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Here’s your chance to name swans at Memorial Park Cemetery
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Two swans float on the Memorial Park Cemetery pond in Gainesville, on Oct. 12, 2017. There is a competition underway for children to name the pair of swans, where $5,000 in prize money is on the line, including $2,000 for the grand prize winner. - photo by David Barnes
Memorial Park Cemetery has two new swans swimming in its pond. Now Jack Frost is looking for names for the male and female swans who came from Williams Exotic Waterfowl in Lake Butler, Fla. The Memorial Park Funeral Home owner is enlisting the help of children in kindergarten through 12th grade and offering a total of $5,000 in prize money, including a $2,000 grand prize.