ROANOKE TIMES
Copyright (c) 1996, Roanoke Times
DATE: Friday, April 19, 1996 TAG: 9604190013
SECTION: CURRENT PAGE: NRV2 EDITION: NEW RIVER VALLEY
SOURCE: TRACY GALLIMORE STAFF WRITER
The New River Valley has spring cleaning fever. Broomin' & Bloomin.' Cleanin' 'n' Greenin'. Both Radford and Montgomery County have tongue-twistin' titles for taking time to tackle the task of cleaning up their communities.
The Montgomery County Improvement Council's annual Broomin' & Bloomin' Cleanup will run from 7 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, rain or shine. All volunteers get a T-shirt and can enjoy a free picnic at the end of the day. The celebration includes music, food and door prizes. Last-minute questions? Call Linda Crable at at 382-5793.
Last year, more than 4,000 volunteers collected 383,000 pounds of litter. More than 180 miles of roadside, five river banks, 15 school sites and 17 illegal dumps were cleaned up. Christiansburg and Blacksburg Adopt-A-Spot groups cleaned more than 80 adopted areas. Twenty-five Adopt-A-Highway groups cleaned 53 miles of roadways.
In addition to all that tidying, volunteers found time to plant 1,600 trees to promote reforestation and wildlife habitat development.
Radford's weeklong spring cleanup, Cleanin' 'n' Greenin,' continues through Saturday. Residents and groups are encouraged to choose a site that needs sprucing up, notify the city, and tackle the job this week. Free bags and debris collection are available for groups or families participating in site cleanup. Call Becky Evans at 639-3012, Rachelle Karp at 633-0109 or Larry Amy at 731-3604.
Residents can call the city's billing and services office at 731-3602 for pickup of debris or yard waste. Through the end of April, debris will be collected at half the regular cost and compost waste is collected at no fee, a year-round service.
Other cleanup activities include:
Friends of the Park Spring Cleanup Day, from 9 a.m. to noon Saturday: Volunteers from the northeast quadrant of Christiansburg will meet with neighbors at the Park United Methodist Church to begin the cleanup. Park, Lester, High, Depot and East Main streets are some of the streets targeted. Call Gary Harkrader at 382-2626, Gwen Marcenelle at 382-8414 or Harry Carver at 382-1376.
Giles County Stream Cleanup, 9 a.m. to noon Saturday: Walker Creek Watershed Co-op is cleaning up a section of Big Walker Creek. Volunteers will meet at Farley Memorial Wayside Park, six miles south of Pearisburg on U.S. 100 at 9 a.m. Participants will get a "Giles County Clean Sweep" T-shirt and can attend a free picnic at 1 p.m. at the Pearisburg Community Center. Call 921-2938 for more information.
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