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Justices urge volunteers, preview trash‑trap effort and Veterans Memorial ceremony
Summary
Justices reported 27 volunteers cleared about six miles of county roads and filled three trailers of trash; the court outlined education efforts, collaboration with a Career Technical Education Center to design and build trash traps for waterways, and announced a March 30 Veterans Memorial ceremony with a local Air Force general as keynote.
Justice Bellinger reported results from the county cleanup: volunteers covered approximately six miles of roadway, 27 people attended, and the effort filled three trailers with trash. He invited Justices to join a follow‑up cleanup on April 11 from 9 a.m. to noon.
Several Justices discussed that roadside trash stems from multiple causes — poorly maintained commercial dumpsters, littering from vehicles and stormwater carrying debris — and said one‑time cleanups alone will not solve the problem. Speakers urged education campaigns, including school‑based efforts to change behavior, and suggested a coordinated regional approach across cities and municipalities.
Court members described an initiative with the Career Technical Education Center to model hotspots with CAD tools and fabricate trash traps for tributaries to reduce the volume reaching larger waterways. The court emphasized pairing physical mitigation with an educational component so communities understand what the traps collect.
The presiding judge announced the fourth Vietnam Veterans Memorial Day ceremony on Monday, March 30 at 6 p.m. at the Veterans Memorial. The event will feature community organizations and an Air Force general from Hot Springs Village as keynote; the transcript records the name as "Jeff Laugh," but that spelling was not verified in the meeting record. Court members also noted recent national news about six airmen who died and offered condolences to military families.
Justices closed with thanks to volunteers, the sheriff’s office and road department for traffic control during pickups, and with an encouragement to continue the combined education and mitigation work rather than relying solely on cleanups.
