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Citys park ranger covers a lot of ground
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Gainesville park ranger Mike Huckaby stops to chat with Ann Creel, right, and Missy Headrick on Tuesday afternoon as they use the new Midtown Greenway for a walk. Huckaby is the city’s only park ranger and patrols Gainesville’s many parks.
Mike Huckaby is the quintessential lone ranger — park ranger, that is. “It’s been that way for a long time,” he said. Huckaby, 50, is the Gainesville Police Department’s only park ranger, patrolling and enforcing rules of the city’s parks.