Shenandoah Rotary plans Shenandoah Valley campus walking trail

SHENANDOAH A cooperative effort between the Shenandoah Rotary Club and Shenandoah Valley School District will lead to a community walking course around the district campus in the near future called the Rotary Way.

Shenandoah Rotarian and school district Superintendent Stanley G. Rakowsky made the announcement during his report at Wednesdays school board meeting.

Its a true town and gown relationship, Rakowsky said, referring to the school district being an active part of the borough community.

Rakowsky explained the walking course diagram on how the path goes around and through the campus on existing roads and walkways.

The path has an incline, but no steps, he said. There are no infrastructure costs to be expended. These are all areas that we have to keep clear, even in bad weather.

The course is about 1,900 yards, or just more than one mile.

What were planning is a dedication sometime in the spring that will tie in with the Healthy Shenandoah project, Rakowsky said.

The Healthy Shenandoah project is sponsored by Schuylkill Countys VISION, Schuylkill Health, Healthy Schuylkill Communities and Shenandoah Senior Living Community. A free Healthy Shenandoah community expo will be held from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday at Shenandoah Senior Living Community.

During his superintendents report, Rakowsky told the school board and the public about the walking path.

Rotary has been in the community since 1922. The club has done many good things, the club continues to show its not done yet, Rakowsky said. We talk about the Rotary way of doing things, about service above self for the community, and what better way to show this by calling the path the Rotary Way.

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