Help clean up the Tippy
By Debbie Lowe Staff writer

McDowell

Now that temperatures are rising and thoughts turn to the great outdoors, Carroll County Emergency Management Agency Director Dave Mc- Dowell wants all residents to remember there is a segment of the local population which is not able to go out to their back deck and readily fire up the grill. That's because their grills have been washed downstream and are probably located somewhere near where the Wabash and Mississippi rivers converge. However, there are many unusable household items and general debris still remaining on the banks of the Tippecanoe River at Tecumseh and Horseshoe bends in Carroll County.

In an effort to help those residents get their lives back on track, McDowell has teamed with Delphi United Methodist Church for a Maylong push to engage volunteers to work each Saturday.

"Volunteer groups are being asked to pledge a Saturday in May to work along the banks on both bends," McDowell said in a recent Comet interview. "We need personnel as well as volunteer dumpsters, port-a-potties and boats to do what needs to be done."

The Flood Relief Fund of Carroll County, organized by the UMC, is coordinating volunteers. Those wishing to volunteer either singly or with a group are encouraged to call church representative Kim at (765) 202-3935.

McDowell, who can be reached at (765) 564-4243, said a block party is being planned for the end of May to celebrate the completion of the project. He urged anyone who wants to volunteer in boats to cruise the river for trash pickup to contact him. He also said any property owner with a site for the block party could contact him to arrange for the gathering of workers and homeowners and/or to launch watercraft for clean-up efforts.