One Bag 'o Trash & One Limb At a Time!

On Saturday April 4th the Uptown Neighborhood Association and a few friends gathered around the dumpsters dropped in place by our very own street department at the Silver Street Elementary School and set out to clean up the neighborhood.

Once again the numbers of live bodies were few but the hearts of those participating would not be daunted.

Once again by Sunday afternoon all five dumpsters were brimming over with debris. One of the more encouraging aspects of this event was that landlords and real estate folks were right there with us picking up other peoples trash.

Brian Haesley went so far as to bring a dump truck which we promptly filled with yard waste and storm debris. Our thanks goes out to him for participating.

Pat Harrison was there as well making sure we didn't dehydrate by handing out plenty of bottled water.

In addition one our At Large Councilman Kevin Zurchmeide brought along two strapping young lads who dug right into heaving the larger limbs over the side of the truck body.

Another big victory that occurred during this exercise is that New Albany City Street Commissioner Mickey Thompson just happened on the scene Sunday morning as an unscrupulous soul was attempting to throw his truckload of old road tractor tires in the dumpster.

He explained to the lad that Commercial Motor Vehicle tires need be disposed
of properly.

That is to say the owners of such must pay those who deal with said tires to take them away as opposed to clogging taxpayer supported landfills with them!

As to whether or not the message soaked in, only time will tell. I will say to those who may be tempted though that we are watching you!

For you doubting Thomas’s out there I really do have pictures of all the above but Picasa and I aren’t getting on well this evening.

So we fast forward to this upcoming Saturday and find the West End Neighborhhood Group setting up at the intersection of West Market & old West 7th Street to rid their highways & byways of unsightly debris of any and all manner.

The time frame is from 8AM to 4PM and all are encouraged to lend a hand.

One need not live in this area to participate.

To the contrary. Doing so would not only show support for those who organized this weekend but would go far to send the message that we are serious about cleaning up all of New Albany.

So come on out, grab a trash bag and fill ‘er up! If you have any questions you may call 812-945-4100.

See you Saturday!