TrashDayResultsMarch2012

COAL CREEK SPRING CLEANING DAY
Saturday, March 31, 2012

2200 pounds (1.1 tons) of Trash collected
plus another bowling ball this year!
Over forty volunteers cleaned up trash along the
Fraterville Miners' Memorial Highway (Highway 116) from Lake City to Briceville

Over 2200 pounds of trash, another bowling ball, and miscellaneous gross stuff were collected along a four mile stretch of roadside in the historic Coal Creek community. A large number of students volunteered and learned to take care of their own community. We hope the students can teach others not to trash our world. Along with community members and students, volunteers included Anderson County inmates and members of the Coal Creek Watershed Foundation (CCWF), Clinch River Trout Unlimited, Anderson County Commissioner Tim Isbel, the Coal Creek Company, and folks who just think this is an area worthy of being clean! Krispy Kreme doughnuts to start the day and BBQ was served to volunteers for lunch! VIEW PREVIOUS SPRING CLEANING DAYS!				Volunteers including Anderson County Commissioner Tim Isbel (second from right) removed trash along the Fraterville Miners' Memorial Highway
The sixth Coal Creek Spring Cleaning Day was held on Saturday, March 31, 2012. The day was organized by the Coal Creek Scholars and sponsored by the Coal Creek Watershed Foundation. A prize of $100 was awarded to the team that collected and filled the most bags of trash. The winning team collected 14 BIG bags and split the cash award. Everyone received an orange bandana in honor of the Coal Creek miners who would have been pleased with the results. See more photos below... (NOTE: Please excuse the ditch scum/film that seemed to have covered our camera lens and blurred a few of our pictures -- YUCK!)				A few of the volunteers gather at Briceville School to get trash bags, gloves, and hear safety rules. (All volunteers not pictured)
L to R: Volunteers Steve Brown, April Byrge, Victoria Wright and Nathan Widener				L to R: Volunteers Jessica Vande, Barry Thacker, Megan Dugger, and Sarah Byrge
			The Spring Cleaning event began as an idea from Coal Creek Scholar April Byrge as she rode the bus home from school one day in 2005 .... "I have noticed a situation that has grown really out of hand in Coal Creek - litter. There is not one square foot of unpolluted ground from Anderson County High School all the way to my house. I have to look at this everyday on my way home from school. I have to say, it hurts to see a place so dear to me being destroyed by its inhabitants.” Pictured at right is April Byrge with Carol Moore <------------ Recognition from State Senator Randy McNally:
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Clean road!	THIS is where trash should be taken!			Sheriff patrol kept us safe from speeding vehicles along the roadway! Thanks!!
				Our third bowling ball! View previous Spring Cleaning Days!
				Fletcher Bean joined us. He and his daughter and grandson have been voluntarily clearing off one of the Coal Creek Mine Disaster Burial sites. Read about them in the news here!

Volunteers included: Baker, Alan Bell, Carlos Bolinger, Tammy Brown, Steve Byrge, April Byrge, Christopher Byrge, Sarah Campbell, Ann Campbell, Greg Campbell, Samantha Campbell, Sydney Campbell, Ian Cox, Charlie Cox, Nathan Cox, Nick Dugger, Megan Fritts, Andre Galloway, Brent Isabell, Joseph Isbel, Grace & cousin Emily Isbel, Tim	Leinart, Kyle Linen, Richard Lively, Earnest Moore, Carol Phillips, Chester Reynolds, Aaron Riggs, Charles Rolden, Tallen Sweet, Larry Taylor, Seth Taylor, Sue Thacker, Barry Trabalka, Geoff Vande, Jessica Vandergriff, Ryan Vandergriff, Tyler Weaver, Alex Widener, Nathan Wollard, Ron Wright, Victoria Let me know if I left your name off the list or misspelled your name. clmoore@geoe.com	Additional thanks to: A big thanks goes to Anderson County Sheriff's Department and their volunteer inmates who picked up a lot of trash and watched out for the volunteers' safety from traffic speeding down the roadway. This included Geoff Trabalka and Rodney Linebarger. Thank you Gary Long, Director of the Anderson County Highway Department for supplying safety vests and Geoff Trabalka with the Anderson County Solid Waste Management and Keep Anderson County Beautiful program for directing traffic and coordinating the inmates great work. We appreciate the Anderson County Sheriff's Department for allowing inmates to volunteer and Chief Mark Lucas for supply patrol cars to keep traffic safe along the roadway. Several unnamed inmates from Anderson County and probably others we missed!

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