photo by Dennis Dalman Officials prepare to fling shovelsful of dirt next to the new planned swimming quarry Sept. 9 at Stearns County Quarry Park and Nature Preserve in Waite Park. From left to right are Joe Kulzer, Stearns County Parks maintenance coordinator; Dave Bechtold, park board member; two unidentified men; Mark Bromenschenkel, member of Stearns County Park Board and a county commissioner from Sartell; Ken Mergen, park board member; Shaunna Johnson, Waite Park city administrator; Mark Sakry, former Stearns County commissioner; Jason Bernick, local businessman and park donor; Pete Theismann, director of the Stearns County Park Department; John Olmscheid, park board member; and Ben Anderson, operations manager for the park department.