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“Outstanding service. They were extremely careful delivering the extra large container into our driveway.” -- A. L. GARNER
Brenny Transportation Inc. will donate delivery to a Little Rock, Arkansas, warehouse operated by Presbyterian Disaster Assistance.The bucket campaign is part of PDA's "Gift of the Heart" project. The church is accepting donations of the bucket items listed on the Gift of the Heart website, as well as cash donations for purchase of the supplies. All donations will go to those in need, according to a statement from project leader Mark Giese, director of youth and college ministry at First Presbyterian.The church also is enlisting volunteers to assist with bucket assembly and moving buckets from the church to Royal Tire warehouse.Learn moreTo see the list of items needed for Cleanup Buckets, go to http://pda.pcusa.org/page/kits/, or visit www.fpcstcloud.org and look for the link to more information on hurricane relief buckets.To volunteer or get more information, contact Mark Giese at 251-8277 or mark@fpcstcloud.org.Read or Share this story: http://on.sctimes.com/2xzEoRz... (St. Cloud Times - St. Cloud Times)
Enter Arkansas-based Revolution. It distributed 1,450 collection dumpsters to Minnesota farmers this summer. Finally, miles of used agricultural plastic-sheeting are being collected by Revolution and recycled into new trash bags, bale wraps and crop covers. The new use is a victory and a much better option than seeing the materials getting buried or burned as has been the custom on many Minnesota farms, said MPCA Recycling Market Coordinator Wayne Gjerde in an interview Tuesday. If the state gets its way, the ag recycling program will eventually expand, from 30 counties to 87, Gjerde said. Older PostCenter for innovation opens at University of MinnesotaNewer PostInvestment banker Hunt Greene retiring after 42 years... (Minneapolis Star Tribune)
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. - Volunteers begin a massive cleanup effort across the state this weekend. The 'Keep Arkansas Beautiful' commission met at Arkansas Interfaith Power and Light Promise Garden in Little Rock where it awarded four pollinator plants and a new tiller to the garden in honor of National Planting Day. The announcement comes as thousands of Arkansans are set to remove tons of trash from waterways, roads and parks. "They cleaned more than 1700 miles of roadways and waterways. Our goal is to make an even bigger impact in 2017 and we need your help." The Great Arkansas Cleanup runs through the end of October. (KARK)
Tuesday and well into the week.Customers of electric cooperatives who lost power also will see action on Tuesday.More than 300 line workers from Arkansas, Virginia, West Virginia and possibly North Carolina will bring equipment and muscle to assist local workers in the effort to restore power. Construction crews will replace poles and lines. Other crews will attend to fallen lines, debris from trees and individual homes whose electric lines need repair.“We’ll do an assessment on damage in South Carolina on Tuesday morning,” said Todd Carter, whose department coordinates assistance for the state’s electric cooperatives.The "First Push Agreement" approved on Sept. 8 by Dorchester County Council and the S.C. Department of Transportation obligates DOT, with help from the county, to begin removing debris from major roadways within five hours of the end of storm conditions, according to county spokeswoman Tiffany Norton.Utility crews will address problems caused by trees in power lines.Though public schools and some businesses will remain closed on Tuesday, many retailers, restaurants and offices will be assessing the storm’s impacts, repairing damage and reopening. Expect more traffic than usual as evacuees stream back into the Lowcountry and beyond. +5 span cl... (Charleston Post Courier)
Weekly column written for members of the Arkansas Senate:In Arkansas there are about 649 public water associations and 388 waste water systems.Some of those water systems, especially the smaller ones in rural areas, are facing financial and technical challenges that will get more difficult in the next 10 years.Legislators and representatives of water systems discussed those challenges at the first meeting of the Water Provider Legislative Task Force, which was created by Act 1056 of 2017. They also heard an update on the state’s water plan from officials of the Arkansas Natural Resources Commission.One of the costs of running a water system is paying a qualified water operator with the technical expertise required to keep the water clean and the equipment in repair. Task Force members estimated that currently, the average age of operators is from 55 to 65 years old.When water systems have to replace operators in the next 10 years and thereafter, there will not be enough available people with the technical qualifications requi... (Magnoliareporter)