{"id":13793,"date":"2012-09-29T21:19:26","date_gmt":"2012-09-30T02:19:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/?p=13793"},"modified":"2012-09-29T21:19:26","modified_gmt":"2012-09-30T02:19:26","slug":"community-clean-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/2012\/09\/community-clean-up\/","title":{"rendered":"Community Clean up"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By Kevin Gourley<br \/>\nSpecial Correspondent<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_13794\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-13794\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/community-clean-up\/sony-dsc-155\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-13794\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13794\" title=\"SONY DSC\" src=\"http:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/Walmart2-BoyScouts-300x129.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"129\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/Walmart2-BoyScouts-300x129.jpg 300w, https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/Walmart2-BoyScouts-1024x442.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/Walmart2-BoyScouts.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-13794\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lehigh Acres Boy Scouts \/ by Kevin Gourley<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>A number of organizations joined together Saturday morning between 9 a.m.-12 noon at the Wal-Mart Supercenter to help make a difference in the community.\u00a0 Volunteers picked up trash along Lee Blvd and many other important roadways, including Beth Stacy, Alabama, and Homestead. The major intersections of Gunnery and Sunshine were also cleaned of any roadside litter.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The following organizations participated in the event:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0American Legion<\/li>\n<li>\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0East Lee High School ROTC<\/li>\n<li>\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Lehigh Senior High School ROTC<\/li>\n<li>\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Lehigh Rotary<\/li>\n<li>\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Boy Scout Troop 720<\/li>\n<li>\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Wal-Mart Employees<\/li>\n<li>\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Sheriff Day Workers<\/li>\n<li>\u00b7\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Karate Kids<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>In addition to the roadside clean-up, Lee County Sheriff Volunteers (V.O.I.C.E.) Lillian Snyder and Mary Gary provided fingerprinting services for kids inside Wal-Mart.\u00a0\u00a0Having a child fingerprinted can help investigators in the event a child should ever go missing. Within the first 15 minutes seven fingerprints had already been taken. When they finished at noon, a total of 150 kids had been fingerprinted.<\/p>\n<p>The event was headed and organized by George Szymanski of Lehigh Acres Community Initiative with the assistance of Andrea Adams, Community Coordinator for Lee County Sheriff\u2019s Office.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-13793 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/2012\/09\/community-clean-up\/sony-dsc-155\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/Walmart2-BoyScouts-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-13794\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-13794'>\n\t\t\t\tLehigh Acres Boy Scouts\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/2012\/09\/community-clean-up\/sony-dsc-156\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/Walmart3-Walmart-Employees-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-13795\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-13795'>\n\t\t\t\tWal-Mart Employees\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/2012\/09\/community-clean-up\/sony-dsc-157\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/Walmart1-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-13796\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-13796'>\n\t\t\t\tLitter Clean up\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/2012\/09\/community-clean-up\/sony-dsc-158\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/Fingerprinting1-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-13797\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-13797'>\n\t\t\t\tFingerprinting services for kids\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/2012\/09\/community-clean-up\/sony-dsc-159\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/thelehighacresgazette.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/fingerprint2-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-13798\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-13798'>\n\t\t\t\tLillian Snyder and Mary Gary provided fingerprinting services for kids\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Kevin Gourley Special Correspondent A number of organizations joined together Saturday morning between 9 a.m.-12 noon at the Wal-Mart Supercenter to help make a difference in the community.\u00a0 Volunteers&hellip; 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