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Loup Basin Great American Cleanup a “Great Success”
 The
Keep America Beautiful Great American Cleanup (GAC) sponsored by
the Loup Basin RC&D and promoted by Keep Loup Basin Beautiful
resulted in 38 events in 18 communities. There were 658
volunteers that participated in GAC projects within the Loup
Basin nine counties.
The final total of trash/debris that was collected was 46,000
pounds. There were educational presentations to several groups,
and over 200 flower seed packets were given out.
Keep Loup Basin Beautiful gave each participating group Glad
bags, GAC promotional banners, posters, seeds packets and water
coupons for the volunteers.
All the volunteers names were entered in a drawing and Judy
Dugan of Elba won the Troy-Bilt Leaf Blower. Judy was involved
in the Elba city cleanup. Mike Richards of Comstock won the
Troy-Bilt String Trimmer for his participation in the Comstock
GAC. The equipment was provided by the Troy-Bilt Company to help
promote the Great American Cleanup.
A reusable grocery bag filled with items such as garden tools
and trash bags was won by Jan Weber of Ord. Jan helped organize
the Ord High school Youth Leadership Team’s environmental
cleanup project this spring.
Even though you, your group, or city participated in the Great
American Cleanup, but you did not win a Troy-Bilt machine, you
are a winner by showing your commitment to community
involvement, and the resulting community improvement.
Thanks to the Great American Cleanup sponsors, Pepsi, Nestlé’s
Pure Life water, Wrigley, OB, Glad bags, Waste Management,
Scott’s Miracle-Gro, Dow Company, Solo, and the Troy Bilt
company that supplied the products used in the events.
Remember, next year the Great American Cleanup will again be
held from March 1 through May 31, 2011 and you could be one of
next year’s winners. Call Keep Loup Basin Beautiful at
308-728-3393 or visit the Loup Basin RC&D office located at the
Valley County fair grounds for more information.
 Make
Earth Day Everyday Winners
Keep Loup Beautiful has announced that the winner of it’s 2010
Earth Day Art Contest is Noah Jensen, a 5th grade student from
North Loup/Scotia Public School in North Loup . As the winner
his artwork was printed on T-Shirts for his entire class, it’s
teacher, and the school principal.
All fifth grade students in the central Nebraska
counties covered by the Loup Basin RC&D were invited to submit a
poster about environmental issues, litter reduction, and Earth
Day.
To enter the contest Noah signed the following pledge:
“I will do my
part to protect planet Earth. I will make an effort to
educate myself and others about recycling and the
environment. I will lend a hand to the environment by
reducing, reusing, recycling, buying recycled products,
conserving energy and water, and protecting my air and
water. In this way I will be Making Every Day Earth Day.”
This pledge is the basis for all of the programs
promoted by Keep Loup Basin Beautiful. If you live in the
counties of Blaine, Custer, Garfield, Greeley, Howard, Loup,
Sherman, Valley, or Wheeler, and would like more information
about environmental projects in that area, call Linda Studnicka
at 308-728-3393.
 Phone
Book Recycling
Look!
You can recycle your phone book.
Just bring it
to the Loup Basin RC&D office in Ord, and we will make sure
it gets recycled. Maybe your book will come back to you as a
paper sack, newspaper, tissue, or paper plate ?? It may even
be made into your new phone book next year!
Call
308-728-3393 for more information.
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