The Canadian Record (Canadian, Tex.), Vol. 119, No. 15, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 9, 2009 Page: 2 of 36
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
If a tree falls in
Canadian...
A VERY NICE THING happened to me this
week. A huge tree branch fell from one of my
trees during the wind storm. Before I called
to have it cleaned up, I looked out and a white
pickup was parked at my curb.
A man got out and removed a hand saw
from his toolbox and began to saw. I went out
and introduced myself, and asked:
"What are you doing?"
"Oh, I'm just cleaning up."
Red Deer road
conditions
I'M WRITING IN RESPONSE to last week's
letter about the condit ion of Red Deer Road—
actually Mr. Waters comments about it.
I moved to the Lazy H trailer park n Au-
gust of 07. At that time the city had ditched
across the road at the corner of Red Deer and
Kingman, I suppose to work on utilities. The
ditch was then filled in with dirt, and remains
so today.
Since then several more areas of asphalt
have been removed, all with the same result.
None of the road surface has been repaired.
It is true that there is a lot of traffic on Red
Deer—which I would think would be all the
more reason to repair it—but most of the
damage is from the City not f inishing the job.
RONALD K. BIRDSONG
EDITOR'S NOTE: Concerned by the second
letter in as many weeks onthis issue, I grabbed
a camera and took a drive down along Red
"Well, thank you so much. I'll be happy to
pay."
"No, I just like to do it!"
"Really? Well, okay. Thanks so much."
I returned to my house. He tied all the logs
he had cut, limbs and all, and left. About thir-
ty minutes later, he returned. He got out of
his pickup and got a rake out of the back, and
proceeded to rake that side of my yard!
I sat for a while and thought about this,
and what it was. is just one more good reason
why I came home.
Oh, who was this good Canadian man?
Roger Mize. Thank you.
GAIL L. WATERFIELD
Deer, expecting the road to be in much worse
condition that it actually was. I did see the
areas where cuts had been made, but actually
thought the street was in far better condition
than many others in town. I do know that the
City budgets funds for street resurfacing and
seal-coating projects each year, and that the
City Engineer and other staff review the con-
dition of streets throughout the community,
prioritizing those repairs for areas where
they are most needed. Typically, they also try
to find several street sections in one or more
areas to focus on each year, as that reduces
the costs considerably when they can make
repairs in one area. I learned this week that
the City's sealcoating project in the Red Deer/
Gilmer area took place last year. The section
of road from Purcell to the Lazy H was not
included because of utility location issues
(gas company primarily). It is my observa-
tion that the City Hall's doors are open from
9-5 Monday-Friday to any citizens who have
either concerns, complaints or—on that rare
occasion—compliments to offer, and that it is
the most direct way to elicit the desired atten-
tion. The number at City Hall is 806.3%8.6Jp78.
That said, we are happy to seek answers to
any questions of public interest that our read-
ers raise. —LEB
IF THEY HAD TRIED, the
folks who organized last Sat-
urday's local Trash-Off event
couldn't have picked a worse day
for litter-picking. The volunteers
who combed Highway 60/83
south of Canadian that day pre-
vailed against sustained winds of
45-50 mph with gusts of 60 mph
and more. Before they picked up
trash, they literally had to catch
it...and then they had to cling to it
for dear life.
Their work began around 8
o'clock that morning while the
rest of Canadian lingered over
iti breakfast Wheaties and Saturday morning cartoons. Some
volunteers were still bent to the task of trash collection at 2
o'clock that afternoon.
City employee Tim Cook reported at midweek that the
transfer station weighed in about 2.5 tons of trash that had been
picked up Saturday during the local Trash-Off event. Cook said
that was equivalent to two oilfield trailers "cram-packed" with
trash...a success by any measure.
Beer bottles and cans were
the #1 offender. Seems Coors and
Keystone drinkers are the kings
of litterers in the Texas Panhan-
dle. Cast-off gloves, baling twine,
and plastic bags were also fre-
quent finds.
Though volunteers were af-
flicted by more than a few sore
muscles, stiff backs, and wind-
burned faces, the main griev-
ance we heard voiced was that
they simply could not pick up all
the trash that has been strewn on
area roads. They ran a race that
had no finish line.
One mother whose sons were
among the volunteers said she was pretty sure neither of them
would ever throw an empty cup out of a car window again—
which is a small victory in itself. And although the war over
litters will never be won, the battle was nobly waged by 63 sol-
diers along Highway 60/83 last weekend.
Hard as I tried, I couldn't take everyone's photograph, nor
can I publish all the ones I did take here. But these few, and
the many others who are not shown, performed a valiant pub-
lic service in unpleasant and challenging circumstances, and
most still managed to muster a smile for the photographer. Our
hearty editorial thanks to one and all.
BETH BR A II
HAILEY CDDK, ALEXIS VASQUEZ
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bKS I CATLIN CDDK, VICTDRIA SANCHEZ B DARBY CDDK
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