Wrangell is big on annual traditions. The Fourth of July, salmon fishing, high school homecoming basketball games, Christmas tree lighting, tax-free shopping days and putting away the snow shovels and ice melt.
Of course, there are the less welcome yearly traditions, such as paying property taxes, getting an annual physical and digging through the final packages of last year’s frozen fish.
The annual spring cleanup is sort of a mix of the eagerly awaited and the yearly event that feels good even if it requires some manual labor. Kind of like exercise.
Volunteers can show up at the Evergreen Elementary School parking lot starting at 8:30 a.m. Saturday, April 19, to pick up their trash bags, disposable gloves and a morning snack before heading out far and wide across town to their cleanup spot of choice.
Return to the school by noon, turn in the trash bags for a chance to win $5 rewards, enjoy lunch, then go home a little weary but feeling better about joining in the annual spring cleanup.
There is no limit on how much trash individuals or groups can collect — it just depends on whether they find an area rich in garbage tossed out of vehicle windows, strewn about by dogs or birds, or blown around by the wind.
However the trash ended up in the ditch, along the road, in an empty lot or on the beach really doesn’t matter. The community cleanup does not discriminate based on the culprit. The goal is to pitch in, pick up and clean up around town. Everyone is welcome to help.
With all of the chaos and confusion in the country, international politics and even in the state Legislature, it would be good to focus on something that everyone accepts as the truth: A cleaner community looks better.
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