Robert Cross, Lincoln pick up state awards

“Everybody loves water. I think it will be an excellent tool, especially recreation for the children. Keeping kids at the park during the summer will help keep them out of trouble.”

Part Two: Twenty years after county planners warned that homeowners were carrying too much of the load, residential property makes up a larger share of the tax digest than it did then.

“We want the flashy things, but we need the HVAC unit. We don’t want to put a new exhibit at Thronateeska if we don’t have the building ready, so it’s not the glamorous things right now.”