You don’t know what you’ve got till it’s gone

Please leave McAdam Park just the way it is.

You don’t know what you’ve got till it’s gone

You don’t know what you’ve got till it’s gone

Please leave McAdam Park just the way it is.

I’m reminded of the song, “They paved paradise and put up a parking lot”. You don’t know what you have till it’s gone!

Muriel Weston

Duncan

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