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Clarke County residents asked to help clean up Clarke County residents are being asked to help make the county more beautiful by participating in the Clarke County Citizens Against Litter (CCCAL) Fall Litter Awareness Week, Sept. 23-29. CCCAL Chairperson Patricia DuBose said area businesses, church groups, schools, civic organizations and individuals are being asked to clean up in their vicinities to help rid the county of unsightly litter. "We'd like to see everyone in the county do their part," she said. "If we all pitch in, we can make a difference." Fall Litter Awareness Week has been in the planning stages for several months. Groups wishing to organize their own cleanups can obtain free materials at their area chambers of commerce. Education is the key Educating young people about the harmful effects of litter is also a focus. Area schools will be given flyers to hand out to students and are being asked to organize cleanups around school grounds. "Starting the education process when children are young is the key to success," said DuBose. "If we can teach them not to litter at an early age, hopefully we can change this trend of throwing litter out along our roadways and in parking lots." During its Sept. 6 meeting CCCAL member Rita Wilson urged each school to adopt the Clean Campus Program for the coming year. She said she would contact each school principal about doing so. Education Subcommittee Chair Jackie Newsom provided other CCCAL members with copies of the flyers that will be distributed to the schools. Grades K-6 are the targeted age for beginning litter awareness education. Efforts to curtail illegal dumping During the Sept. 6 meeting, Enforcement Subcommittee Member Kendall Bush reported the successful prosecution of two cases in district court involving illegal dumping on Salt Works Road and on Wiggins Road. He said two cases are pending for locations on Sandflat Road and in Whatley. Litter Removal Subcommittee member John Moseley reported that the attorney for landowners adjacent to Salt Works Road had sent letters to them asking for their awareness of the illegal dumping that continues to plague that area. Inmates to pick up litter Clarke County Sheriff Bobby Moore recently began to put together a program for jail inmates to pick up litter along county roads. A similar program is already in place in neighboring Washington County. Moore was not present for the Sept. 6 meeting, but recently told Moseley that he has a truck to be used for the program and six men who are ready to participate.
The next meeting of the CCCAL will be Oct. 4 at 9 a.m. in the basement meeting room of the Clarke County Courthouse. Those interested in participating in the organization's ongoing efforts are encouraged to attend.
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