Saturday, May 19^th,  Five individuals undertook the task of the road side cleanup along Union Road.

Many thanks to:

Marilyn McLane Fraider

Jeff and Ruth Parker

Mike Bosela
(And of course, Jack, who organizes this event for us each year, and didn't metion himself) 
 

I am glad to report that there was less trash on Union Road than before! About 30% less.

Noted, the reduction of aluminum cans, however a significant increase in Styrofoam "coffee cups" / food trays,
and assorted fast food wrappers.

Leading collected items were: Bud Lite (The King of Beer) cans, McDonalds (The King of Fast Food) wrappers and beverage cups, Newport Cigarettes (The Leader of Bad Habits) boxed and Disposable Diapers (certainly not my favorite!).
"Most intersting" items picked-up were a "baking sheet", "Elkhart Truth mailbox", and a heavy "mud-flap"  many more "surprises" were encountered as well.

 

It was a beautiful morning with crispness in the air, and little droplets on the long grass from the evening before rain, the birds chirping, dogs barking, and small animals scurrying away for the collectors through the tall grass.

 

Hopefully, we can continue sponsor this community event, however, without additional people getting involved with this event, it will be short lived. People, we need your help, it took the five of us 1½ (some spent 2 hours) to collect Union Road from Calvin Hill Road to Peninsula Drive. Yes, there were 14 bags of trash collected on this road alone; however, Union Road is not the only road leading to Shavehead Lake.  As a community, I would like to have more people involved so we can expand our efforts to the other roads and lanes leading to our beautiful lake.

 

Please help support this community cleaning event, and please considering donating about 2 hrs. of your time next year in helping out with this event.
Thanks!
Jack DeLee