{"id":7586,"date":"2013-09-12T17:41:17","date_gmt":"2013-09-12T21:41:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/coatesvilletimes.com\/?p=7586"},"modified":"2013-09-12T18:56:22","modified_gmt":"2013-09-12T22:56:22","slug":"city-playground-equipment-no-longer-missing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/coatesvilletimes.com\/?p=7586","title":{"rendered":"City playground equipment no longer missing"},"content":{"rendered":"

Pieces were taken by mistake and will be returned<\/strong><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

By Kathleen Brady Shea<\/span><\/strong>, Managing Editor, The Times<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

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The slides and ramp from this playground set were removed by mistake and will be returned, city officials said Thursday.<\/p><\/div>\n

The answer to the question about who would steal playground equipment from Coatesville children has a positive ending, city officials said Thursday.<\/p>\n

Marie Hess, who heads the city\u2019s Park and Recreation Commission, said the alleged theft apparently occurred due to a misunderstanding at Lincoln University, which is renting the Gordon Education Center from the school district.<\/p>\n

Hess said a Lincoln employee who knew that the university wanted the city-owned equipment out of its way received a go-ahead to move it from someone who did not know \u00a0that Coatesville already had a plan in motion.\u00a0 Hess said she had been working for months to get assistance to relocate the equipment, valued at about $15,000, to Ash Park across the street.<\/p>\n

She said she finally got help from three area businesses and a nonprofit in response to a last-minute social-media plea. But the volunteers were disheartened when they arrived Tuesday and found pieces of the setup \u2013 including a ramp and slide \u2013 had disappeared, she said.<\/p>\n

The police were called, and an investigation began into the \u201ctheft.\u201d When the Lincoln worker returned to the site, he was shocked and dismayed to learn that the equipment, which had been given to the city by the school district several years ago, had been deemed stolen, and he will be returning it, Hess said.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s all good now,\u201d Hess said. She said the volunteers had already begun discussing ways to replace the missing pieces. \u201cThey\u2019re really a great group,\u201d she said, referring to Keares Electric, The Coatesville Solar Initiative, Mid-Atlantic Forestry Equipment, and David\u2019s Drive 831.<\/p>\n

Hess said the relocation plan would have continued even without key parts of the assemblage. Now, Hess said, the work can progress \u201cwithout worrying about getting the money\u201d to complete the set. She said she hoped it would be ready for use at Ash Park within the next two weeks.<\/p>\n

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