Canyon Cleanup Day 2000

My heartiest thanks and congratulations to the 50 or so people who spent part of Saturday, September 16, cleaning up our beautiful creek and canyon. We did a huge job, and I've been enjoying the piles of trash lining Butters Drive since. (The trash was picked up Monday!)

Thanks to everyone who helped, here's what will no longer be lodged in the creek:

	About 100 tires
	Too many cans and bottles to count
	Motorcycle frame (some art scavenger spirited this one off)
	Nearly complete car frame, cut up in pieces, complete with seats
	Enough appliances to outfit a house: dishwasher, stove, bed frame with mattress, television, and a stone-age computer keyboard
	Jugs and paint cans
	Chicken wire and barbed wire
	Fish tank
	And the size prize: a backhoe tire, pulled out courtesy of a backhoe (with driver) that showed up late in the day

In addition, piles of fire-hazard Scotch broom got cut down, and ivy was clipped and sawed off all the trees.

I'm in awe of what people can do when we work together! I had a lot of fun, and it looked like everyone else did too. Pat yourselves on the back, everyone, we did a terrific service for the creek and for everybody who enjoys it. I heard one longtime neighbor say this was the best turnout he'd seen for a cleanup in the neighborhood. Thanks to everyone's hard work, next year's cleanup will be a breeze.