Splash pad progress: Two recent grants bolster efforts to build splash pad in Baker City’s Central Park

Two recent grants totaling $42,000 have been a major boost to a local campaign to build a splash pad in Baker City’s Central Park.

Charline Simmons, whose daughter, Penelope, 18, started the fundraising project last year, said the splash pad committee recently received grants of $25,000 from the Leo Adler Foundation, and $17,000 from Ash Grove Cement.