{"id":38298,"date":"2022-11-18T14:49:00","date_gmt":"2022-11-18T19:49:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/?p=38298"},"modified":"2022-11-14T15:53:38","modified_gmt":"2022-11-14T20:53:38","slug":"hicksville-splash-pad-closer-to-reality","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/hicksville-splash-pad-closer-to-reality\/","title":{"rendered":"Hicksville Splash Pad Closer to Reality"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Hicksville-splash-pad-Arc-solutions.jpeg?w=450&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-38299\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Hicksville-splash-pad-Arc-solutions.jpeg?w=1016&amp;ssl=1 1016w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Hicksville-splash-pad-Arc-solutions.jpeg?resize=768%2C599&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Hicksville-splash-pad-Arc-solutions.jpeg?resize=560%2C437&amp;ssl=1 560w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Hicksville-splash-pad-Arc-solutions.jpeg?resize=260%2C203&amp;ssl=1 260w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Hicksville-splash-pad-Arc-solutions.jpeg?resize=160%2C125&amp;ssl=1 160w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>A group of Hicksville Elementary students are ready to use the planned Splash Pad which is closer to reality with donations of\u00a0$100,000 from The Jim Schmidt Family of Dealerships (Jim &amp; Karen Schmidt) and\u00a0 $100,000 from Arc Solutions Incorporated (Dennis &amp; Sheryl Vetter and Scott Vetter).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Hicksville-splash-pad-schmidt.jpeg?w=450&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-38300\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Hicksville-splash-pad-schmidt.jpeg?w=1016&amp;ssl=1 1016w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Hicksville-splash-pad-schmidt.jpeg?resize=768%2C560&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Hicksville-splash-pad-schmidt.jpeg?resize=560%2C408&amp;ssl=1 560w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Hicksville-splash-pad-schmidt.jpeg?resize=260%2C190&amp;ssl=1 260w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Hicksville-splash-pad-schmidt.jpeg?resize=160%2C117&amp;ssl=1 160w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Betty Guilford recently presented the Hicksville Community Fund with a $200,000 check for the Splash Pad project on behalf of herself and her late husband Dennis Guilford.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Hicksville-splash-pad-guilford.jpeg?w=450&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-38301\"  srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Hicksville-splash-pad-guilford.jpeg?w=1016&amp;ssl=1 1016w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Hicksville-splash-pad-guilford.jpeg?resize=768%2C423&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Hicksville-splash-pad-guilford.jpeg?resize=560%2C309&amp;ssl=1 560w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Hicksville-splash-pad-guilford.jpeg?resize=260%2C143&amp;ssl=1 260w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Hicksville-splash-pad-guilford.jpeg?resize=160%2C88&amp;ssl=1 160w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><strong>Betty can be seen presenting the check with her great grandchildren left to right, in the front row:\u00a0 Nadia Collins, Abby Wiley, Britton Collins, Betty Guilford, Elizabeth Pierman, Beckett Collins, Libby McClurg, Abby McClurg. Back row left to right: Carter Wiley, Matilyn Pierman, Xavier Pierman, Brooke Squires, Taylor and Jack Warncke.<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>For more information about he Hicksville Splash Pad Project or donations, please contact: Jim or Karen Schmidt, &nbsp;Dennis or Sheryl Vetter, Greg or Lisa Slattery or Kirk Collins.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A group of Hicksville Elementary students are ready to use the planned Splash Pad which is closer to reality with<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":38299,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"colormag_page_container_layout":"default_layout","colormag_page_sidebar_layout":"default_layout","nf_dc_page":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,1395,2301],"tags":[16390,16393,16391,16394,10424,16387,16152,16389,16388,16392],"class_list":["post-38298","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-community","category-entertainment","category-general-news","tag-arc-solutions-incorporated","tag-betty-guildford","tag-dennis-sheryl-vetter","tag-dennis-guildford","tag-hicksville-community-fund","tag-hicksville-elementary-school","tag-hicksville-splash-pad","tag-jim-karen-schmidt","tag-jim-schmidt-family-of-dealerships","tag-scott-vetter"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Hicksville-splash-pad-Arc-solutions.jpeg?fit=1016%2C792&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2YQd9-9XI","jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-27 06:22:49","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38298","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=38298"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38298\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":38302,"href":"https:\/\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38298\/revisions\/38302"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/38299"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38298"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=38298"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.westbendnews.net\/autonews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=38298"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}