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Cleaning Tubbs Hill Year Round Job

I work hard year round to keep Tubbs Hill the jewel that it is. I pick up glass, garbage, and I search out the hidden drinking areas. The most fun part I pick up other people's doggie poo. Last summer I was given by the Tubbs Hill foundation and blogger Don Sausser 7500 dog poo bags. Guess what? I am already down to my last 2000. I know I have missed a few, it is winter and I don't have a poo detector or a pick axe/Walkaround/Walkaround. Full post below.

Question: Have you ever participated in cleaning Tubbs Hill or any of the local road sides, in an effort to further viewtify the area?

I'm the “lovely lady” that MikeK mentioned earlier. I hardly ever toot my own horn but here it goes. I work hard year round to keep Tubbs Hill the jewel that it is. I pick up glass, garbage, and I search out the hidden drinking areas. The most fun part I pick up other people's doggie poo. Last summer I was given by the Tubbs Hill foundation and blogger Don Sausser 7500 dog poo bags. Guess what? I am already down to my last 2000. I know I have missed a few, it is winter and I don't have a poo detector or a pick axe. Anyway, Tubbs Hill is nothing like the other parks in town. In no other park will I meet fellow volunteers cleaning up like I did just the other day. They had two trash bags full plus they hauled out a huge piece of foam. When was the last time any of you carried a microwave off of Tubbs Hill that had been dumped off a cliff? My point is that Tubbs Hill stays the treasure that it is because some people care enough to volunteer their time and energy to keep it that way. Tubbs Hill doesn't need a promoter it needs a few extra pairs of hands.

You can walk or kayak around Tubbs Hill without the need to advertise or profit from it.



D.F. Oliveria
D.F. (Dave) Oliveria joined The Spokesman-Review in 1984. He currently is a columnist and compiles the Huckleberries Online blog and writes about North Idaho in his Huckleberries column.

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