Pines man does good deed, restores popular park bench

(June 30, 2020) An Ocean Pines man recently took it upon himself to restore a frequently used park bench in his neighborhood. 
 
Josh Blackway reported the news to Ocean Pines that his father, Bruce, had done the good deed at the park in Wood Duck I. 
 
“My parents (Bruce & Jill Blackway) live at the end of Goldeneye Court on the water, and they always see people sitting on the bench looking at the water,” he said. “So, he decided to clean it up since it was pretty dirty!”
 
Bruce Blackway sent before and after photos and the following email to his son, on June 29:
 
“Because I am an upstanding contributing member of Ocean Pines, and because I am insane, I spent four hours yesterday fixing, then pressure washing a park bench right behind our house,” he said. 
 
Bruce added that was only the first bench in the park, and he planned to also fix up a neighboring bench. 
 
“I ran out of mojo yesterday, so I know what I’m doing over the fourth of July weekend!” he said.