Retirement Comes for Ray Barndt
The Montgomery Township parks foreman is heading to northern Pennsylvania after 23 years with the township. Pine Grove picnic area was named after him for his dedication to the parks system
Like a doe nurturing her fawn, Ray Barndt cared for Montgomery Township's parks as if they were his own. After 23 years of service to the township, Barndt, 65, retired last week as parks foreman. He was honored with a luncheon with all his peers. "I love my job. I really love what I do," Barndt told Montgomeryville Patch. "Over the years, I have gotten a bad knee and a bad back. It's to the point where bouncing around on equipment doesn't work anymore. I'm going to go into retirement and enjoy myself." Barndt and his wife will head north to Potter County, where he will "turn over the ground" and do a bit of hunting and fishing. "I like to plant for wildlife," he said. "I like seeing them more than hunting them." However, Barndt, although …
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