Dune News - John D. MacArthur Beach State Park

ShorelinesMacBeach Volunteers... Priceless!On February 28,more than 100volunteers,their spouses,and Park staffcelebrated atthe MacArthurBeach StatePark Annual Vol- unteer AwardsDinner, held at the North Palm Beach CountryClub. Thirty-two volunteers were honored, whohave given a total of 10,350 hours of serviceto the Park, whether driving the tram, leadingnature walks, teaching children, serving on the FriendsBoard of Directors, or assisting in the Nature Center.Board member, Larry Harjehausen, who began hisvolunteer career at the Park as a Friday morning tram driverin 1991, received his 3000 hour pin. Running a close secondwas nature walk leader, Florida historian, and wonderfulstory teller, Dan West, with 2500 hours. Sunday morningtram driver Dick Weiser has given 2000 hours sincehe joined the Park in 1990. Joan Edelman has spent 1500hours assisting Wednesday morning visitors at the NatureCenter. John Murray has driven the tram for 1000 hourson Thursday mornings. In addition, 14 people receivedt h e i r100 hourpins, seven receivedtheir 250 hour pins, and sixvolunteers received 500 hourpins.Congratulations andThank You to our volunteers.You are the heart and soul ofMacArthur Beach State Park!We look forward to many morepriceless moments with you.To Live Deliberatelywith Monk LarsonWhy should we live in such ahurry and waste of life?We are determined to bestarved before we are hungry.I wish to live deliberately, to frontonly the essential facts of life.Happy Birthday,Mr. MacArthur!Nancy Silvio Lodise,a friend of the lateJohn D. MacArthur,brought balloons anda cake to the Park onMarch 6 to commemorateMr. MacArthur’s107th birthday.I wish to learn what life has to teach,and not, when I come to die,discover that I have not lived.I do not wish to live what is not life,living is so dear.Nor do I wish to practice resignation,unless it is quite necessary.I wish to live deep andsuck out all the marrow of life,I want to cut a broad swath,to drive life into a corner, andreduce it to its lowest terms.If it proves to be mean, then to getthe whole and genuine meanness of it,and publish its meanness to the world;Or if it is sublime, to know it byexperience, and to be able to givea true account of it.Henry David Thoreau4