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Recent news in Okeechobee.

Here recently the Okeechobee committee has formed to work on the veterans memorial.

Veteran Marty Faulkner said he has been getting phone calls and texts about the appearance of both the large and the small battle guns as well as the large monuments that were damaged by a car last year.

Faulkner explained Veterans’ Park is a little different from the other city parks. It does not really have anyone over it. No one is in charge or responsible for its upkeep, although, the American Legion, the city and VFW do some things with it. Most of the work in the park is done by volunteers, but there is no real organization or entity responsible for maintenance, beautifiacation, care of the pieces in the park.