Hernando Civic Center purchase to help city with visionary parks plans
A sign directs ball players to fields 1-4 from an access road at Hernando Civic Center. A playground and bathrooms also are on the 35-acre site that aldermen voted to buy for $790,000. (Toni Lepeska/The Daily Memphian)
While Hernando voters rejected a tax on prepared foods at restaurants to improve parks, Hernando leaders plan to expand its facilities with the purchase of the Civic Center.
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Toni Lepeska is a freelance reporter for The Daily Memphian. The 34-year veteran of newspaper journalism is an award-winning essayist and covers a diversity of topics, always seeking to reveal the human story behind the news. Toni, who grew up in Cayce, Mississippi, is a graduate of the University of Mississippi. To learn more, visit tonilepeska.com
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