Rehmerts donates to Darke County Parks Staff report Rehmert’s Kawasaki KTM, winner of the Wayne Nichols Memorial Snowman Decorating Contest, donated their prize winnings back to the Darke County Parks. DARKE COUNTY — In December, 2017, Darke County Parks held the first snowman decorating contest during the annual Winter Wonderland Luminary walk. The contest was extremely popular with several organizations and business participating. The success of that first event was undoubtedly due to the time and effort of parks maintenance supervisor, Wayne Nichols. Wayne spent the day after Thanksgiving, on his personal time hauling logs, stacking and securing them as the foundation for the snowmen. Without Wayne’s knowledge, patience and equipment, the daunting task never would have been accomplished. Sadly, on December 3, 2017, the day after the luminary walk and contest, Wayne suddenly passed away. To honor Wayne and his hard work, Darke County Parks named this special contest after him.