Dunmire leads trash pickup at highway interchanges

 

Hwy 3/305 interchanges are litter-free as of this morning thanks to 7 Lions and a couple of volunteers (for a total of 15 hours).

 

Twenty-three bags of trash were picked up, under the leadership of Lion Gretchen Dunmire.

 

Lions helping: Dan Vogel, Greg Neal, Pauline Ostheller, Pat and Sherri Burch, and Terry Blais. Volunteers helping were Eric and Sylvie Blais.

 

Eric and Sylvie Blais

Lion Pat Burch

 

15 bags of trash gleaned from highway interchanges

Five Poulsbo Lions and one volunteer cleaned up the litter at the Hwy 3/305 interchanges, picking up 15 bags. Special thanks to our Litter Queen Gretchen Dunmire, and helpers Greg Neal, Greg Supancheck, Dan Vogel, and Terry and Sylvie Blais (pictured).

 

"Dirty" dozen Lions pick up 46 bags of trash

Ray McMahon

 

Sylvie Blais (volunteer), Glenn Settle, Ria and Ray McMahon

Glenn Settle

Front row, left: Gretchen Dunmire (our leader), Beth Olsen, Pauline Ostheller and Ria McMahon.Back row: Glenn Settle, Andy Hento, Dan Vogel, Greg Supancheck, Terry Blais, Laurie Sarver and Ray McMahon.

It was a beautiful day to pick up litter along the Hwy 305/Hwy 3 interchanges. We have a new, fearless leader in Gretchen Dunmire. She led 10 Lions and a volunteer today. This service project took 35 hours to complete and filled 46 bags!

 

Our Lions clean up these areas every quarter. In addition, we pick up litter on Viking Way every 6 months.

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Highway 3/305 interchanges cleaned up

Our Highway 3/305 interchanges are litter-free once again. We picked up 8 bags of garbage. Special thanks to (front row) Lions Carol Ryan, Terry and Sylvie Blais, and Greg Supanchek, and (back row) Steve Calhoun and Eric Thanem. Also joining us and taking the photo was Eric Blais. 

Highway 3/305 interchanges cleaned up for another quarter

 

Here's our litter crew today! From left to right: Terry Blais, Cherria Kimbrell (friend), Pat Burch, Eric Thanem and Carol Ryan (co-chairs of our Adopt-a-Highway committee), Chuck Weaver and Karl Ostheller. Sylvie Blais, daughter of a Lion, took the photo.

17 bags of litter collected at interchanges

Eric Blais found he couldn't get a grip on a downed sign.

 Poulsbo's Highway 3/305 interchanges are free of trash yet again thanks to our Lion litter picker uppers! We collected 17 bags of litter.

 

Our crew (left to right): Sherri and Pat Burch, Carol Ryan, Steve Calhoun, Dori Swokowski, Eric Thanem, Harland Knudson and Terry Blais.

Highway interchanges are clean once again

 

Is it wrong to enjoy a nice stroll along the highway while picking up litter? Our club doesn't think so. We clean up three different Highway 3/Highway 305 interchanges every quarter, and it only takes about 90 minutes from start to finish. Above, you'll see Eric Blais and Chuck Weaver chatting and picking up garbage. Eric found an unopened pack of Red Bulls. Chuck found a couple of coins. But Joe Stenstrom found BMW keys and fob. Now to find the car....

 



 

Pat Burch found $10... Monopoly money. Pat and Sherri got everybody new pinchers. They're fabulous!

 

The one non-Lion helping out, Eric Blais, took this photo (left to right): Karl Ostheller, Chuck Weaver, Terry Blais, Eric Thanem, Lynnea Heerman, Joe Stenstrom, Denise Zaske, Sherri and Pat Burch.

 

Chuck, Karl and Eric cleaned up the first highway interchange.

 

Sherri, Joe and Denise cleaned up the third interchange and wait for Pat and his crew to arrive. It was a 70-degree, sunny day.

Lions spend Earth Day cleaning up interchanges

Photo by Eric Blais

Happy Earth Day! Our club completed another highway litter clean-up. Seven people showed up and it took just over an hour. Even the rain held off until we were done. Our three interchanges are spotless! In the photo above, from left to right: Lions Chuck Weaver, Sherri Burch, Terry Blais, Larry Linn, Eric Thanem and Pat Burch.

Lion Larry Linn

Our Adopt-a-Highway areas were pretty clean. We left only four white bags of trash behind with a couple of larger pieces of plastic.

 

Lion Chuck looked oh so pretty with his found bow.



Eric, Chuck and Larry

We cleaned up a 2nd time

 

Forms were signed, vests on and signs loaded into vehicles to get started with our second Adopt-a-Highway clean-up on Friday, February 7. We have two Poulsbo Lions Club Adopt-a-Highway signs off of Highway 3 now!

 

 

Former North Kitsap High LEO Kelley Vincent tries clearing Lion Jim Stark off of the shoulder... but he didn't fit in a bag.

 



 The morning was about teamwork. It took six people less than 2 hours from start to finish to clean up three highway interchanges.

 

President Pat Burch braved the cold to help pick up litter.

 

The find of the day goes to Lion Joe Stenstrom - he found $12!

 

Putting a second highway clean-up in the rearview mirror: (left to right) Lions Pat, Jim, Sherri, Terry and Joe.

 

We have our own stretch of highway

Photo by Lion Lynnea Herrman

 

Poulsbo Lions President Pat Burch and his wife, Lion Sherri, turn out for the first highway litter pick-up Friday, Sept. 6, in the rain. Lion Sherri heads the effort.

Photo by Lion Jim Stark

 

Six Lions showed up to help: Joe Stenstrom, Sherri and Pat Burch, Matt Alvarado, Jim Stark (not pictured),and club photographer Lynnea Heerman.

Photo by Lion Lynnea Heerman

 

Anybody need a bumper?

Photo by Lynnea Heerman

 

There were some rather large pieces of debris on Highway 3, including an Adopt a Highway sign. Our club will picker up litter once a quarter to help keep our highways clean.