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WAPELLO An expansion could be in store for Louisa County’s Virginia Grove Recreation Area.
Sharon Mabeus of Winfield, and her brother, Mark, met July 1 with the Louisa County Conservation Board, with the county board of supervisors also in attendance, and discussed the possible sale of 50 acres she owns to the county.
If the sale ultimately goes through, the acquisition would not only boost the present 106-acre park located northwest of Morning Sun by almost 50%, but would also connect three units of the park that are currently separate.
According to LCCB Executive Director Katie Hammond, the recreation area initially was created when the LCCB acquired a 54-acre parcel in 1975. Over the next nearly two decades, the LCCB added to the original acquisition, although two parcels the 10-acre Hetherington Timber and the 20-acre Baird Grove were not contiguous to the original parcel. A 22-acre parcel where a pond was later constructed was purchased from the Mabeu