SCULPTURE HONORING BELOVED STATION AGENT TO BE UNVEILED AT TOMBALL DEPOT

SCULPTURE HONORING BELOVED STATION AGENT TO BE UNVEILED AT TOMBALL DEPOT
 
A sculpture honoring Tomball Depot Station Agent Ken Walden will be unveiled in a short ceremony on Saturday, August 22 at 11 a.m.
 
Walden, a longtime volunteer and face of the historic downtown depot, passed away at his desk on May 3^rd during the City’s annual “Rails & Tails Mudbug Festival. 
 
Created by local artist Shirley Scarpetta, the sculpture will depict the iconic image of Walden leaning on the “talking rail” along the south side of the depot as if looking over the future site of the Texas Heritage Railroading Museum set to open in the coming months.
 
Walden was posthumously named “Volunteer of the Year” by the Texas Festivals & Events Association at its recent conference held in Houston.  The award, accepted by his sister, Karen Perkovich, will be displayed inside the depot.
 
Funding for the public art piece came from community donations and a grant from the local Hotel Occupancy Tax.