been working diligently to in-crease the usage of the facility.

Hayes says the clubhouse wasn't used to its full potential until the past year. Now the up-stairs area with the kitchen is be-ing used by neighborhood card groups or rented out for wedding receptions and anniversary and birthday parties. Monthly HOA board meetings are also con-ducted in the upstairs area of the clubhouse.

An original feature of the de-velopment, the time has come

for upgrades. The kitchen has cabinets on the wall above the stove — way above the stove. To use these, it would be helpful to invite a professional basketball player to your next event. Ad-ditional cabinets are under a counter top on another wall but even they appear unused.

“We want to make this party friendly with a set up more suit-able for a catered party,” Collier said. “Maybe take these cabinet doors off entirely and just have shelves.”

With an eye on staying within the committee budget, Collier said re-purposing and refurbish-ing existing features was always the first choice. The kitchen sink, positioned just inside the only door to the kitchen really should be moved but it's not the priority at the moment.

“Our objective is to create a us-able kitchen that is easy to clean and easy for people to prepare for parties,” he said.

Outside the kitchen in the main room, proposed sugges-tions are to replace the worn and dated carpet, freshen the walls and possibly update the light sconces.

Downstairs, the entrance hall-way and the offices are all cov-ered in dark paneling. Popular in the 1970s, the entrance is seen as dreary now and not very wel-coming.

“When you walk into see Brandie downstairs, it's gloomy,” Collier said. “We need to open that up and do something with that paneling.”

Outside is the most popular and by far, the most used feature of the clubhouse — the swim-

ming pool. The pool will be open-ing in a few short weeks and the season opening party will be on May 3. Chairs are being cleaned and fixed if necessary and a new fence is being installed at the en-trance to the pool.

“After the fence is installed in front of the pool it will be ready for the swipe card process,” Col-lier said.

Homeowners will be receiv-

ing pool swipe cards each with unique identification. The new slide cards will record who is go-ing in and restrict those who do not have their dues up to date. They will also be time sensitive, not allowing access when the pool is not open.

“The Amenities Committee's primary goal is to have more people use the facilities The Trails Community has,” he said.

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closed landfill concerns By Jacque Estes | Staff Writer

City wants youngsters to find safer play areaAn old landfill is getting a second life as an unauthorized play area for local youngsters. Authorities want it to stop.

An intricate tunnel system snakes beneath the unstable dirt by the Nova Recreation Area. A plywood cover has been placed on top to conceal the “fort.” For Kevin Gray, environmental sys-tems manager for the city of Or-mond Beach, it’s the makings of a disaster.

“I spoke to Brandie Hayes at The Trails because we are pretty sure those building this are Trails residents,” he said. “The fence is being kicked in from the Trails side.”

He talked Hayes, the property manager, about the situation to see what could be done to alert parents to this activity and the safety concern.

“We are asking the parents to keep their kids out of the area. First: It’s not monitored and we wouldn’t be able to see if some-thing went wrong. Second: We are finding a lot of personal items, non-hygienic personal items like birth control, and fi-nally there is a pond at the bot-tom. We wouldn’t see if someone fell in,” Gray said.

The area is an abandoned landfill that has been closed for 15 years. The only individuals al-lowed to use part of the property

are members of a model airplane club. There is a locked fence but that isn’t deterring trespassers.

“We have had past problems

with the fence being knocked down from the Trails side,” Gray said. “This is costing the city and taxpayers money.”

While the cost and annoyance of repairing the fence is a factor it isn’t the main concern for Gray.

“They have built an elaborate tunnel in sugar sand, and any-thing can happen,” he said. “No one should be on the landfill, but we see BMX bikes and motor bikes. The fence is an annoyance but compared to a child’s life, it’s not even close. I just don't want anyone to get hurt.”

Gray said soft pellets were found near the plywood covered tunnel indicating those on the property are playing war.

“From the safety perspective, we don't want anyone to get hurt,” Gray said. “9-1-1 dispatch goes by addresses. If someone needed help and called 9-1-1 and said they were at the land-fill, a landfill that is closed, they wouldn't be able to find them.”

The site is posted “no trespass-ing” and a limited number of people have keys or should be on the property, including the mow-ers. All that's left is for parents to talk to their children and explain the dangers.

“We are asking the parents to keep their kids out of the area,” said Kevin Gray, environmental systems manager for the city of Ormond Beach.

AMENITIES COMMITTEE By Jacque Estes | Staff Writer

How to make use of the ClubhouseImprovements at the Clubhouse should help the building remain the center of The Trails community; Amenities Committee is on the job.

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The Trails Clubhouse is used for a variety of activities from card groups to parties. It also houses the management offices on the first floor.

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The 29 Bike Path and Bike Xing signs will be replaced with new more attractive multiuse trail signs.

“We want to remove 53 signs that are hodge podge through-out the community,” McNelly said.

It was also recommended that “Yield” signs be stenciled on the pavement where the trail comes out onto heavy traffic areas like Rio Pinar.

There was concern expressed about possible liability issues if signs, even though they have no reflective qualities, were re-

moved. The total requested amount of $3,100 was reduced to $2,775 until the insurance agent could be consulted concerning liability.

Three fountains will replace the current fountain in Lake Walden. The one horsepower fountains will have LED lights and will aerate the pond. A sec-ond fountain in the little pond will also be replaced.

The cost for all three fountains will be $11,469.29, nearly half of the next closest bid.

Unfinished business included the “bump” on Main Trail caused by a tree. The city has been made aware of the problem and will make a temporary fence around the area and possibly remove the tree.

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Flo McNelly shows the board one of the new multipurpose signs for the paths.

BOARD MEETING / FROM PAGE 1

is a wonderful pianist and I took classes from her for 15 years.”

Now the student is the teach-er, and she is passing the impor-tance of community outreach to her own students with per-formances off campus like this one. Many programs are con-ducted by the students under the Grace's guidance. During the workshops the B-CU music majors talk to the younger stu-dents about how they got start-ed in their major.

“These wonderful young people serve as role models and mentors to the next genera-tion.” Grace said. “My kids con-duct musical workshops with high school choirs and bands. They make music a part of their life, but it doesn't have to be a career.”

Grace sees a benefit in having the younger college students work one-on-one with the teen-

agers in high school. “Usually mentors are groups

that are made up of profession-al, older musicians,” she said. “The high school students can relate to my students.”

The program also presents a $500 scholarship to one of the participants.

Each of the nine students who performed at the library presented a different musical experience for the audience to

enjoy, from the opening piece, “The Lord's Prayer” sung by Devon Hagans, to “Cockeyed Optimist” from “South Pacific” by Brandi Neal, to the Trio in B flat Major, OP. 11, performed by DeYante McClay on clarinet, Bryan McCall on euphonium and Elijah Stevens on piano.

The finale, “The Impossible Dream,” from “Man of La Man-cha,” was sung by baritone Ash-ley Knowles.

“I knew I just had to end the show with that one,” Grace said.

Those who missed the Friends of the Library-spon-sored performance and don't want to miss the next can go to www.daytonabeachfol.org. For information and a schedule of other community events go to

http://www.cookman.edu/academics/schools/sla/De-partmentOfMusic/music-out-reach-program.html.

ROSIE / FROM PAGE 1 ‘‘ ‘‘These wonderful young people serve as role models and

mentors to the next generation.

Rosie Grace, pianist

Rose Grace's hands have been gliding over piano keys since she was 4 years old.

Paris Lewis was one of several soloists.


Fire Chief Bob Mandarino oversees the fire stations in Or-mond Beach. Station 92 at 189 S. Nova Road is the station most likely to respond to fires and oth-er emergencies in The Trails.

Station services include ad-vanced life support, disaster pre-paredness and response and fire and life safety education.

Residents with house numbers that are not properly displayed may sacrifice precious minutes while the truck slows down to search for the address.

“With our computerized GPS in each truck and the hard copy map book, our response time is barely over four minutes,” Man-darino said.

Having the address promi-nently placed is critical.

This is not the place you want to be decorative or fancy. House numbers should be at least 3 inches in height, visible from 150 feet from all angles and eas-ily read at night. Ask neighbors, visiting friends and relatives, and even delivery trucks if they were able to find your house ad-dress easily. If they had issues, replace your numbers so they can be easily seen during the day and at night.

Referred to as “The other emergency number” on the Or-

mond Beach Fire Department website, clearly displayed house numbers are critical.

Numbers stenciled on the curb are not easily seen. The firefight-ers are going to be looking at the front of houses and on mailbox-es. Curbs are easily obstructed by trash cans or dirt.

If you call 9-1-1, turn on the outside lights at your house, and if there is an extra person avail-able, have them stand outside to signal to the firefighters.

Mandarino said his firefight-ers don't leave things to chance. They are proactive in knowing the areas they serve.

“Firefighters and responders familiarize themselves with the neighborhoods and the condi-tions by driving through on a nonemergency run,” he said. “We pride ourselves on our lo-cal knowledge of the neighbor-hoods.”

The test drives also alert the firefighters to any conditions, like low hanging trees, that might pose a problem and delay response time.

“We are not going to be the tree commandos, and if we can move and get around it, that's fine, but if there is a tree that is going to affect our response time, we need it cut.”

There are trucks that go through neighborhoods on a weekly basis that often clear the way for the fire trucks.

“Garbage trucks often do the trimming for us,” Mandarino said. “They are taller than the fire engines so they often knock down the low hanging branch-es.”

The fire department also pro-vides services to help homeown-ers prevent fires.

Many stations have oil re-cycling “igloos” for household

waste like motor oil, a substance that cannot be thrown out with the trash and taken to the land-fill.

Laws require stores that sell car batteries to accept them for recycling.

Toxic substances like gasoline, paint, and pool chemicals are harmful to the environment and can be disposed of at the House-hold Hazardous Waste Facility at the Tomoka Landfill. There is also a paint exchange facility for resident in Volusia County at the

landfill. These facilities provide paint to noncommercial and nonprofit organizations as avail-able. Additional information is available by calling the Volusia County Solid Waste at 386-943-7889.

Cleaning your garage of these items reduces the extra “fuel” that could make a fire burn hot-ter and cause more destruction.

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EMERGENCY RESPONSE By Jacque Estes | Staff Writer

Fire Department: Help is just down the street Some of the best emergency response is available to the Trails but residents have to do their part to ensure the response is timely.

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The back up fire engine at Station 92 on Nova Road pulls out of the bay.


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Spring cleaning … so to speak:Toward the end of last summer it was

noted that the surface of the pool lining was deteriorating. After reviewing bids received, your Board awarded a contract to Blue Water Pools Inc. for resurfacing the pool, its gutters, and rebuilding the crumbling steps at the shallow end. Work is on schedule for completion so that the pool can open timely on April 1 (no fool-ing), and your board is investing in quality to get the job done right.

To improve aeration of the lake and pond water while also enhancing the aesthetics new fountain pumps and light-ing kits have been installed in both Lake Walden and Little Pond. Check them out; while this is basically an environmental issue, aesthetics are a plus for all resi-dents! (See the story on Page 1 for more on the latest board meeting.)

As an association, we have a partner in our spring cleanup — the city of Ormond Beach. Perhaps because of our improved communications with the city, The Trails Property Management was alerted to a potentially dangerous situation. Kids had built army-like fortress tunnels for pellet gun fights, digging dangerously near the protective lining of an adjacent hazardous waste site. (See the story on Page 3.)

The city has also been most responsive to requests for smoothing the natural “speed bump” caused by a tree root near Mimosa and Main Trials, and acted quick-ly on our request for repainting the double lines along areas of Main Trail. We’re still working with the city on projects to improve the ingress/egress and sidewalk at the Clubhouse parking lot and to desig-nate crosswalks at critical intersections.

I’m pleased to report that your Board’s Landscape Committee has been working diligently to plan for seasonal flower rota-tions. In addition 14 hazardous trees have been removed from the medians along Main Trial. The planters around the pool

area will be refreshed before pool opening. The committee has also recommended and the Board has approved new signage for the Clubhouse, Misner’s Branch, and our community’s pathways … so be on the lookout. The Board’s Amenities, Technologies and Facilities, Fixtures & Furnishings Committees will be working collaboratively to propose updating reno-vations to the Clubhouse … so stay tuned.

Spring cleaning … financiallyThe heretofor CPA audit firm was plan-

ning on charging the Association what your Board deemed and outrageous amount for its annual audit. At a savings to the association, your Board has disen-gaged from the previous CPA auditor and has secured the services of Martin, Klayer & Associates, PL. Homeowners will be notified when this year’s audit has been completed and will have an opportunity to review the audit if they so desire. As of our March 2015 regular board meet-ing, the association is right on track with regards to its current operating budget.

Spring cleaning … a personal note:As I’ve walked and driven around our

community, I’ve seen many neighbors out pruning back shrubbery and panting new annuals. Kudos to you! Thank you for your work to improve not only your property, but our community.

I know, from an inside source, that our Association’s Landscape Committee is working to develop criteria (for Board approval) for reinstituting a “Yard of the Quarter” award and a “Sub-Association of the Quarter” award.

Last year I reported to you that the association was going to actively pursue property inspections for covenant enforce-ment. Prior to engaging the professional services of Aegis Property Management our Covenant enforcement had been on a reactionary basis; only responding when one’s neighbor called the office to com-plain. In the interest of insuring every-one’s property values, we are now more

proactive. Since visual, onsite inspections had not

been regularly conducted your Board’s guidance and direction to Aegis was clear: First, go for the “low hanging fruit.” That is, look for covenant violations that are readily apparent from street view.

With respect to fulfilling the Board’s direction, our property manager, Brandie Hayes, has done a fantastic job. Please note the accompanying pie chart graphic display of the types of infractions cited based on data from the past quarter.

What these data don’t display, however, is the response our property manager receives from the homeowners/residents cited. Now let’s face it: No one likes to receive a citation whether it’s from a traf-fic cop or anyone else. But, Ms. Hayes reports to your Board that most owners promptly correct the issue and, interest-ingly, many owners actually thank her for the citation / “reminder” letter. She has not experienced this in other communities she managed.

Spring cleaning … or not … some things we don’t want to change

As noted, Hayes noted to her surprise that Trails residents were responsive and in some instances thankful for the citation notices resulting from her property inspec-tions. I thank you for your community spirit.

Many folks living in the greater Daytona Beach / Ormond Beach area consider our neighborhood, The Trails, as an espe-cially affluent community. That’s fine, but I argue to you that affluence and compassion are not contradictory terms. Our community has most recently shown great compassion for the less fortunate. On behalf of the Board, I salute the Girl Scouts collecting shoes at our Clubhouse for distribution to other countries; I salute Al Legg and the Lions Club for collect-ing eye glasses for those in need; and, I salute and especially want to recognize our neighbor, Peggy Holleran, for her efforts and coordination of a most suc-

cessful blanket donation drive.It’s not just our handsome homes and

beautiful natural environment that make The Trails such a great place to live; it’s the quality and character of our residents. Best regards, always. I’m looking forward to seeing many of you at the pool this summer.

BRIDGER / FROM PAGE 1GOTCHA!

The chart below illustrates the types of covenant violations reported by Property Manager Brandie Hayes.

Vehicle parking violations: 24%

Landscaping violations: 21%

Architectural violations: 21%

Unsightly violations: 17%

Fence violations: 13%

Rubbish, debris: 4%


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Hill, sold 5 Cobblestone Trail to Brendan Rober-son and Karen Blendick, of Ormond Beach, for $237,500. Built in 1976, the house has three bedrooms, two baths, a fireplace, swimming pool and 1,708 square feet. It sold in 1976 for $66,000.

$151,000 Stuart Straw, Stay Straw and Thomas Craig of Ormond

Beach sold 50 Soco Trail to Velma Lowe, of Ormond Beach for $151,000. Built in 1980, the house has three bedrooms, three baths, a fireplace and 1,614 square feet. It sold in 1995 for $88,000.

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Moyano, of Pem-broke Pines, sold 634 Main Trail to Biana Zukin and Igor Zhubrak,of Staten Island, New York for $108,000. Built in 1981, the town-house has two bedrooms, two baths, a fireplace and 1,439 square feet. It sold in 2000 for $84,500.


Tiles click and ladies laugh as they play mahjong on the sec-ond floor of the clubhouse. They have been playing every Tues-day at the clubhouse for nearly a year. Before that many went to the Ormond Senior Center.

“The group I used to go to was at the Senior Center and then Judy found us this place to play,” said Lynn Sylvester. “We don't have anything on our schedules that interferes. Tuesday is mah-jong day. We play from 10:30 to 2:30 or 3, and we bring our lunch.”

Judy Kane, one of the organiz-ers, a mahjong teacher and the group baker, moved to The Trails eight years ago, and mahjong has been a part of most of her life.

“I started by watching my mother play with her friends. I would sit on the steps and watch,” she said. “After the ladies were gone, I could play with the set.”

To make friends in her new community, she looked for peo-ple who played the game.

“I went to the Senior Center and opened the doors expecting the room to be full of tables, but there was only one,” she said.

The mahjong group was al-ready established so she waited and watched until an opportu-nity to become a substitute got her a chair at the table.

Being a substitute player got

Sandy Zimbler a chair at The Trails games — Judy's chair.

“I went away for the sum-mer and called Sandy to take my chair. She didn't want me to come back because she didn't want to give it up,” Kane said.

Zimbler didn't have to give up her spot. When there's an odd number of players the ladies ro-tate in and out of games giving everyone a chance to play.

The ladies agree that mahjong takes time to learn and lessons are important. Beginners are welcome to watch the games, but until they are proficient they won't get a chair. Much like a

new tennis player taking the court with a professional player, the game wouldn't be enjoyable for anyone.

“Having different levels of players slows the game down and mistakes are more likely to be made,” Kane said. “You have to find somebody to teach you and you can learn quite fast. There are intricacies to the game that come with play.”

Pat Baumann started tak-ing lessons three years ago. She bought herself a set of tiles and familiarized herself in between classes with the tiles, suits and

cards.“This group isn't for begin-

ners,” she said. “You need to feel comfortable before you start playing with a group. It took me

about a year.”The game has been compared

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If it’s Tuesday, it must be mahjongThere’s a group of friends in The Trails who know exactly what they are doing every Tuesday. They are playing mahjong.

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“It's very stimulating but very frustrating,” said Cheryle Easton.

Barbara Goldstein recalled how she would play with other mothers in Brighton Beach with one hand jiggling a baby stroller and the other hand throwing the tiles.

In December, Goldstein, who has had polio since she was a child and uses a motorized chair to go any distance, fell and broke her shoulder and for a while

the games weren't played at the clubhouse — the games were played at Signature Health Care where Goldstein was being treat-ed.

“I was there for seven weeks and while I was there the girls came out to me and played,” Goldstein said. “The people at Signature were very accommo-dating. They even scheduled my therapy around when the girls were coming. Therapy on Tues-days had to be before 10 a.m.”

The ladies groan when a hand

they thought they had doesn't work out but never seem to take it too seriously. They break for lunch and snack on baked treats Kane provides.

“You have to make decisions and you don't have a lot of time. It’s like bridge except you don't have a partner. You have to be able to switch. If something isn't working, you have to do some-thing else,” Kane said. “It's a very challenging game to make some-thing out of nothing.”

Rosalie Ferry, Rita Pender, Lynn Sylvester and Sandy Zimbler play a hand of mahjong at The Trails Clubhouse.

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It’s a dreary day in the sunshine state, but smiles are the facial accessory of choice at the Grass Roots Interactive Cen-ter on Nova Road in Ormond Beach.

GrassRoots is a special place for tod-dlers and parents or grandparent or bab-ysitters to go and have some one-on-one fun.

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The two ladies know a little something about what children and their parents like. Railsback worked in the education field for eight years and both have young children.

The sisters-in-law realized there was a need for a safe and clean place for par-ents of the youngest set to go to exercise, interact and have fun.

“We have really been supported by the community,” Railsback said. “It amazes us every day we have new people coming in.”

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