Monday, March 27, 2000
Cleanup volunteers to spruce up Reading
BY WALT SCHAEFER
The Cincinnati Enquirer
READING — The city's yearly cleanup will include removing debris from the banks of the Mill Creek with more than 250 volunteers expected to participate in the spring spruce-up April 15.
“Our seventh annual cleanup is being held the weekend prior to Earth Day (April 22),” said Carol Bullock-Carpenter, a former city council member who coordinates the event.
“Schools, Scouts and other Reading organizations are taking part and individual citizen participation is encouraged. There is plenty for all to do,” Mrs. Bullock-Carpenter said.
“A small but spirited group of canoeists who call themselves "The Mill Creek Yacht Club' will pick up junk and litter along the Mill Creek between Koehler and Columbia avenues,” she added.
Volunteers for the one-day cleanup are to gather at Koenig Park at Columbia and Ko enig avenues at 10 a.m. April 15. Plastic trash bags and waterproof gloves will be distributed and cleanup areas assigned.
The Reading Fire Department will prepare a picnic lunch for volunteers at noon in the park.
Reading IGA also will present each participant with a tree seedling as part of its Hometown Tree Program.
“The project is held in conjunction with Earth Day and is a way for our citizens to take part locally in an overall effort to keep our community clean. It has been very successful in past years and with an expanded committee of organizers, we expect volunteer participation to exceed past years,” Mrs. Bullock-Carpenter said.
Residents or groups wanting additional information may contact committee members: Mrs. Bullock-Carpenter, 733-4857; Alan Hughes, 769-1988; Peggy Koetter, 733-1020; Rick Konrad, 733-9173; or Dennis Wissel, 563-7523.
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