Garrard officials working on tire legislation

FRANKFORT — "When it comes to handling the problem of waste tires in Kentucky, some solid waste coordinators say state efforts are top-heavy and irresponsible with taxpayers’ money.

Now Garrard County officials are working on legislation to clean up excessive administrative spending and get grant funding for programs like tire amnesties firing on all cylinders again.'

See link for complete article by Ben Kleppinger (bkleppinger@amnews.com), published in The Advocate-Messenger, Danville.

http://www.amnews.com/stories/2010/01/29/loc.796519.sto

Co-Hosts: Party on the Square June 18th

Each co-host of The Party on the Square plays an important part in the over-all success of Garrard County’s Anti-Litter/Beautification Campaign. When the campaign starts in May, the community enthusiastically looks forward to this party. A great big thanks goes out to each and everyone listed below. (List will be updated as more co-hosts are added.)

1. Farmers National Bank
2. Solid Waste Management
3. T.E.A.C.H.
4. McDonalds
5. Arts Council
6. Bluegrass PRIDE
7. Chamber of Commerce
8. Christian Care Center
9. Cundiff Chiropractic
10. Ephraim McDowell Regional Medical Center
11. First Presbyterian Church
12. Garrard Humane Society
13. Lancaster Higher Education Center
14. Lil’ Tin Purse
15. Paint Lick Sportsman’s Club
16. Pattie A. Clay Regional Medical Center
17. Poor Ridge Productions
18. Meadow View Farms
19. TLC Stables
20. UK Cooperative Extension
21. Central Kentucky Federal Savings Bank
22. Central Record
23. City of Lancaster
24. First Southern National Bank
25. Fiscal Court
26. Lancaster Volunteer Fire Dept
27. Linda’s Custom Sports Apparel
28. Partners for Progress
29. Quick Stop
30. Tudor Printing
31. And many individuals from both Garrard County and surrounding areas

Co-hosts as of 01/28/2010

Party on the Square 2010

Free Dump Days March 25-27, 2010

Free Dump Days, Convenience Center off of Highway 52 on Hanging Fork Rd., Thursday-Saturday, March 25, 26, 27, 9 AM to 3 PM daily. Everything dumped for free with the following exceptions: $1 per bag for household garbage and $2 for tires. Construction debris is weighed and charged normal fee. No propane tanks or hazardous waste accepted.

See Categories Posted (left-hand column), "Free Dump Days": Entry dated Sept. 1, 2009, for additional information.

2010 Anti-Litter/Beautification Campaign May 1st thru June 18th

Beautify Garrard County is pleased to host Garrard County's fourth annual Anti-Litter/Beautification Campaign starting May 1st and ending Friday, June 18th, with The Party on the Square in downtown Lancaster, from 7-10 p.m.

The campaign promotes litter clean-up and beautification in Garrard County; encourages personal commitment and community pride.

It’s easy to take part in the campaign and become eligible to win one of the great prizes to be given away at The Party on the Square. These include: a gift basket from Pattie A. Clay Regional Medical Center and one of two gifts from Lancaster Higher Education Center.

Individuals/groups/organizations can participate by wearing green Campaign T-Shirts (or something green) on Mondays (or "Casual Friday's") during the campaign and by doing something such as picking up litter on a sidewalk, cleaning up a roadside, a parking lot, a wilderness trail; helping someone in need with a special maintenance/painting/ cleaning/ landscaping project; adopting a public area and planting flowers or trees; starting to personally recycle or helping neighbors start by taking their recyclables to The Recycling Center, 400. S. Campbell St., Lancaster, ETC… (see Archives, "Campaign T-Shirt": find out how to buy an official t-shirt from Linda's Custom Sports Apparel in Lancaster.)

At The Party on the Square, write down on a piece of paper, in ten words or less, what you did during the campaign and put this, along with your name, address and phone number into the designated entry box at The Solid Waste Booth.. Drawing will be at 9:30 p.m. in front of the Court House. (All persons entering contest must be at least six years of age and either live in or work in Garrard County.)

For suggestions on roads or specific clean-up areas, call Solid Waste Coordinator Chris Thomason at 859-792-3821 or 859-338-3233. If you are cleaning on public property, please ask coordinator about free garbage bags and pick-up. Trash from public areas can be dumped for free at Convenience Center but this must be Ok'd by Solid Waste Coordinator before dumping. If you have questions about possibility of dumping debris from private property (where you are helping someone), check with Solid Waste Coordinator.

We’d love to see pictures and hear about your campaign activities. Please e-mail pictures and summaries to beautifygarrard@gmail.com. Pictures become the property of Beautify Garrard County and may be published for publicity purposes.

Calendar of Events: 2010

Garrard County Solid Waste Committee will have a presence at the following events:

October 21st, 22nd, 23rd: Free Dump Days

See Categories Posted (left-hand column), "Free Dump Days", for detailed information

October: Paint Lick Village Fest

Details to be posted

September: Rural Heritage Festival

Details to be posted

August: Tobacco Cutting Contest

Details to be posted

July: Paint Lick Sportsman's Club Wild Game Cook-off

Details to be posted

June 21st - 26th: County Fair

Garrard County Fair Grounds

Details to be posted

June 18th (Friday): Party on the Square

Lancaster Town Square 7-10 PM

Free music, food, games, fun. Bring lawn chair

For details, see blog entries: "2010 Party on the Square"

Call: 859-792-6704

May 1st (Saturday): Anti-Litter/Beautification Campaign begins

For details, see blog entries: "2010 Anti-Litter/Beautification Campaign"

Call: 859-792-6704

April 17th (Saturday): Earth Day Festival

Garrard County Fair Grounds

Details to be posted

March 25th, 26th, 27th: Free Dump Days

See Categories Posted (left-hand column), "Free Dump Days".for detailed information.

March 21st - 27th: Commonwealth Clean-up Week

Solid Waste Management Annual Report 2009

Garrard County Fiscal Court Meeting Monday, January 11.

The Fiscal Court heard Chris Thomason’s annual solid waste management report, which had some interesting statistics. Recycling in Garrard has been growing solidly and Chris is hopeful that growth will continue. He also mentioned that of the many things solid waste has gone out to pick up from people, one of the items was an airplane. Not many solid waste coordinators can say they’ve disposed of an airplane.

(Source: (http://kyvoice.com/garrardcounty/. Author Ben Kleppinger. Danville Advocate.)