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CLEAN-UP RALLY TURN OUT "GREAT" IN SPITE
OF BITTER COLD
NEWS RELEASE
January 20, 2003
A clean-up rally and “coffee
stop” held Saturday, January 18, 2003, in Van Buren County
turned out 17 volunteers to brave the cold, bag litter, and share a picnic
meal. However, according to organizers, the event had a much greater
purpose than that.
Sponsored by the Van
Buren County Greens and coordinated with the assistance of the Ozark
Liberty Alliance (OLA), this “do something” action was organized to show
support for the massive pro-peace demonstrations that brought together
hundreds of thousands of activists across the nation and around the world
on this same date.
The
local clean-up crew included members of
the Greens, a number of OLA volunteers, and several "interested others"
who had heard about the event and decided to come just to see what it was
all about.
Plans to remove litter
from a one-mile stretch of U.S. 65 previously adopted by the Greens were
abandoned due to the freezing-cold, with a more modest effort dedicated to
cleaning up litter in the roadside park, located on U.S. 65 near the
clean-up mile, where the volunteers had planned to gather for lunch.
“What’s really important
about this,” said OLA volunteer Christine Weiss, “is that over a dozen
people from diverse social and political backgrounds came together in
harmony, shared a common meal, shivered and froze together, worked
side-by-side with each other and exchanged stories about what we want the
world to become. And we were all in agreement that what we want most is
peace.”
Also as a result of the
gathering, the idea was raised that perhaps some sort of ongoing effort
could be developed to “adopt” the park, in accordance with a state
regulated volunteer program called “Adopt A Spot.”
For more information
about the VBC Greens, attend their next open meeting to be held at 1pm on
Saturday, February 22, at Tommy’s Pizza on U.S. 65, south of Clinton, or
phone 745-6910, or visit
www.gozarks.com/vbcgreens on the
Internet. For more information about OLA*, phone 501-723-4322 or visit
www.gozarks.com/ola
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*The Ozark Liberty Alliance (OLA) provides
networking and communications assistance to various organizations in the
interest of raising public awareness about the time, place and purpose of
their respective civic activities and events, however OLA does not
specifically endorse any particular political party or politically
promulgated point of view.
NOTE: This news release
was prepared and distributed by:
Christine Louise Weiss
POBox 211, Shirley, AR 72153
HomeOffice 501-723-4322
editor@gozarks.com
Gozarks: Everything Ozarks
http://www.gozarks.com
THANKS!!!
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