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July 27, 2012

Sidney Center group seeks volunteers for cleanup day

By Mark Boshnack Staff Writer In the hopes of establishing a tradition that fosters increasing civic pride, organizers of a Sidney Center event are contacting other area groups to get involved with an Aug. 5 event. Volunteers from the general public are also welcomed to participate in the effort being organized by the Sidney Center Improvement Group, organizers said. The Community Cleanup Day for the hamlet of Sidney Center will be held from 1 to 5 p.m. starting at the fire house on Main Street, group chairman Michael Sellitti said. It will consist of volunteers canvassing the hamlet on foot for trash debris. Participants will also scour small portions of the two streams that run through the hamlet, to remove debris washed downstream during previous floods. This is an "ambitious undertaking," organizers are getting in touch with a variety of local groups to help out. Volunteers can also come the day of the event. "The idea is to make it a community-wide event that everyone can say they have been a part of," he said. Group board member Joe Lally said, "We've never done a cleanup this expansive," but the group started about five years ago with a similar event involving cleaning up the hamlet. He said he was hopeful enough people would volunteer for the effort, which will cover about 20 square miles. Over the years, he said, as people become more aware of their community, they want to get involved with various improvement projects. "We want to preserve what we have for generations to come," he said. The cleanup effort is funded through a $93,000 grant the group received in 2011 from the National Fish Wildlife Foundation, Sellitti said. "We want to create an event that will be a legacy," that brings together the various aspects of the group, he said. This includes water quality flood mitigation, as well as hamlet beautification improvement. The grant was also used to assess Carrs Creek Willow Brook their tributaries for flood mitigation, as well as purchase a stream gage for a Sidney High School project. The cleanup will be followed by a barbecue for all volunteers from 5 to 6 p.m. at the Maywood Historical Train Depot. The Maywood Historical Society will hold their weekly ice-cream social at that location from 6 to 8 p.m. More information about the Sidney Center Improvement Group is available at www.scigny.blogspot.com or on Facebook.

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