Hikers take in the beauty of Mill Creek MetroParks

YOUNGSTOWN — YOUNGSTOWN

If you ask Bill Locketti about his favorite aspects of Mill Creek MetroParks, be prepared for a long, passionate response.

“It’s like heaven on Earth; I’m sometimes here four hours a day,” the Austintown man said. “I play tennis with my girlfriend, run the trails and love nature and the beauty of it.”

In light of that level of endearment, you might say that it was a given that he would be among those who took part in a 90-minute hike today that began at the Ford Nature Center, off Old Furnace Road on the South Side.

Locketti, 58, a union laborer for Youngstown-based Laborers International Union Local 125, joined about 15 others for the walk, “Place of Pines,” which took them around much of Lake Cohasset.

Read the full story in Monday's Vindicator.