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2007
Ruidoso River Clean-Up
Saturday, June 9th, 2007
"A Friend in Need"
The Ruidoso River Association
Ruidoso River - "Clean-Up 2007"
by Harv Twite
June 10, 2007
(Ruidoso, NM - RadioRuidoso.com)
Responding to a deemed "river health crisis" in 1996, a
small group of concerned citizens formed a non-profit group
that became "The Ruidoso River Association." According
to their website, the group was charged with giving "the
besieged Rio Ruidoso a voice." The group was incorporated as
a not-for-profit organization in February of 1997, and by
the spring of 1999 it had a due-paying membership of more
than 650 individuals and families from all over the world.
Since 1999, I have had the great pleasure of knowing Dick
Wisner. This year, it was my great honor to present Dick
with a beautiful award, recognizing his tireless efforts to keep the
Rio Ruidoso clean, safe and healthy. The award was designed
and made available by Avril and Joe Coakley, owners of Ruidoso
Office Supply and Hallmark. This award is meant to recognize the
work of these tireless individuals, along
with their spouses and devoted volunteers, in keeping a
vigilante fight against pollution of the Rio Ruidoso (The
Ruidoso River). Remember, pollution comes in two forms friends:
"Natural and "Man-made." Both are hard to control, but a true
war is being raged.
The 2007 River Clean-Up is history now, but this fact
remains: Too much man-made trash was in the river.
Some of the stories told from volunteers included finding
and removing couches, cars, refrigerators, animals, automotive
batteries, household trash, and more nasty stuff that
certainly doe not belong in the river.
Last year, one
volunteer in his fifties, broke-down as he described what he
saw in the river. "Our country and our blessed community is
on the downfall, when people will live and treat our
community like this," he said. "What about our babies
and our young people? Is this the example we want to teach
them? Is this our future? We need to punish the guilty and
teach the young the right way, the humane way, of keeping our environment clean and safe."
This story needs to be heard every year.
There is a lot more to say and
learn about keeping our water and community clean and safe.
The Ruidoso River Association and it's volunteers have taken
many steps in the right direction. They need our help
and cooperation. Take a moment to think about how you
can help, as you pour that next glass of water.
To learn more about the
Ruidoso River Association, log onto their website:
http://www.ruidosoriver.com/
or
Click Here.
2007
Ruidoso River Clean-Up Scrapbook
    
     
   
    
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To learn more about next
year's event and clean-up, call the
Ruidoso River Association,
at (505) 257-9494, or log onto their website:
http://www.ruidosoriver.com/
or
Click Here or email:
noisywater@valornet.com
2006
Ruidoso River Clean-Up Scrapbook
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"2006 Snapshots of the
Day" - 12th Annual River Clean-Up
(Below Left) Jim Shoop - Emcee
(Right) "Harvey T." Twite - Music & Sound
Radio Ruidoso & KEDU Radio
(Below Left) KWES
Radio's "Big Mike" Kissling waves.
(Below Right) Dick Wisner chats
with a volunteer.
(Below Left) Teams leaders gather for shirts, gloves
and maps to their destinations. The work begins!
(Below Left) Ruidoso Parks & Rec director Rifle
Salas (Below
Right) L-R: Linda and Jim organize prizes
& Harvey T. Rife/Parks & Rec coordinate and
facilitate The Ruidoso River
Clean-Up has always had great
the day's needs at - Schoolhouse Park. prizes and food for Volunteers. Thank you sponsors!
They also gather & haul the trash collected
by all
of
the volunteers. Thanks Rife & Crew!
(Bottom Left) One of the many truckloads of trash.
(Bottom Right) The Pavilion & Info Central
(Bottom Left) Rife talks with Dick
Wisner. (Bottom Right) Sheree
& Dick. "A quiet
moment."
(Bottom Left) The Prize Table
(F-B) Vivian Wilson-Kind, (Bottom Right) "Big Bertha & The Brain"
Linda Shoop, Jim Shoop (back to us)
Thanks to all of the sponsors and volunteers.
Pass along the words of appreciation!
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