Despite the torrential rains, some things did get accomplished this weekend
The City of Watkinsville had scheduled a clean-up of their lovely Harris Shoals Park, but a deluge kept all but the hardiest out of stream and playground area litter gathering Saturday morning.
Mayor Jim Luken and a few stouthearted council members including Samantha Purcell braved the ultra humid elements to find a tiny turnout. Just after Purcell suggested they reschedule the park clean up, a Scout master and a trio of Boy Scouts appeared and Luken stayed around to battle the rapids and pick up the bricks and trash in the stream.
"We made a lot of progress," said Luken. "Not as much as I would have like to had with double digit numbers, but it was a good start. With all the rain the stream was way up over the shoals making it somewhat difficult to pick out the garbage. We are going to reschedule another clean up at a later date."
The outgoing Mayor has yet to select the date, but made it clear that the cleaning of Watkinsville remains a priority in his remaining days and weeks in office.
"We are going to do the park first," said Luken. "Then the Cemetery. That cemetery does not belong to the city. It does not belong to anyone. Amrey Harden at Oconee State Bank collects the deposits and gets the grass cut regularly. We have the account under the city accounts there. We have had a lot of interest from the D.A.R. (Daughters of the American Revolution) on that as well. They helped with the little pocket park in front of Jittery Joe's and we donated the grass to them. They are very interested in helping out with the cemetery."
Ashford Manor Bed and Breakfast postponed the 12th annual Grace's Birthday for October 11th and the twice rained out Packway Handle band performance for Monday, October 5th.
Mayor Jim Luken and a few stouthearted council members including Samantha Purcell braved the ultra humid elements to find a tiny turnout. Just after Purcell suggested they reschedule the park clean up, a Scout master and a trio of Boy Scouts appeared and Luken stayed around to battle the rapids and pick up the bricks and trash in the stream.
"We made a lot of progress," said Luken. "Not as much as I would have like to had with double digit numbers, but it was a good start. With all the rain the stream was way up over the shoals making it somewhat difficult to pick out the garbage. We are going to reschedule another clean up at a later date."
The outgoing Mayor has yet to select the date, but made it clear that the cleaning of Watkinsville remains a priority in his remaining days and weeks in office.
"We are going to do the park first," said Luken. "Then the Cemetery. That cemetery does not belong to the city. It does not belong to anyone. Amrey Harden at Oconee State Bank collects the deposits and gets the grass cut regularly. We have the account under the city accounts there. We have had a lot of interest from the D.A.R. (Daughters of the American Revolution) on that as well. They helped with the little pocket park in front of Jittery Joe's and we donated the grass to them. They are very interested in helping out with the cemetery."
Ashford Manor Bed and Breakfast postponed the 12th annual Grace's Birthday for October 11th and the twice rained out Packway Handle band performance for Monday, October 5th.
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