This press release was sent out Friday 3/23 in the evening, after I'd had a chance to gather all the information. It was a wonderful effort supported by good people.

HWY 80 Great American Cleanup 3/23


Probably the best cleanup we’ve ever done.
• Over 500 bags,
• 3560 pounds (1.78 tons) of trash,
• Picked up from just over 8 miles of Highway 80, from Calhoun to Well Road
• 120 football players, 6 coaches from West Monroe High School;
• 3 community volunteers recruited by the West Monroe West Ouachita Chamber of Commerce, Altheia Owens, Kathy Middlebrooks and Jerry Sepulvado;
• 3 Ouachita Parish School Board School Board representatives- Superintendent Bob Webber, Assistant Superintendent Frank Hoffmann, School Board member Scott Robinson;
• Keep West Monroe Beautiful board members Rebecca Hall and Mary Ann Newton;
• two affiliate coordinators OPSO Corporal Wayne Heckford and Beth Betz,
• one OPSO Deputy Gary Senn
• one code enforcement agent Randy Duke from the city of West Monroe
• Louisiana State Police Troop F provided patrol support
• West Monroe Police Department prepared to assist.
This was truly a coordinated effort between many different agencies who all want the same thing; a cleaner place to live.

This was coordinated by a task group of concerned citizens with agency assistance from Keep West Monroe Beautiful, Ouachita Parish Police Juror Paul Hargrove-who enlisted support services from the Ouachita Parish Public Works Department for trash bag removal and a porta-john on a trailer; Keep West Monroe Beautiful and Keep Ouachita Parish Beautiful provided vests and litter gitters. OPSO also supported us by having two deputys out on the highway slowing traffic down, and Louisiana State Police Troop F also patrolled the work area on the highway with at least 2 marked cars all morning. I believe I saw an unmarked cruiser there too. West Monroe PD also came out to assess safety coverage ready to pull in more law enforcement if needed.

Beverages were donated by: Brookshire’s in West Monroe who donated a variety of soft drinks for lunch, bottled water by Crystal Clear Water, Scott’s Pure Water, and Coca-Cola. Local support for supplies from Guy Wallace who donated 500 bags, and Keep America Beautiful helped Glad donate bags nationwide.

We’re doing this tomorrow with civic, church and school groups on Arkansas Road out in the parish.

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