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Bayhead Ponds Park

Sunday, November 18, 2012

Largo Middle School Students Adopt City Park

A group of environmentally conscious students recently adopted and cleaned up Largo's newest park.

Walking around the Bayhead Complex ponds during summer camp near downtown Largo, eighth-grader Dylan Bonneface realized how much trash was in the water. "Many people in society don't realize how much we pollute the world. I think it's important to clean up the earth before it gets too late," Bonneface said in a phone interview. As a part of Largo Middle School's 4-H club, Bonneface decided the ponds would be the perfect cleanup project, and he approached the City of Largo's Parks Department. Park Superintendent Greg Brown thought the cleanup was a great idea. "The ponds went from 'I don't even want to look at it' to perfectly clear," Brown said. A group of students from Largo Middle School's 4-H club, with club adviser Kathy Madzimbamuto, …

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