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City fountain runs pink for breast cancer awareness
City employee's idea becomes a reality
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People driving past the City of Statesboro’s Triangle Park may have noticed something unusual this month; in honor of breast cancer awareness, city workers dyed the fountain waters pink.The idea came from city employee Bryan Smith, who came up with the idea after watching the presidential debate earlier this month and noticed a fountain with pink water, said Estella Roberson, administrative assistant for Statesboro water and wastewater Director Wayne Johnson.“We colored the water in the fountain at Triangle Park (at the conjunction of Savannah Avenue and East Main Street) pink for Breast Cancer Awareness,” she said. “We have had some great responses. One in particular was a sweet couple, Mr. and Mrs. Max and Kathryn Smith, who actually came to see the fountain after their grandson sent them a mobile text which included a picture of the fountain the first day we turned it pink.”“I was elated,” Kathryn Smith said.
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