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 remai...
