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Clarke litter committee seeks funding Members of Clarke County Citizens Against Litter (CCCAL) brain-stormed with District 65 Rep. Marc Keahey, during their Aug. 2 meeting, about ways to obtain funding for the committee's operations. Rep. Keahey indicated he would attempt to find out if there are any funding sources on the state level. "I am not aware of any fund from which money can be directed," he said, adding he would check with other members of the Legislature for suggestions. Keahey asked about the Adopt-A-Mile and PALS (People Against A Littered State) programs. He was told that those programs are mostly funded from the federal level and through corporate sources. The representative also wondered if the committee could perhaps seek some type of funding from the county's parks and recreation board. Another suggestion was to find out if a portion of fines imposed on violators could be designated for the CCCAL. Currently the only funding received by the committee is from annual donations by the county's municipalities. Most recently the city of jackson gave a donation of $1,000. Member Rita Wilson said she would contact Thomasville Mayor Sheldon Day about a donation from the city of Thomasville. Enforcement measures discussed CCCAL member John Moseley reported the discovery of another illegal dump site on Saltworks Road, July 30. Clarke County Environmental Officer Kendall Bush was contacted to inspect the items dumped, which included a number of children's toys and a bag of household garbage. No evidence was found as to who the items belonged to. Moseley suggested publicizing the names of persons who have had charges brought against them for littering violations separately from the regular arrests report. Moseley said he would work with Bush and Sheriff Bobby Moore to provide the newspaper with names of persons charged. In other business • Committee member Maxine Guy, who sits on the CCCAL Education subcommittee said she would contact other members not present at the meeting and continue plans for the Fall Litter Awareness Week in September. Wilson emphasized that every school should be contacted and urged to join the Clean Campus program sponsored by PALS. • Letters will be sent to church pastors in the area about becoming involved in the CCCAL's cleanup efforts. • Guy brought a supply of litter bags she had on hand to the meeting. The bags are now stored in the county commission office for anyone who needs them. • Wilson agreed to call Sheriff Moore about the department's participation in Fall Litter Awareness Week. She said she would ask that violators be aggressively stopped and ticketed. She added that she would head up and coordinate roadblocks for handing out litter material during that week.
• The next CCCAL meeting is set for Thursday, Sept. 6 at 9 a.m. in the basement of the Clarke County Courthouse. Anyone interested in becoming involved with the committee is asked to attend.
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