'Everyone can play': All-abilities playground opens in Hurricane

Children play at the All-Abilities Playground at Dixie Springs Park, Hurricane, Friday. Cheers from a crowd soared as the Hurricane Valley Rotary Club opened the new playground.

Children play at the All-Abilities Playground at Dixie Springs Park, Hurricane, Friday. Cheers from a crowd soared as the Hurricane Valley Rotary Club opened the new playground. (Stephanie DeGraw, St. George News)


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ST. GEORGE — Cheers from a crowd soared as the Hurricane Valley Rotary Club opened its new Rotary Club All-Abilities Playground at Dixie Springs Park in Hurricane on Friday.

Kenna Seegmiller, a local mother, told St. George News that the park has special meaning for her family.

Her daughter Abby, age 14, couldn't sit in a regular swing. But the new swings can accommodate her daughter's cerebral palsy and are a game-changer for herself, her husband Kurtis Seegmiller and their family.

"This park means a lot to us because there have been times when we couldn't play at a park. Even though we were there, Abby couldn't play on certain things," Kenna Seegmiller said. "We can come here and play with the whole family at the complex. Everyone can play; it's not just kids that can run."

Read the full article at St. George News.

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