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TV Interview on Fox-4 News
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KFDN-6 News from 1-23-2013

Southeast Texas Regional Planning Commision will sponsor Household Hazardous Material Collection Day May 18th 2013 in Silsbee.

March 6th 2013 - Parking Lot clean up on 16th St

To help improve the appearance of our area in advance of the Bassmaster Elite Series fishing tournament, KOCB sponsored a parking lot cleanup on the 16th Street entrance to Orange from Interstate 10.  For only $20 a business could get their yellow parking aids pressure washed.  For a small additional fee the whole lot could be washed and new paint applied.  Thanks go to www.BlueSonicWash.com for a job well done.  Click on the photo to enlarge.

February 27th 2013 Sabine River Cleanup Report

I am pleased to report a very successful River Clean-Up. On February 27^th at 8:00am Airboatrides Inc. Started at Blue Birds Park with 2 tour boats and a rented workboat from American Airboats. Stan Floyd also used his boat for a period of time.  Along with a hand full of volunteers some in their own boats we proceeded to gather trash and debris from I-10 to Orange public boat ramp. With a short break around 11:30 for lunch we continued until around 4:00pm at which time everyone was exhausted and out 30 yard Waste Management dumpster was over filled.

I am pleased to report that we recovered 18 refrigerators that were hauled off by a private party, around 50 tires which were hauled off as well, numerous plastic barrels and foam blocks, and enough plastic glass and aluminum bottles and cans to fill 300 large industrial trash bags.

Also collected were items such as ice coolers, tackle boxes, fishing lures and line, 1 dead hog carcass behind Blue Birds, a steel framed old car backseat (heavy heavy), even a few stoves and a shower.

The County Record newspaper did an excellent article on the event. CLICK

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ADOPT-A-STREET PROGRAM - PINEHURST       2-12-2013

The City Council of Pinehurst recognized Creative Upholstery on Martin Street as the latest member of the Adopt-A-Street program in the City.  Martin Street between Strickland and Park Ave is also called “Snake Road” because of its curves roughly paralleling Adams Bayou, and has been a favorite of litterers for years.

Keep Orange County Beautiful recruited Rosemary Vasquez, owner of Creative Upholstery, to step up and clean the street in front of her business.   Ms Vasquez said, “A big part of our job at Creative Upholstery is to clean up messes created by others.  You wouldn’t believe some of the disaster cases we have turned into beautiful seating areas.  So it was just a natural for us to extend out into the community and help to clean up the messes left behind by litterers on our street.”

The City will be putting signs up on Snake Road at Strickland and at Park Avenue identifying the area as one adopted by Creative Upholstery.  Shown with the signs in the photo is Rosemary Vasquez, owner, shaking hands with Mayor Joseph L. "Pete" Runnels.  Also present were two board members from Keep Orange County Beautiful:  Harry Vine, Code Enforcement Officer for Pinehurst, and J David Derosier

Creative Upholstery is located at 3109 Martin Street, Orange TX 77630.  They can be contacted at (409) 779-8139 or via their website at www.upholsteryorange.com.

Phase I - Sabine River Cleanup 2013

County Record 1-30-2013

The Orange Leader 1-30-2013

Beautification Award

Each calendar quarter KOCB, together with the Greater Orange Area Chamber of Commerce and the Bridge City Chamber of Commerce, present an award to one residence and one business that best exemplifies the idea to Keep Orange County Beautiful.

Click here to see the current award sites.

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