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Keep it clean
SATURDAY IS THE DAY set aside for the special clean-up campaign in Rappahannock County, but we’ve got a better idea.
How about not creating a mess that has to be cleaned up?
Let us be the first to admit that this is a simpleminded s&ggestion that has occurred more than once. But what about it?
Last week, some readers may remember, this part of -the paper got a little hysterical on the subject of litter, raising the rhetorical cry: “Who are these slobs who toss their trash and garbage over the countryside.’’
We got at least one answer: “I’ll tell you who does it, but you won’t like the answer. It’s the people who live along those lovely roads and in the midst of those beautiful mountains — that’s who. Sure, you see beer cans and wrappings along the major roads, left by tourists and people passing through. But where’s the worst mess? Off on the back roads where tourists seldom go. Right?”
IT’S A SOBERING THOUGHT, and if true, all the more reason for believing that the best way to prevent a littered landscape is to not create the mess in the first place.
In the meantime, let’s all get out and pitch in Saturday.
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