Dear Editor,

Southern Elementary National Honor Society spent Friday, November 2, from about 3:30 to 6 p.m. cleaning up four and a half miles of Hwy 22. Given the pleasant weather, these 12 N.E.H.S. volunteers along with five parent volunteers were able to efficiently bag up the trash found alongside the highway. The students were eager to go out and grab up the litter on the roadside to clean up the environment.

Some students simply wondered why people discarded  of their trash this way.

Plenty of cans and bottles were collected to fill the 24 orange bags that were left to linger along the ditches. If you want to think of it as an average, we collected almost six bags per mile. It seemed that the first mile of our pick-up was the most cluttered with litter while farther along were bigger items such as tires and scrap metal.

Please think and don't throw out litter. Especially drive carefully when you see caring citizens collecting trash to keep our county clean.

Maxie Kordes

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Dear Editor,

It was a privilege for Falmouth Wesleyan Church to pick up the trash on Route 27 on Saturday, November 3, 2012 as part of County trash pickup. Fourteen of our church members gathered 33 bags of garbage and were blessed by how we finished before the rain started.

We look forward to helping with this again in the future.

Wes Shoemaker

Pastor of Falmouth Wesleyan Church

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Dear Editor,

Tarhe Sports and Learning Center was proud to be a part of the 109 Board Fall Board Clean-up on Saturday, November 10. We had nine people participate, and collected 33 bags of garbage on five miles of US 27 South from 22 to past Falmouth. It seems the majority of the items we found were tobacco related, beer and alcohol bottles and cans, and fast food bags and cups. These are three (or four, if you count littering) bad habits the residents of Pendleton County would be better off without! Taking care of our own health will reduce the amount of garbage, too.

Thank you,

Darah Herron

Tarhe Sports and Learning
Center

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Dear Editor,
The youth of Knoxville Baptist Church cleaned up trash on 491 from the Pendleton County line to the end of the road on November 10, 2012. There were  11 members that helped that day. We picked up 11 bags of trash and several large tires.

Several of the items that were picked up were empty food containers. These were from a variety of restaurants such as McDonalds and Subway. The main thing that the children seemed to comment on was the amount of beer cans and bottles that were picked up considering this is a dry county. At one point a teen actually commented that the people who had drank an entire case of beer were nice enough to place it all in a garbage bag however they still managed to throw it out on the side of the road.

Another item that seemed to be recurring was empty cigarette packs. The winner made it to five!

I would say the highlight of the morning for one of our youth was when a person who owned a home on the property thanked the group that was working his side of the road and told them how much he appreciated them helping him keep his area cleaned up. Its nice to know that people out there are respecting us for helping them.

Thanks for allowing us the opportunity to help keep our communities looking nice!

Deby Collins

Member of Knoxville Baptist

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Dear Editor,

The PCHS Volleyball team picked up trash along US 27 on Saturday, November 3. Even though the rain started before we did, it was bearable and the girls' spirits were high. We always feel like we have contributed to the county in a small way when we finish. Some people may call it work, but we always finish in record time and have lots of laughs!

Thanks to all those who participated-players, siblings and parents alike. With prices raising all the time in providing for our children, we thank the county for allowing us the opportunity to raise money for our needs.

With sincere appreciation,

Jenny Schlueter, team leader
PCHS 2012 Volleyball team

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Dear Editor,

The Butler Homemakers picked up litter on highway 159, we were happy to see there was a lot less litter. We had nine bags on five miles of highway, thank you for not throwing it out.

Butler Homemakers

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Dear Editor,

Falmouth Christian Church recently completed a roadside cleanup project as part of a special program funded by the state. The program is greatly appreciated by organizations in the Pendleton County area as they can earn money for activities in the community. This money achieves a twofold outcome, funding cleanup of our highways and providing activities for community members.

Please remember to keep a trash bag in your car or truck and use it so that our public roads will stay clean and beautiful while saving your tax dollars.

Wanda Vanlandingham

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Dear Editor,

The Morgan Christian Church joined in the National Cleanup Day by picking garbage up along Hwy 330.

We had a total of 22 members from the church to participate. We collected 55 bags of garbage and four tires. The road was pretty much clean along barns and tall grasses that had not been mowed.

We like to say "thank you" for giving us this opportunity to participate in this fundraiser for our church, we truly appreciate it.

Sincerely,
Steve Wood

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Dear Editor,

Unity Baptist Youth Group, along with dedicated parents, picked up trash on Center Ridge Road on Sunday, October 28. We had a total of 14 bags of trash. Ten of those bags were picked up on the hills going to the bridge or at the bridge. It was amazing to see all the fast food trash like McDonalds, Arby's, White Castle, Pizza Hut, Sonic (how long did the package travel in that vehicle before it was thrown out the window?) bottles and cans. We would like to challenge the people who travel the roads of Pendleton County; don't use our roads for trash cans.

Thank you,

Beverly Davis
Unity Baptist Church

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Dear Editor,

We had the task of litter clean up on HWY 467, on October 21, 2012. It was a beautiful day with the fall colors. We had 24 workers so it didn't take us very long to get the job done.

Pendleton County's a nice place to live. We would like to thank everyone for keeping our roads free from litter.

Thanks again,

Harold Kells

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