Let’s Talk Trash! JAN / FEB 2020
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What started out with fourteen 5 foot x 3 foot iris shaped wooden structures built by the tech ed class at Sycamore High School, turned into a spectacular Museum of Litter public exhibition and live auction on April 22nd, raising over $2,200! It was a beautiful sunny afternoon at the Cheatham county Courthouse! The front lawn was a littered with gorgeous museum quality masterpieces created by every school in the county as well as the CC Library story time kids. With 100% participation, it was a vision to behold. Litter costs our state over 11 million dollars annually cleaning our roadways from debris and litter. To bring a continuous awareness to our community, T.D.O.T. provided a grant to Cheatham County to educate our kids and the community about the negative impact litter has on our community. The Iris Tennessee Cheatham project was created and developed by The Keenan Group, Inc. to further enhance this mission. Mayor, David McCullough was proud to present the awards just prior to the auction that was conducted by Stephen Carr, a local acutioneer and realtor. Every one of the Iris structures were purchased and will be on display at various businesses, courthouse as well as some being donated back to the schools. 2014 Iris Tennessee Cheatham Museum of Litter PUBLIC AUCTION!
2020!
Let’s Talk Trash! On a blistery cold December morning, Chief Deputy Tim Binkley & Dwight Porter of the County Sheriff’s department, along with County Mayor, Kerry McCarver, joined together to deliver 16 Iris structures made by John Staggs’ Tech Ed Class at Sycamore High School. All 16 were delivered to every school in the county, public, private, as well as the library for home schooled children and the county 4 H. Let’s Talk Trash news is supported by the County Sheriff department’s T.D.O.T. litter education grant. Putting these funds to good use, Let’s Talk Trash news hosts every other year a Museum of Litter art project for every school’s participation in the County to help bring awareness to the existence of litter on our highways and in our waterways. To date, Let’s Talk Trash News’ museum of litter art projects have raised over $7,800 for our schools and participating organizations! LET’S MAKE THIS YEAR A BLOW OUT YEAR! Litter education is paramount to understanding how litter negatively affects our communities. Litter is actually “lazy obnoxious behavior.” Let’s Talk Trash News strives to help educate and change this behavior and attitude toward this nationwide problem through stories and activities every other month during the school year. It is utterly amazing what our kids can create! As the IRIS TENNESSEE CHEATHAM 2020 project is now underway, many artistic masterpieces will be displayed and publicly auctioned off on Tuesday, April 21, 2020 on the Cheatham County courthouse lawn. If the weather is not conducive, we will move this event to Sycamore Square Government offices. We will keep you informed.
Best of show & most beautiful - Pegram elem
Best Use of Litter Sycamore Middle most colorful cheatham middle Most Creative
cc library story time technical excellence Sycamore High tech ed
2014 entries w descriptio litter used decorate t work of a
Pleasant View Christian Candy wrappers
East Cheatham Elem
Kingston Springs Elem Old screen, paper mache, fabric pieces & old barn wood
Pegram Elementary Ashland City Elem
CC Library Story Time Cans and found litter gathered by the children
Sycamore Middle
Bottle tops, cans, broken glass, pencils, markers, & can pop tops
Many different kinds of plastic bottles
Old household plastic products & toys
Old screen, paper mache, fabric pieces & old barn wood
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