University Daily Kansan, September 26, 1983
Page 9
500 volunteers work at Clinton Lake
By PAUL SEVAKI Staff Reporter
When children are asked to clean up their rooms, their response is usually somewhere between a tantrum and a sullen whisper of derision.
But ask them to clean up a lake, and they can't wait to get started. For 18 June in Eudora, the second annual Clintons project Saturday was a day in the sun
They were among the 508 volunteers who worked from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., trudging through the tall grass and sunflowers of the lake area, filling plastic garbage bags and occasionally pausing for a little fun.
The contingent of Junior Girl Scouts was perhaps more easily diverted than some other groups, stopping for a few moments to pelt the water with rocks on the shore and marveling at the carcass of a carp that had washed ashore.
BUT THE GIRLS did their share of work also. In their first five minutes of scouring the grass and shore just west of the dam, they found dozens of bottles, cans and even the remnants of an automotive air conditioner.
Shawn Rae Kemberling, 8, held up a weathered thunder she had found near the shore. Her mother, Barbara Kemberling of Eudora, the leader of Shawn Rae's scout troop, smiled and shook her head.
"Mom, what should I do with this?"
"Throw it in the trash," Kemberling
replied, unconvinced that such finds as that could come in handy someday.
So in the trash it went, along with paper cups, fishing line, beer cans, rusted car parts and even a couch. All in all, 274 bags of trash, and the couch, was left behind. Bunnies to be hauled away, said Bumble Walkins, Clinton Lake park ranger.
THE TOTAL HAIL this year was much better than last year's cleanup, she said, because about 200 more volunteers were on hand this year.
The volunteers also collected about 300 pounds of aluminum, which was taken in by Lapeka Inc., a Lawrence Coors wholesale distributor, for re-use. Glass collected by the volunteers was also kept separate for recycling.
Lapeka paid 30 cents a pound for the aluminum, and the money went to the groups who participated in the cleanup. Some of these groups were used by her group to buy refreshments
Park ranger Sherri Ladder said that the cleanup effort was organized by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, which built and manages the lake. About 600 people had been registered for the cleanup, she said, but some groups had overestimated the number of people they could bring.
ALL 26 GROUPS did arrive, however, and 29 access areas were scoured for trash. The biggest haul was from the Rock Creek access point, on the south shore of the lake, a favorite spot for fishermen.
The largest group was from South Junior High, 2734 Louisiana St., which was organized by the student government there and included 75 students. The majority of them were from Theta house of the University of Kansas, which had 65 volunteers.
Watkins said soft-drink distributors from Topeka donated refreshments for the volunteers, and certificates were awarded to each participant. Members of the group were placed in groups who worked toward achievement goals or patches, Kemberling said.
BONNIE DINGMAN, 9. one of the Junior Girl Scouts from Eudora, took the opportunity to work on a school project while collecting trash. September is "Bug Month" at Bonnie in Eudora, and she wasn't about to waste an opportunity to capture a hapless insect.
Students at the school were taught how to trap and kill the bugs, which are then brought to school, identified and displayed on display board. Remembering explained
"The hard part is looking for the name." Bonnie said. "If you can't find out what they are, they're a Mystery Bug."
But there's no mystery to why the cleanup at Clinton is necessary, said Watkins, the park ranger, because improving the looks of the lake area and the environment make the lake a more attractive and better place.
Stephen Philips/KANSAN
Junior Girl Scouts from Troops 617 and 615 in Eudora help clean up Clinton Lake at the second annual Clinton Clean Up Day. More than 500 people helped to pick up trash at the Lake Saturday.
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