The City of Atlantic’s Parks and Recreation Department and Atlantic Area Chamber of Commerce, invites you to attend a retirement party for retiring Parks and Rec Director Roger Herring. The event takes place from 10-until 11:30-a.m. today at the Sunnyside Park Activities Center. Refreshments and treats will be provided.

Herring served as the City’s Parks and Rec Director for the past four years. He announced his retirement plans in Nov., 2014. Seth Staashelm, who served as Assistant Director for the Parks and Rec Department since Jan. 2015, was selected to succeed Herring as Parks Director.