By: Darcie Thom

With the snow gone, and spring slowly making its way in, the Town of Kipling is looking a bit sluggish. Earth Day was Tuesday, April 22nd and most people got in touch with their “recycling” side.

This week, we are focusing our attention on how to clean up Kipling. Many people were stumped when I asked the question, while others had great ideas. Following, are a few examples of what people think we can do and what some people are already doing.

“Tim Horton’s and Girl Guides of Canada (SASK) are teamed up on May 3, 2008 to do the Tim Horton’s Clean with Girl Guide units that have registered to participate in this program. This is the 2nd year that the Kipling Girl Guide Company has been involved in the clean up”- Sylvia Ku

“When I went to school in B.C., the students cleaned up litter. Maybe the students here can pick up litter”- Susanne Andres

“Litter needs to be in its place. We need a chain link fence at the bins, they are overflowing. We need a group of people to take care of the recycle bins”- Colleen Currie

“The blue bins are too far out of town, we could sponsor the kids to clean”- Darla Palmer

We have heard complaints that the recycling bins are hard to open, that they are overflowing and that we need a fence around that area. The positive news is that our community is using the recycling bins.

We want you to have your say….

Next weeks question is: “What kind of events would you like to see take place in our community?”