WAHOO!!!!!!!!! We got that old abandoned Class C Motor home out of Brunswick Canyon. This was one of the goals we had set for the
cleanup and it was something to see it being dragged out. With two days effort over 60 yards of trash, an additional dump truck
of trash, over 9 tons delivered to the Carson City transfer station, a few truck loads of old tires, several rusted out old junk
cars, that old Class C were removed from the Brunswick Canyon area.
In the two days we had many, many people that come out and helped. Juan Guzman, from the Carson Parks & Recreation Department
was out there with the City's Clean Up trailer loaded with gloves, rakes, shovels, brooms, wheel barrows and other implements of
destruction for us to use. Juan spent most his time helping folks unload their trash into the dumpsters and making sure the overflow
went free of charge to the City Transfer Station. He kept asking how we managed to pick up all THAT trash and the answer he got was
one piece at a time. Juan deserves a big hand for helping to make the cleanup a big success. I know I appreciated his unloading
my truck while telling me to go sit in the shade and relax.
We had folks that worked the hill from the bridge back north towards the ComputerCorp recycling center. We had folks that came in
from Johnson Lane with a backhoe and trailers to cleaning out a major squatter's camp (and congratulations to Matt Wright for winning
the top raffle prize, a tubeless tire repair kit donated by Protech Trailers). Folks were out picking up trash everywhere. It is
amazing how fast a 30 yard dumpster will fill. All weekend long we heard stories from people that had spent the odd weekend over the
last several years to haul out trash on their own and how glad they were to see someone head up a major effort. On Sunday KOLO TV 8
came out and interviewed Terry, along with KOH Radio, giving the PNMTA its 5 minutes of fame.
Nate and family found enough tires to start a used tire shop.
Sasha Littrell found herself a new friend, someone happy to have a clean house again.
I got a good workout hefting that camper shell on top of a full load.
And we left Brunswick looking cleaner than it has in years.
A special thanks goes to Terry McTimmonds. He organized the cleanup, arranged for dumpsters, got the word out, found folks to
donate the raffle prizes and made sure everyone that helped had plenty to eat and drink. Thanks Terry (that's the man standing
in front of the door on his trailer).
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