Ken Holland brings in a boatload of trash every year
Ashton Dark and Hanna Gilliland earned their cleanup T-shirts last year
Keeping the lake beautiful LMRA readies for the annual Renew Our Rivers cleanup
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STORY BY BETSY ILER
The fall extension of Lake Martin’s winter pool won’t adversely affect the annual Renew Our Rivers cleanup of shorelines and area roadways, said John Thompson, president of Lake Martin Resource Association, which coordinates the annual event. This year’s cleanup will take place Nov. 5 and 6, and efforts are under way to involve more volunteers in more places around the lake. John Coley at Lake Martin Voice Realty will help to coordinate a friendly competition among local Realtors to encourage their offices in filling the trash bags this year. The plan is to devise titles and prizes for agents to win in categories
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like recruiting the most non-agents as volunteers, collecting the most bags, weirdest object found during the cleanup and highest percentage of the office turning out. By mid-September, at least six lake area real estate offices had committed to taking part. Lake magazine again will collect items from local businesses and individuals for the Golden Picker prize bag. Prize bag contents should be delivered to Tallapoosa Publishers, Inc., at 548 Cherokee Rd., Alexander City, by Oct. 22 or, to arrange a pick up, email Lake editor Betsy Iler at editor@lakemartinmagazine.com.
OCTOBER 2021
