2005/10/29 Recycle (Yard) Sale to benefit Kingsport Citizens for a Cleaner Environment

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From: Kingcitizens@cs.com [mailto:Kingcitizens@cs.com]

FROM KINGSPORT CITIZENS FOR A CLEANER ENVIRONMENT:

Contact:  Rachael Bliss
                                         Kingsport Citizens for a Cleaner Environment (KCCE)
                                                                      10/10/05
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    KINGSPORT --- Fall and winter will be busy times for those interested in environmental quality in this area, according to Kingsport Citizens for a Cleaner Environment.

    Saturday, Oct. 29th, our second annual Recycle (Yard) Sale, 8 AM to early afternoon, in the Dossett parking lot across from the Farmers Market.  Last year we were very successful. Nothing is too large or too small, as long as you can get it here by the 29th. Please bring your own large item that morning.  Tell your friends, relatives, neighbors!  They may even donate items that they fail to sell at their yard sale.  All unsold items will be given to charity.  We also need lots of good sales persons that day!  Sign makers,etc.

    Bliss reminds all members that it is time to renew memberships in KCCE as the group attempts to depend more on local support.   

    Last weekend KCCE members were able to get our their and Rail Solution's I-81 resolution (regarding rail vs. toll road for I-81) passed by all the Commission on Religion in Appalachia (CORA) funded groups (42 present) and the CORA board of Directors representing Appalachian church denominations from New York to Mississippi.   Bliss was named public policy convenor for the funded groups. which will be offering other public policy resolutions throughout the year.  Delisa Hale, also of KCCE, is a representative on the CORA board for the funded groups.

    KCCE also requests that Tennessee residents research the "Bottle Bill" that will be proposed in the next session of the Tennessee General Assembly.  If such a law is adopted in Tennessee, many predict that roadside litter would decrease because all bottles and similar containers would be worth the deposit that the consumer paid on them when they made their purchase.  Not a single state that has adopted a bottle bill has done away with it, according to proponents of the bill.

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KCCE is a local group of concerned citizens committed to improving, protecting and preserving the region in which they live, work and play.