Volunteers with the orange shirt brigade were prominent on the streets, lanes, beaches and trails of Conception Bay South on Saturday, June 7 as the Town held its annual three-hour community clean-up challenge. On Cherry Lane and the back lanes connecting to it, the cute factor was high as a group of neighbourhood children tugged a wagon to collect trash under the supervision of their parents. In the front row, from left, are: Sloane Clarke, 3, Emma Greenwood, 8, Harry Clarke, 5, Ainsley Clarke, 8, and Maeve Clarke, 7; In the back row are Rick Greenwood, Katherine Green-wood and Tim Clarke. The group picked up everything from plywood and pylons to bottles. “We consumed a lot of Timbits to keep the clean up going,” said Katherine Greenwood, laughing. Craig Westcott photo.Among the groups of people cleaning up the ditches along the Foxtrap Access Road were Craig Bishop and Vicki O’Leary. They bagged up a broken pipe, a funnel, lots of empty windshield washer containers and plenty of dog poop.Members of the environmental group GreenSphere and family members cleaned up along the beach area along Pond Road. One of their more interesting finds was a discarded security alarm, said Dominic Edwards, right. Joining Dominic, were, from left: Kahim Peterkin, age 10, Nickey Lee and Ethan Kolongo, age five months, Kuda Kalonga, and Kuda Job Kalonga.
The Town of Conception Bay South’s annual three-hour community clean up drew a large response again this year. The event was sponsored by Tim Hortons, The Shoreline News, Rhonda Nugent – The Cooperators, and Advanced Access Engineering. A reception was held afterwards at the CBS Arena where the volunteers refreshed themselves with coffee, juice, Timbits and other treats. Among the groups participating this year were (left photo) members of the CBS Soccer Girls Under 15 team who were out in force along the beach near the Topsail turf. The group included, from left: Kaylee Rae Tuttle, Darla Melnychuk, Ella Richards and Anna Hurley.Megan Forsyth, left, and Liese van Eikeren, age 9, gathered bags and bags of trash on the main road in Kelligrews and along a trail in the area as well as on Porters Road. Among their more interesting finds, said Liese, was a big plastic sheet that had to be rolled up to fit in a bag.
