I like this idea.....
Louise P. Doud MS.Ed., Ed.S., F/AOGPE, SLDT/CERI
Teaching for Literacy
prescriptive, multi-sensory, phonetic teaching of reading, writing & spelling
teacher training in the Orton-Gillingham approach
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“Children should not be required to fail before they are taught what they need
to know."
Isabelle Y. Liberman, literacy educator &
researcher
On Apr 18, 2020, at 11:55 AM, Sue O'Reilly-McRae <sueomc@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Perhaps some creative signage....
On Sat, Apr 18, 2020, 11:09 AM Daniel Dibble <metcalfucc@xxxxxxxxx
<mailto:metcalfucc@xxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
I don't think getting NH to put a deposition bottles and cans. I am amazed at
the huge number of deposit cans in the Warwick recycling container. As we pick
up, it seems to be the same trash in pretty much the same area of the road day
after day. So, some people seem to just habitually throw their trash out the
window, on their way home? Trying to raise the consciousness of those who could
care less is a test of our resolve and persistence. Persist, resist, and keep
picking up other peoples' trash until they take their responsibility seriously.
Dan
On Sat, Apr 18, 2020 at 10:06 AM NANCY HARNDEN <nlharnden@xxxxxxxxxxx
<mailto:nlharnden@xxxxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
Hello folks!
I am the "Nancy" that Karl was referring to.
I have done road clean-up for decades where I grew up in Saugus and again when
Karl and I lived Framingham, and I rarely picked up a returnable can or bottle.
Yesterday, I started at the New Hampshire border and worked my way on Route 78
towards Warwick for about three-quarters of a mile on both sides of the road.
As I walked along, I carried two old buckets, one for the New Hampshire cans
and bottles (and some nip bottles, too) and one for just regular old trash. At
the end of the day, I had two yellow bags stuffed with the cans and bottles and
two with regular trash. Perhaps I should "return" the two bags with cans and
bottles to New Hampshire.
I seem to remember that when the bottle bill in Massachusetts was first
proposed, the ads against the bill claimed that people who litter would not
stop littering since a nickel wouldn't mean much. Obviously, not true!
Nancy
P.S. - The blue Bud lite cans seem to be the most popular.
On April 18, 2020 at 9:25 AM george bennett <george@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
<mailto:george@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
Back in April 2007, I sent the following to the ‘Executive Vice President and
Chief Marketing Officer' of the Miller Brewing Company. I did not get a reply.
"Dear Mr Ransom,
When my son and I spent an our this spring evening picking up the winter’s
littered beer cans from the rural road that passes our house, we collected
227 cans in 0.3 of a mile. Your famous product, Miller Light, had the dubious
distinction of being the most popular, accounting for 196 - 86% - of the
trashed cans we collected.
I am sure you are not deliberately targeting the demographic of heedless,
drink-driving litter louts, but you have certainly got them covered in our
small town.
Yours sincerely, etc,"
Apologies for the slur on ‘our small town’. On our road, those cans were
almost certainly imports from NH, but that would have taken too long to
explain.
George
On Apr 18, 2020, at 9:11 AM, Elaine Reardon < ear@xxxxxxxxxxx
<mailto:ear@xxxxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
I’ve fantized about having remote cameras set here & there. I’ve often
found the small peppermint snaps nips down here along with beer cans; that I
suppose folks use that to clear their breathe before arriving home., and
having the miscreants spend time doing pick up.
elaine
On Apr 17, 2020, at 8:11 PM, Sue O'Reilly-McRae < sueomc@xxxxxxxxx
<mailto:sueomc@xxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
Well said, Karl. I have often thought that Anheuser-Busch should be
required to pay a community service fee to rural communities.
On Fri, Apr 17, 2020, 12:55 PM Karl Quackenbush < karlq@xxxxxxxxxxx
<mailto:karlq@xxxxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
Thank you, Dan, for all you're doing in connection with this effort.
As you know, Nancy has been out filling the yellow bags off and on over the
past few weeks when she's had the time. In fact, she's out there in the
wilds of Warwick picking up roadside litter at this very moment. (I'll be
doing my part, too, when I'm done putting up our firewood for next season.)
I just want to note one particularly vexing aspect of roadside litter
around here. We walk up and down our road several days per week. We take an
old canvas bag with us and always pick up litter as we walk. I estimate
that 90-to-95% of the stuff is made up of non-deposit beer cans, most
certainly purchased in New Hampshire. What's particularly dismaying is that
we usually find newly tossed beer cans along our road the very day after we
picked everything up.
It's unfortunate, of course, that certain people think nothing of blithely
throwing their empties out of their windows as they drive along our
beautiful Warwick roads. (And, oh yes, that they're drinking while driving
to begin with.) But it's also very unfortunate that a nearby state
evidently doesn't think it's important to have a deposit law, and that we
in this state suffer the consequences. We spend a heck of a lot of time
picking up the darn cans, and we then take them to the Warwick transfer
station, which represents an admittedly tiny, but still real, marginal load
on our town's recycling system.
I don't know that there's much of anything to be done about this. Perhaps,
as the saying goes, it just is what it is. I can't imagine there's any way
of catching the miscreant can tossers in the act, nor can I think of any
way to exert influence in an adjoining state's affairs. Does anyone have
any bright ideas or other perspectives?
Karl Quackenbush
On April 17, 2020 at 10:38 AM Daniel Dibble <metcalfucc@xxxxxxxxx
<mailto:metcalfucc@xxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
Hi All,
We will be doing something completely different this year. There are
yellow bags at the Chapel for individuals or groups to use for cleaning up
the roadsides in Warwick. They are in the front hall of the Chapel along
with a few safety vests. Please take one vest per group and designate a
"safety" person to stay near the road to warn drivers. Bring your bags to
the Chapel by Sat morning APR 25 so we can get them to the transfer
station before 3 PM.
We are asking you to pick up road trash to commemorate the 50th
Anniversary of Earth Day. Also consider making a sign of "Creation Care/
Concern" when you drop off your trash, to be hung on a clothesline we will
put up over the bags. We will take pictures of the trash and the signs to
post on-line and send to the Recorder.
Let's make this a special week of clean up and commitment to keeping the
roads in Warwick and across the world clean and safe for humans, animals
and all of creation.
Thanks, Dan
