Photo by Virgil Shipley

The old drinking fountain that was along West High Street at Riverside Park is back in place. Refurbished and installed next to the park’s waterfall, it has a new brass bowl atop the old cast iron, with grapes cast into fountain. A rededication ceremony took place Friday morning. From left are Councilman John Fair; Mayor Richard Mavis; Council members Rebecca Jordan, Chuck Dice (taking a drink), John Booth, Bruce Hawkins and Mike Hillier; and city parks superintendent Geoff Oliver. Born, raised and still living in the west end, Dice told the group, “This is a happy day for the citizens of the west end — the return of a historic piece to Riverside Park.”