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Columbia wins PRIDE 1st in class. Adair County 2nd in group By Cindy Lackey SOMERSET, KY Adair County and the City of Columbia won trophies yesterday at the fourth annual Roadside PRIDE Awards ceremony at The Center for Rural Development in Somerset. Adair County earned Seocond Place among counties of its size -- the countys second consecutive Roadside PRIDE Award. The City of Columbias First Place trophy was its first-ever Roadside PRIDE Award. The Roadside PRIDE competition was held during October 2006. Counties and cities in southern and eastern Kentucky earned points for the number of volunteers they recruited, number of road miles cleaned, and amount of trash collected. Counties and cities competed in population-based classes, with Class 1 being for the smallest populations. Adair County competed in Class 2, which included counties with populations between 10,000 and 20,000. The county recruited 246 volunteers, cleaned 76 road miles, and picked up 885 bags of trash, 86 old tires, and 3 junk appliances. Jackson County was the First Place winner in Class 2. Columbia competed in Class 4 against other cities with more than 3,000 residents. The city recruited 83 volunteers, cleaned 20 road miles, and picked up 136 bags of trash and 27 old tires. The City of Pikeville was the Second Place winner in Class 4. The Roadside PRIDE competition was sponsored by the nonprofit Eastern Kentucky PRIDE, Inc., which spearheads an environmental cleanup and education campaign in southern and eastern Kentucky. Across the region, a total of 5,493 volunteers participated and 20,095 bags of trash were collected. PRIDE provided cleanup supplies to Roadside PRIDE participants and reimbursed local governments for their trash disposal expenses. Keeping our roads litter free is one of the easiest ways to improve the appearance of our region Congressman Hal Rogers (KY-5), said. Rogers is the founder of PRIDE. Through joint efforts like Roadside PRIDE, we are making our region cleaner and more prosperous. I encourage everyone to build on this momentum and help keep our roads clean in 2007. Roadside PRIDE taps each communitys competitive spirit to beautify the roads that connect us, Richard Thomas, PRIDE Executive Director, said. Neighboring communities have fun talking trash with each other, the top performers take home trophies, and we all benefit from cleaner roadsides. The PRIDE initiative promotes Personal Responsibility In a Desirable Environment in 38 counties. Rogers and the late James Bickford, former Secretary of the Kentucky Natural Resources and Environmental Protection Cabinet, started PRIDE in 1997 to provide government resources to local citizens as they work to clean up the regions environment. PRIDE is funded by grants from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. This story was posted on 2007-01-30 09:59:44
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