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Local Youth Help Clean Up US 77
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Pictured are the litter collectors who cleaned up US 77 north of La Grange: (from left) Addy Emmel and Makenna Emmel, and Eli, Faith, Paisley, and Lorretta Greenwood. The group wishes everyone a happy holiday season and asks that you, please, ‘Don’t Mess with Texas.’
Sunday’s winter chill and north wind did not deter the friends of Fayette County Mediation, LLC, from cleaning up Highway 77 north of La Grange as part of the Adopt-a-Highway program.
The team of seven, all members of Sacred Heart parish, hit the road after Mass collecting nineteen bags of trash as well as a variety of other unsightly items, including a smashed VHS player, a license plate, feed sacks, and remnants of tire treads.
“Styrofoam is the absolute worst,” said Faith Greenwood. “It ends up in tiny pieces that blow everywhere.”
Everyone on the team agrees that underwear is the weirdest item to find along the highway but, somehow, at every outing it’s found.
Dr. Connie Buscha, certified mediator, asks everyone to be conscious of the mess they are potentially leaving along our Texas roadways.
“Sometimes, it’s unsecured trash blowing out of the beds of trucks, but often it’s obvious that people are just dumping, like beer bottles and cans,” Buscha said. “What’s sad, too, is seeing a cow in a pasture chewing on a plastic bag that has blown in there. That’s not just ugly; it’s dangerous.”
Visit www.dontmesswithtexas. org for information on how you can be part of the solution.