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2008 Fall PRIDE Cleanup: Album & Report Record number participate, from estimates. Day started with well attended breakfast, closed with a huge picnic and party at Pinewood, which showcased the country club to let everyone see how important golf course is to community. Story in progress. Please send your team reports if not included below. Use any CM Contact/Submit button. -EW. Photos are posted with more being added By Ed Waggener The 2008 Fall PRIDE Cleanup held Saturday, October 18, 2008, was an overwhelming success. Figures are not yet in, but it appears that records were set, with we understand, well over 200 people participating in the Fall 2008 PRIDE Adair County Clean-up. That would be a record. Lists, including lots of names, numbers of miles of roads cleaned, prize winners, and more is expected tomorrow from the office of CJE Ann Melton. CM when publish those numbers when they are receved. It was a glorious fall day. The turnout included people from two years old to octogenarians. It was a joint effort by both Adair Fiscal Court and the City of Columbia. Dana Walker, assistant GSA Troop 855 leader, summed up the day quite well. . "On days like this one," she said, "I just feel lucky to live in Adair County, KY." She said that the day meant so much more than the important elements of cleaning up the community and having the chance to earn money for the scout troop. "It was hard work for our scouts," she said. "but it taught them now important it is to keep the environment clean in the first place." The troop cleaned all of the Pinewood subdivision as well as G. Bardin Road. Rhonda Loy, and Sonja Roy, leading a group of kids on a clean-up on Jefferson Alley off the Square, were teaching the same lessons to their charges. They were slowed by the high number of cigarette butts thrown down by unthinking smokers, and the kids, anxious to move on to bigger things, were learning the downside of an unhealthy habit as well as the need to keep the environment clean. It proved, once again, the wisdom of the patient leadership of Adair County Solid Waste Coordinator A.L. Sinclair, who has preached that the answer to Adair County's littering problem was education, not punishment. The wisdom of his philosophy is beginning to really pay off, it seems. Westlake Regional Hospital put its weight behind the clean-up drive. The hospital not only posted the largest amount of prize money for the campaign, but Board Members Jim Evans and John Nall participated in the event, and a Westlake Team with Jerry Quinn, WRH's healthcare engineer; Pauline Davenport, head of WRH marketing; Becky Higginbotham, WRH Quality Control Coordinator; Gidget Warren, Director of Nursing at Westlake Primary Care, and Troy Warren, an Adair County school student, spent the morning cleaning roadways. Environmental consciousness was evident too, in the work of the Adair County High School Science Club. Sponsor Susan Peck. The group was earning money in the cleanup to help pay for more recycling receptacles to be placed around the Adair County School District Campus. And, jointly with the Beta Club, they are carrying the Adair School leadership's in recycling to a higher level. The Science Club team of Roger Abner, Samora Skinner, Marty Miller, and Chris Yates cleaned Bliss Road and the new Columbia Western Bypass from Pelham Branch Road to KY 55 North. Those who want to help the club with its drive to put more recycling receptacles around the campus, can send any amount--but $50 pays for one--to Science Club, c/o Susan Peck, at 526 Indian Drive, Columbia, KY 42728. Mrs. Peck said that school board member Marsha Walker had helped by buying one receptacle already. A Wal-Mart team Danny Bragg, manager of the Jamestown Street store and designated to be the first manager of the new Wal-Mart Supercenter, Joe Martin, Kristian Wick, Donna Rieder, Richard Morell, Colleen Bain, and Shea Koenig, picked up 2.6 miles of the new bypass, removing 28 bags of trash from the roadway. They also found a large pile of metal which will be recycled. The Wal-Mart store also provided prize money, which was divided into several $25 certificates. Richard Morell, who just came to Columbia from Alabama, to help open the Supercenter, said that the event had helped him fall in love with Columbia more. "I can't wait to get moved here," he said. Community support from businesses was overwhelming. County Judge Ann Melton and Mayor Pat Bell officiated for the drawings, which started while most were picknicking on the 350 hamburgers and 400 hotdogs cooked by Johnny Jones. The drawings took over an hour; but a good breeze, a beautiful sunny day, and a wonderful picnic area provided by Pinewood Country Club, along with the excitement when winners were announced made the time go by quckly. Not only did Pinewood approve the event venue, but President Butch Rogers and Board Member Ed Hancock provided a portable restroom to the picnic site, and Ed Hancock gave free golf cart rides to the kids. "We wanted to show what at tremendous asset Pinewood Country Club is for our community," Mr. Hancock said. To say the day did re-enforce that sentiment is a major understatement. City Councillor Linda Waggener said the event was inspiring for yet another reason. "I looked over the greens filled with families enjoying themselves and felt strongly that if the City, County and Community leaders pull together that it's just a matter of time before Pinewood Country Club is saved, thriving, and incoming an even more important community asset" she said. "There's no question that Columbia/Adair County needs the golf course. We've got so much young talent coming along. They need places to practice," Councillor Waggener added, "but it should be structured and promoted as a place that is affordable for all residents." Hancock, who holds experience in management of a large golf course in California, was invited by Councillor Waggener to bring his ideas to the next City Council meeting, Monday, November 3, 2008, at 6:00pmCT at City Hall. Many teams started on the job Several cleanup teams started on the job. A 30-member Pickett's Chapel team started at the church, clearing roadways in the neighborhood. The Breeding Area Volunteer Fire Department did the same, as did firemen in the Knifley area. Watch for updates. CM will be adding photos today and possibly later. This story was posted on 2008-10-19 09:20:26
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