Du Quoin Plans Cleanup

</element><element id="paragraph-1" type="body"><![CDATA[On Thursday, July 29 at 7 p.m. there will be a meeting to discuss the upcoming citywide cleanup effort in Du Quoin. The purpose of the meeting will be divide Du Quoin into 11 sections, designate those sections and assign 11 team captains, each responsible for the management of an individual section.

The cleanup will tentatively be held on Saturday, August 21.

The city is recruiting any volunteer group, church group, service group or any individual interested in taking pride in a clean Du Quoin, according to public works director Dale Spencer.

Recently the city in cooperation with Perry Ridge Landfill co-sponsored a very successful clean up effort. Duties related to the cleanup day will differ slightly from the July event.

The strategy for August 21 will be on a smaller scale. Each group will canvas their respective section for street, alley and boulevard trash. Each group will be responsible for the collection ad removal of the trash in their respective section. Efforts will be made to recycle the allowable materials such as paper, cans and plastic. Trash bags and gloves will be provided by the city.