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Park closes uneven month with hard-hit HR

Edit MLB 01 May 2016
MINNEAPOLIS -- When Byung Ho Park connects on a home run, he certainly doesn't get cheated. Park hit his team-leading sixth homer of the season off right-hander Jordan Zimmermann in the Twins' 4-1 loss to the Tigers on Saturday, and the ball left the bat at 112 mph and traveled an estimated 435 feet, per Statcast™. It marked the third-longest dinger hit by Park in 2016 ... Park's solo home run CLE@MIN....

Hikers, residents gather in protest to energy company's closing of Lancaster County park

Edit Penn Live 01 May 2016
Some say the Holtwood Park has been in operation since the 1960s. Several days after Talen Energy, the Allentown-based utility company, abruptly shut down public access to 400 acres of land that includes Holtwood Park and Arboretum, as well as trailheads for Kelly's Run Trail and the Conestoga Trail, Peters joined about 250 people on Saturday afternoon at a protest ... The main access to both trails is located in the park....

Celebrate Spring with “An Afternoon at the Arboretum” (City of Des Moines, IA)

Edit Public Technologies 01 May 2016
City of Des Moines Parks and Recreation ... Director of Parks and Recreation Parks and Recreation. 515 237-1386 DES MOINES, IOWA - Friday, April 29, 2016 - Des Moines Parks and Recreation invites you to enjoy "An Afternoon at the Arboretum" at Ewing Park Lilac Arboretum (5300 Indianola Road) Saturday, May 7 from 1-3 p.m ... In 1937 the former 357-acre Ewing Farm became Des Moines' largest public park....

Snowy Mountains brumbies should be culled by 90% over 20 years – draft plan

Edit The Guardian 01 May 2016
Draft wild horse management plan for Kosciuszko national park aims to cut the population of wild horses from 6,000 to 600 ... The population would be dramatically slashed to just 600 within 20 years, confining the wild horses to three locations inside the national park ... Parks and Wildlife Service] to protect these values.”....

Jim A. Stevenson: Preserving Florida’s history through state parks

Edit Tampa Bay Online 01 May 2016
The first areas included in our state park system were historic sites, including Olustee Battlefield near Lake City and Gamble Plantation near Bradenton ... Other historic sites in the state park system include the ruins of Yulee Sugar Mill burned by the Union Army, and Bulow and Addison Plantations in Volusia County, which were destroyed by the Seminoles ... State parks in South Florida protect and interpret a rich history as well....

Boon or boondoggle? Rays look to Marlin Park for how not to build new stadium

Edit Tampa Bay Online 01 May 2016
MIAMI — Alongside the hodgepodge of old efficiencies, low-rise apartment blocks and mom-and-pop stores of Little Havana, Marlins Park is a jarring futuristic behemoth ... Including new parking garages, the cost to taxpayers for the Marlins’ plush new home ran to $508 million ... On a recent warm Wednesday night, teenagers play soccer on a small strip of grass outside Marlins Park shouting for the ball in Spanish....

Father Leaves Baby In Car For 90 Minutes While He Worked Out At Gym, Arrested

Edit Inquisitr 01 May 2016
The car was parked inside the parking lot belonging to the gym ... According to the Los Angeles Police Department, the unattended baby was spotted inside the car by a maintenance worker who was working inside the parking lot garage ... According to Jose Rivera, a supervisor at the parking lot, the maintenance worker went into panic mode upon seeing the baby inside the car ... Nobody around in the parking lot, not even walking by....

Wagner brings home winner for SLP Orioles

Edit The Examiner 01 May 2016
Phil Wagner filled the net with four goals to lead the host St. Louis Park Orioles to a 13-10 win over the Forest Lake Rangers Saturday afternoon. The game was originally scheduled to be played at Forest Lake but it was moved to St. Louis Park due to field issues. It was also the first home for new Oriole head coach Chris Bixby ... Louis Park ... Louis Park a 7-6 halftime lead ... Louis Park ahead 10-7 at the end of the third quarter ... ....

Long-unused hotel in Woodland Park gets new life as affordable housing

Edit Colorado Springs Gazette 01 May 2016
By mid-May, an army of volunteers will attack a small Woodland Park hotel that has sat dormant for years ... Park and the county of more than 20,000 people....

Long-unused hotel near Woodland Park gets new life as affordable housing

Edit Colorado Springs Gazette 01 May 2016
By mid-May an army of volunteers will attack a small Woodland Park hotel that has sat dormant for years ... Park and the county of more than 20,000 people....

Wolves in Yellowstone

Edit Deseret News 01 May 2016
What if we benefited just as much from the lives of animals as they themselves do? Evidence found through the study of reintroduction of wolves into Yellowstone park suggest just that ... scientists found the overall health of the park rise....

Adeline Carter’s triple gold day highlights regional track meet

Edit Austin American Statesman 01 May 2016
Jay JannerJav Guidry, a leader of Cedar Park’s state champion football team, says a state gold in track would be just as sweet ... Among the Central Texans who fared well Saturday were 100-meter champions Jav Guidry of Cedar Park and LBJ freshman Rachel Horowitz. Guidry, a leader of Cedar Park’s state champion football team, said a state gold in track would be just as sweet....

Visits to wildlife sanctuaries soar

Edit The Times of India 01 May 2016
Sixteen wildlife sanctuaries and national parks of the state registered 16 lakh visitors during FY15, compared to 15 lakh of the previous year. The income from these parks reached Rs 7.06 crore from Rs 6.65 crore of the previous year ... It is also the park which attracted the maximum number of foreign tourists- 43,542 during the period....
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