The volunteers

cleande up some 27 1/2 miles of roadway and one illegal dumpsite resulting

in 4,030 pounds of trash being removed from our environment.

Included were

some unusual items including grocery carts, car hoods, and lottery tickets.

The most frequently found items were beer bottles, drink cans, cigarette

packs, and fast food containers.

Groups who

volunteered for the 2003 cleanup and beautificationcampaign included the

Newnan Boys and Girls Club Keystone Club which had members work on the

yards for three elderly residents planting grass and flowers as well as

general cleanup; the 4-H Clean The Streams program had team members and

adults clean up a streamin Newnan near Pebble Beach Lane; Scout Troop

#48 Eagle Patrol: Welcome Stationcleaned a roadway in Moreland; Coweta

County Employees cleaned some 6 miles of roadway with some volunteers

cleaning a cemetary; The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints cleaned

and beautified the area around Ruth Hill School; the Arbor Springs Elementary

School Environmental Club prepared beds for spring planting, recycled

computer cartridges.

The club members

also sponsored an Earth Day contest; and Arnco-Sargent fourth-graders

sponsored by Georgia Power's Environmental Committee planted trees and

flowers and picked up trash.

The 2003 effort

to Keep Coweta Beautiful was a huge success with backing from the Coweta

County Board of Commissioners and groups countywide.The effortcan be builtupon

in upcoming years to make sure Coweta County is always clean and beautiful.