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THANK YOU
By Jerry Cegelske
May 04, 2008
Sunday
I would like to say "Thank you" to the groups that
cleaned up along N. Tongass on the 19th of April. The highway
looks nice in the areas they cleaned.
I also want to thank the person or group that cleaned up Whipple
Spur. That material had been there for quite some time.
The Acushnet crew
that participated in cleaning up N. Tongass areas.
The community owes a special "THANK YOU" to the crew
of the USCG Cutter Acushnet for their help in cleaning up different
areas of N. Tongass on April 18th . They then went to Rotary
Beach on Earth Day, the 22nd and cleaned it. Although they did
not collect that much material from Rotary Beach, they did collect
about 20 pounds of nails from the pallets that had been burned
there. On North Tongass they collected batteries, car parts,
carpet, household trash, as stove, insulation, a microwave and
a lot of other trash.
Not to be outdone, the Electronics shop had a delayed Earth Day
cleanup on Revilla Road on the 25th where they cleaned up over
3000 pounds of accumulated trash. They loaded it up into their
trucks and delivered it to the landfill. One of the items picked
up was a Sentry safe someone had broken open. They also collected
a large quantity of nails left in a parking area from burned
pallets. Other items were car parts, a burned mattress, a burn
barrel complete with contents, vehicle parts, pop bottles and
cans, carpet and other items.
The Electronics Shop
crew with canine helper and trucks loaded with the collected
trash.
On the down side, after the Acushnet crew cleaned up one of the
pull outs, someone came along and dumped ten gallon cans of paint,
two quart paint cans, a battery, two VCR's, and other trash for
highways to clean up.
AmeriCorps NCCC worked to clean up the parking area at the paintball
park at Mile 4.25 Revilla Road from all the trash that was dumped
there over the last year.
Remember Clean Up Week will be starting shortly, please make
your contributions to the landfill, not the ditches, beaches
or highway areas, it will be appreciated.
Jerry Cegelske
Ketchikan, AK
About: "Jerry Cegelske
works with groups that help clean up the Borough "
Received May 02, 2008 - Published
May 04, 2008
Acushnet crewmen cleaning
up a N. Tongass pull out area
Acushnet crewmen cleaning
up another N. Tongass area of auto parts.
Tire, microwave oven,
picnic table sections, culvert and other trash collected from
N. Tongass
Crewmen and women collecting
insulation dumped at the end of N. Tongass. Someone commented
"CSI N. Tongass" when the picture was being taken.
Searching for nails
and other magnetic items on the beach.
Crewmen cleaning up
trash at Rotary Beach
Chief Anderson collecting
trash off Revilla Rd.
A sentry safe opened
and dumped
Loading up the trash
Trash left after the
other material was collected from the pull out. A lawnmower,
2 vcrs, battery, 10 gallon cans of paint, electric light parts,
tv, trash can, and other materials dumped for highways to take
care of using your money.
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