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LEFT: Mindy Milos Dale talks with her staff at Lost Lake Nature Park, 846 Lost Lake Trail, in Oakland Township. BELOW: Oakland Township Parks and Recreation Director Mindy Milos Dale, pictured with her staff, is retiring May 31. Photos by Patricia O’Blenes
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OAKLAND TOWNSHIP — After 25 years with Oakland Township, Parks and Recreation Director Mindy Milos Dale is retiring. “I have enjoyed my 25 years working for Oakland Township, and I appreciate the numerous opportunities I’ve had to help our residents and park users,” she said. Her last day will be May 31. “Being able to spend more time with my family, with my husband, is really why I’m retiring. I have loved this job for 25 years. It has really been the perfect job for me, and I hope that we can find a replacement that will love it as much
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as I have,” said Milos Dale. Milos Dale was first hired as the township parks manager in 1999. In 1999, when I was hired as the parks manager, I was thrilled to take on that challenge. It’s been an amazing journey, participating in the expansion of our park system, the protection of natural areas, the addition of recreation facilities and the increase in program offerings,” she said. Milos Dale said some of her fondest memories include the approval of the land preservation and conserSee MILOS on page 12A
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OAKLAND TOWNSHIP — A new barn may soon make its way to the Cranberry Lake Farm Historic District. The Oakland Township Historic District Commission is working to relocate the historic Garling barn from Clarkston Road to the 16-acre historic district, located at 388 Predmore Road, which is joined to the 213-acre Cranberry Lake Park. “Iit will be nice to save another barn in Oakland Township,” Township Historic Preservation Planner Barbara Barber said. “Cranberry Lake Farm did lose five barns, so this is an opportunity to bring one of them back.” The 32-by-70-foot barn was donated to the township by Oaktown LLC, which owns the land it currently sits on. The Oakland Township Board of Trustees recently unanimously approved the relocation of the Garling barn to just west of the Cranberry Lake Park parking lot, with the understanding that a Historic District Study Committee needs to be appointed to review the historic district boundary to include the barn into the Cranberry Lake Farm Historic District. The motion was also pending approval of the Parks and Recreation Commission, which had a meeting after press time.