Park Board discusses lodge stabilization, veteran memorial campground and beaver trapping

The Hill County Park Board met Monday evening and discussed a number of issues surrounding Beaver Creek Park, but the most immediate was the need to stabilize the lodge.

Beaver Creek Park Superintendent Chad Edgar said Friends of Beaver Creek Park recently helped pay for an architect and an engineer to come up to look at the lodge to evaluate its stability which has been a concern for some time.

Edgar said they told him the lodge is at risk and he decided to make stabilizing it a top priority, one that will require significant funds to address.

"The fact of the matter is, it's gonna cost...