New time for “lights out” at local parks

These days, you see the push to “go green” all around—from hybrid cars to reusable shopping bags, and lately maybe even activists boycotting BP gas.

Regardless of where you stand on the global warming debate or how concerned you are with Mother Earth, energy conservation has another appeal with which very few people would argue.

Saving electricity means saving money, and the City of High Springs needs every penny it can get.

So the commission decided during a June 10 meeting that until local sports leagues pick back up around the beginning of August, the city will start shutting the civic center outdoor lights off an hour early every night; meaning 10 p.m. instead of 11 p.m.

The commission also decided to stop running the lights completely at Memorial Park and at the Sports Complex. A new lighting schedule will start at those facilities later in the summer too.