Paint Lick Sportsman's Club cleans up Old Railroad Grade Road

Thank you PLSC members, for supporting The Anti-Litter/Beautification Campaign. Everyone wins...

At day’s end, on Saturday, June 13, 2009, friends and members of the Paint Lick Sportsman’s Club deposited 66 bags and 2 tires at the Garrard County Convenience Center from the roadside clean-up of Old Railroad Grade Road. Rising early, volunteers: Ron Adkins, Joe Brown, Ward Brown, Michael Guy, the Hatmaker Family (Boone, Jeff, Merry and Shade), Layne Hawley, Jacob Hughes, Mark Hurte, Deborah Messenger, Katie Rollins, and Linda Wardlow, walked along the fog shrouded roadside of Old Railroad Grade Road though dew-damp grass, poison ivy, and briars in search of the elusive household garbage temporarily “housed” amidst the roadside vegetation.

Upon initial collection, the group of 14 collected 43 bags of garbage along the 5.6 miles of roadway within just 3.5 labor-intensive hours. Refueling their energy levels on fresh fruit and bottles of chilled water, three volunteers (Katie Rollins, Ron Adkins, Deborah Messenger) continued the search into the early afternoon, working beyond the roadside into the ditch lines and along the pasture field fencing to collect an additional 23 bags of trash within just 1.5 miles of the Paint Lick Sportsman’s Club.

Thanks to the tireless efforts of this group of Garrard and Madison County volunteers, travelers along Old Railroad Grade Road will see a new look to the ole way! Submitted by Deborah Messenger, President of Paint Lick Sportsman's Club.

Pattie A. Clay Regional Medical Center to be at Party on the Square June 19th

Pattie A. Clay Regional Medical Center is very excited about kicking off
their commitment to Garrard Countians at the Party on the Square. In
addition to free giveaways, we will host a drawing for 100 gift cards
worth $25 each for services, lab work and office visits at our soon to
open Pattie A. Clay Regional Medical Center Garrard County location.

We will also have on hand the internal medicine physician who will have
her practice at the Garrard County location, so she can begin meeting
the people of Garrard County.

Finally, our Director of Rehabilitation and an Exercise Physiologist
will be on hand to do small group sessions teaching folks of all ages
things they can do to stay in shape and stay flexible.
Submitted by Jill Williams, Public Relations & Marketing, PACRMC

See additional posts under "2009 Party on the Square" for more information about party.

Band takes part in anti-litter campaign

Hats off to Garrard County High School Marching Band for their community spirit...

Over 40 marchers and parents showed their support Saturday, May 23rd, by cleaning up Narrow Gap Road and Dripping Springs Road. 47 trash bags filled with cans, bottles and fast food wrappers were collected. Working with Chris Thomason, the Solid Waste Coordinator for Garrard County, the marching band was able to make $500 through the Anti Litter/Beautify Garrard County Project. The fundraiser came at a perfect time. This fall they will be competing at Bands of America in Indianapolis. Submitted by Kim Hollis.

Enforcing litter laws

I was at the Convenience Center May 15th helping with Free Dump Days and many people commented about reading the following newspaper article:
http://www.garrardcentralrecord.com/archives/051409/news/news10.html

Thank you Central Record for writing this article and for all you have done in support of our Anti-Litter/Beautification Campaign(s).

Litter Free Event

Party on the Square and Bluegrass PRIDE join forces...

Bluegrass PRIDE has designated The Party on the Square as a Litter Free Event and will help publicize the party and some of their over 250 volunteers will help with clean-up during the party.

Bluegrass PRIDE (Personal Responsibility In a Desirable Environment) provides environmental resources and information to schools, community groups, local governments and citizens in Central Kentucky.

For more information on PRIDE's campaigns which focus on water quality and solid waste, please check out their website: http://www.kentuckypride.com/. Bluegrass PRIDE is a 501(c)3 organization.

We would like to thank Bluegrass PRIDE for joining with us to help make The Party on the Square a litter free event.

Entertainment line-up for Party on the Square

Great vocals, banjo picking, line dancing, sing-along...

Meet Miss Kentucky Teen America 2009 Katie Himes and Kentucky’s Tiny Miss Chloe Wesley and enjoy their vocals, along with those of returning Miss Kentucky Teen America 2008, Andrea Walker.

Add to this great musical numbers from Australian Banjo maker Laurie Grundy, The Russian Doll Situation, The Boondock Saints, Alicia Lane, Bailey Brown, Christa Osborne, Dan Waters, Jenna McKune, Melvin Price, Rod Johnson and Peyton Crossfield .

Like to dance? The Steppin’ Stones from Harrodsburg will be back and they have some new steps to teach us from 7:30-8 PM.

Like to sing? Andy Blyth will lead us in a rousing sing-along from 9:30-10 PM.

It’s going to be a great night of entertainment. Come join us and stay ‘til the end. You’ll be glad you did.

Waste Tire Amnesty June 25-27

Waste Tire Amnesty, State Road Dept., Industry Rd, Lancaster, June 25th-27th, 9 AM-3 PM Thurs. & Fri., 9 AM-12 noon Sat. PTE (passenger tire equivalents) only. No backhoe or tractor tires. Rims OK. Tires not accepted from tire businesses. Questions? Contact Solid Waste Coordinator Chris Thomason, 859-339-3233.