This week's Lee's Summit Parks & Recreation "Weekly Reader" is ready for your review. A snap shot of what has occurred in your parks, facilities and programs throughout the week. Check it out: Weekly Reader, Vol. 7, Issue 46

This was the second year that the recognition has been named the "Roy Bigby Employee of the Year" in honor of Roy, a full time park operations employee for over sixteen years and lost a valiant battle with cancer in 2011.

No matter what type of garden or landscape you have, there is a category for you: Front & Back; Front Only; Back Only; Patio/Deck/Container Garden; Water Garden; Subdivision Entrance! It’s a great way to share and encourage enthusiasm for gardening and landscaping while showing off your personal gardening style to the citizens of Lee’s Summit.

South Lea McKeighan Parkwill be closed indefinitely for renovations. Preliminary plans for the park include an adventure playground, walking trails, park shelter and restrooms, parking, water features, open play fields, and new site furnishings and landscaping.