Lab Remembered

A ceremony was held at Ike’s Fishing Pond and Walking Trail over the weekend dedicating a memorial bench in honor of Culbertson’s Bob Lab, who died in 2021. The effort was spearheaded by Lab’s lifelong friends Jerry Newman (left), Larry Birch (right) and Bob Petersen (not pictured). Joy Johnson delivered remarks. She told the Community News that the location was special to Lab, who lived in the immediate area all his life, fishing, hiking and tending horses near the current Ike’s site. A memorial plaque reads, “Here at his own backyard ... a world of youth’s adventures, exploring, riding ... memories of times with life’s best loved friends...” (Photo by Joy Johnson)