"Brett Kummer - the concrete kid, was much more than met the eye! This lad of 11 had no trouble keeping men 4 times his age organized when it came to mixing concrete to just the right consistency!"

"A hundred holes, a hundred Sonatubes, for a hundred footings, or so it seemed, pocked the site of the future playscape long before the first volunteer showed up on the first Saturday. The holes were bored by the town forces at the locations indicated by the site supervisors.

The front end loader unloading pallets of bags of ready-mix concrete. {An aside: pallet, the wooden rack or platform for storage or transport; palate, the roof of your mouth; palette, the hand-held board on which the artist mixes paints.}

Individual attention to details: Each hole had to be drilled to the proper depth and adjusted.

More concrete for another swing set for thie whee ones. Mother nature blesses the work with wonderful weather and color.

"Shoot the ball in; where will it come out? On of the activity centers in the 7-12 year old play area (northern half) of Mikey's Place.

Posts, posts and more posts! Each post had to have a concrete poured around it and then plumbed up and braced until it set.

Ron Keenan digs up shards of the past while enlarging and deepening one of the footing holes. Shards of pottery and glass and pieces of metal were "discovered."

Pat Kelly installs a set of stepping pads in that part of the playscape for the older (5-12) children.

Installing the seats at the theatre are Craig Sayer (with level) and Kathy Bagley (lending a hand).

More seats for more fannies at the theatre are installed by Mary Thibeault (Recreation dept), Mike Sousa (an uncle of Mikey), and Brendan Flynn.

"Everyone wanted to get into the act for Mikey's place. Click this image to see some of the actors on this stage.