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DELPHOS — Restrooms at Fort Jennings Park will become a reality next spring. Fort Jennings Lions Club members Ted Verhoff and Steve Schroeder and Park Board member Derek Kaverman presented a plan to village council Tuesday — including fundraising and construction — to attach new restroom facilities to the existing concession stand at the park with the addition of two covered patio areas as well. Council approved the group move forward with fundraising.

“The concession stand is centrally located at the park and the restroom doors will be visible from the roadway,” Verhoff said. “We will make them as vandalism-proof as possible.”

Verhoff assured council the structure will be out of the flood plain.

The Lions and park board estimate the project to cost $37,700 with the bulk of the funds raised through solicitation. A bar raffle during the Bicentennial Weekend has already raised $4,500.