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MONROE COUNTY
Community
Calendar
Calendar items run free
of charge as a community
service each week as space
allows. Mail items for the
Community Calendar to
Diane Glidewell at news@
mymcr.net by 8 a.m. on
Monday.
April 6
Retired Educators will
meet at Hubbard Com
munity Complex
The Monroe County Retired
Educators Association will
resume in-person meetings
with its upcoming meeting
on Wednesday, April 6
from 10:30-1 1:30 a.m. at
the Association's designated
room at the William Hubbard
Community Complex, 500
Highway 83 South, Forsyth.
All former educators, and
those who are planning
retirement this year, are
welcome and encouraged to
attend. The group is excited
to be meeting in person in its
new location. The next meet
ing is planned for Wednes
day, May 4.
April 7
Juliette River Club
Juliette River Club meets
every first Thursday at 7 p.m.
at Juliette United Methodist
Church, 69 McCrackin St,
Juliette. The next meeting
will be Thursday, April 7.
Everyone is welcome.
April 9
Twin Oaks Fun Farm
Opening Day
Twin Oaks Fun Farm, 1946
See CALENDAR
Page 3B
April 6, 2022 “I
Reporter M)
Bolingbroke, you clean up good
Sloan Oliver
By Sloan Oliver
sloanoliver@earthlink.net
"V" A "^hat are some of
% / the ways to bring
1/ 1/ a community
T T together, to get peo
ple involved, to make people feel
a part of the community, to meet
one another, and
to have a good
time?
How about an
annual parade?
Check, Boling
broke has had
a Christmas
parade for
decades. What
else? How
about a clean-up day to spruce up
the community and promote civic
pride? Great idea, “Lets do it.” And
so was hatched the idea to pro
mote a Bolingbroke-wide police
call, and get the entire county
involved as well.
This newspaper, county commis
sioners, and Forsyth city coun-
cilmen scheduled a countywide
clean-up for Saturday morning,
March 5th. By doing so, Monroe
County would look its best when
hundreds visited for the Forsythia
Festival.
Many people were very excited
about the idea of a clean-up day.
The Saturday prior (Feb. 26), I re
ceived a text from Wanda. She said
that she was at Mount Zion Baptist
The Bolingbroke Clean-up Crew (all 30 of us)
Church,
waiting
for others.
She was
concerned
because
she was
the only
one there,
and was
wonder
ing where
everyone
else was.
Wanda was
so excited
about pick
ing up trash and making Boling
broke beautiful that she showed
up a week early. Around here, I
think we say, “Bless her heart.”
Turns out, Wanda was not alone
in her desire to clean up Boling
broke. In answer to the call for a
countywide clean up, and a call
by the leaders of the Bolingbroke
Community Club (BCC), (Gregg
Phillips and Brandy Bankston-
Boynton), at least 30 people
showed up ready to do their part.
Of those who showed up, each
received a road section to po
lice. Broken into buddy groups,
we managed to clean up over
five miles of roadway, picked up
between 90-100 bags of trash, and
pulled at least half a dozen tires
out of the woods. Hwy. 41 (espe
cially the area around the 1-475
bridge), Rivoli Road, Pate Road,
Pea Ridge Road, Klopfer, and Estes
were cleaned. A special thanks to
the Cowarts (Roger & Gwen) who
picked up 40 bags just along Old
Popes Ferry Road (especially the
area near the recycle center), to
Cutting Edge Landscaping who
sent four workers and two trucks
to assist, to Chris Spence who
hauled all the bags to the dump,
and to the youth (8-10 years old)
of BCC who helped out.
Couple months ago, I volun
teered to be the BCC s “point
man” for trash pick-up in and
around Bolingbroke. My wife and
I adopted a section of Pate Road,
and have been picking up trash
for several years. Because of that,
we have some idea of the work
required to clean up the roadways.
Thankfully, a good number of oth
ers now know as well and are
dedicated.
Bolingbrokes commitment
to clean-up has been inspiring.
Over the past month (or so) Eve
contacted a number of businesses.
All have been very positive about
helping out. I broke the roads and
highways into manageable sec
tions (about half mile) and asked
businesses to keep the section near
their business policed. Moxley s
Handcrafted, Hayslip Antiques,
Beech Tree Landscapes, Blanche
Farms, Harveys Plumbing, and
David Walsh of F.G. Melissa com
mitted to keeping Hwy 41 policed.
Then, Southern Charm, Donnys
Propane, Willingham Mechanical,
Glass Technologies, and Justins
Tire and Auto agreed to the same
along Rivoli Road. If I haven’t
contacted a business yet, stand
by, I will in the near future. On
See BOLINGBROKE . Page 2B
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