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Graffiti & Vandalism &
Recycling
What can you do to help
prevent graffiti and vandalism in Riverbank?
It is probably best to know
what the words graffiti and vandalism mean. According to
dictionary.com, the word graffiti means
markings, as
initials, slogans, or drawings, written, spray-painted, or
sketched on a sidewalk, wall of a building or public restroom,
or the like. Vandalism means the willful or malicious
destruction or defacement of public or private property.
Graffiti is
vandalism, yet vandalism is not always graffiti.
So, what can
you do about either? Educate. Educate yourself and educate
your children. Graffiti and vandalism are wrong. Both leave
ugly marks upon our City. Take pride and ownership in your
town. Volunteer to help clean up an alley, or paint over
graffiti.
Did you know
that the City of Riverbank annually hosts the Sam Jackson Spring
Clean Day to kick off the month of April? This year the event
is on Saturday, March 31, 2007. Sign up in advance at City Hall
North or South, or on that morning at the Riverbank Scout Hall,
3017 High Street next to Pioneer Park.
Earth Day is
on Sunday, April 22, 2007, and this year Riverbank is hosting
the first Beyond Earth Day event at Galaxy Theatres, 2525
Patterson Road, on Saturday, April 28. What do you know about
Earth Day? Earth Day is about the environment and how we can
help protect it and our natural resources. This is where
Recycling comes in.
Do you recycle? Did you know
you can actually get some money back when you recycle?
Currently in the City of Riverbank, residents use their gray
toter for green yard waste, paper, and cardboard. This mixture
is taken to a facility where it is combined with other yard
waste and paper products to produce a mixture of rich mulch.
The same mulch you pay up to $7.00 a bag, you could be producing
in your own backyard. It does not take a lot of space and there
are plenty of helpful websites and books on this very subject.
You can add your kitchen scraps too, just make sure there is no
meat or dairy products, what you want are green organic material
(vegetable and fruit peels, leftover salad without dressing). A
healthy mulch pile does not smell. Well, it smells, but it
smells like clean soil. A healthy mulch pile usually has some
healthy earthworms residing there, too. Grow your own fish bait
while making your own dirt, sounds like good recycling to me.
What’s coming up next?
A return look at water
management and conservation. As of January 31, 2007, we had one
of our driest Januarys in the record book. Does this mean a
drought year? Perhaps. Winter is far from over, officially
ending on March 19. The weathermen say the reservoirs are full,
no worry if we do not reach our normal rainfall. If we do
nothing now to protect our water supply, what will happen in
2008 if the winter weather repeats itself? Learn how to manage
your water consumption with our helpful hints.
If you have any questions,
comments, or concerns, please contact Luanne Bain at
lbain@riverbank.org.
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