FRIENDS OF EDGEWOOD NATURAL PRESERVE
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FRIENDS OF EDGEWOOD NATURAL PRESERVE
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FRIENDS TO ADOPT-A-HIGHWAY By Kathy Korbholz The Friends of Edgewood are working with local resident, Ken Seydel to adopt the portion of Highway 280 that borders Edgewood Natural Preserve. Ken has been taking care of the 2-mile stretch for the last 10 years; he describes his experience as enjoyable and rewarding. He spends 16-20 hours every other month and has found everything from 100 yards of Styrofoam "peanuts" to $150.00. Now that he has retired he has less time and wants some help.
Ken has offered to allow the Friends of Edgewood to take over responsibility. At the November meeting the Board of Directors voted to pursue Ken’s generous offer. In exchange for the Friends commitment, CalTrans will post an Adopt-A-Highway sponsorship sign advertising the Friends of Edgewood. In the future Friends of Edgewood may extend the effort to include removal of invasive weeds threatening Edgewood and planting of preserve-safe wildflowers. Interested in participating? The Friends of Edgewood is looking for 8-10 volunteers to make a one-year commitment for 1999 to work one Saturday morning, every other month. Those selected will receive a hardhat, an orange safety vest, a picker (to grab trash without bending over) and training by CalTrans. The training will be arranged in January; the first cleanup day will be February 6th. Only a few openings remain. Interested people should call Bill Korbholz at the Friends of Edgewood office 361-1218 no later than 12/31/99. Don’t wait until after the holidays - call today. |
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