City of Duncan recognizes former DETA members

Apr. 3—Duncan City Council took time during its regularly scheduled meeting on Tuesday, March 28 to recognize two former Duncan Area Enhancement Trust Authority (DETA) members.

After the invocation, flag salute and roll call, Mayor Robert Armstrong took a moment to recognize former members for DETA Gene Brown, who is also a former mayor, and Carolyn Rodgers, who is responsible for making City of Duncan known as the Crapemyrtle Capital.

Armstrong started honoring the two by sharing the quote: "A city grows great when its elders plant trees, the shade of which they know they will never sit in."

He said that quote is both figurative and literal — "as long as they're crapemyrtles," he said jokingly.

"On behalf of the Duncan Enhancement Trust Authority, we thank former Mayor Gene Brown and Carolyn Rodgers for their service and dedication to the beautification and enhancement of our fair city and their service on the board," Armstrong said.

The crowd clapped and the council then took a moment for a photograph with the two.

The next regularly scheduled Duncan City Council meeting will take place at 5:15 p.m. on Tuesday, April 11.