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

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

Three faithful PLSC volunteers

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.