SPRINGFIELD TOWNSHIP — Township officials have awarded a local landscaping company, the Jeffrey Allen Corp., a contract to construct a park pavilion and play structure with landscaping at Stephanie Hummer Memorial Park.

        “We're anticipating that it will be open in the spring,” said Township Administrator Michael Hinnenkamp.

        The park, on North Bend Road across from St. Xavier High School, memorializes Stephanie Hummer, 18, the Ohio State freshman slain there in 1994. Ms. Hummer, a Finneytown High School graduate, was on a full scholarship to OSU. No arrests have ever been made.

        In Ms. Hummer's honor, her parents, Dan and Sue Hummer of Finneytown, established a trust to which Procter & Gamble donated the 15-acre parcel of land for recreational use.

        The park was then turned over to the township.

        The township funded $400,000 in improvements in 1999, including three soccer fields, a parking lot, a concession stand and restrooms.

        Current improvements, according to Mr. Hinnenkamp, are estimated at about $90,000. A state Nature Works grant is funding $73,904.

        The difference is being funded by the general fund and parks and recreation budget.

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