Red River levee park clean up

       It was cool (about 45 deg. F; 7 deg. C) and blustery Saturday morning April 26^th when members of the Rotary Club of Wahpeton gathered to clear trash along the beautiful walkway/park extending from the South Bridge (Dakota Ave.; Minnesota Ave.) to the Chahinkapa Zoo fence near the Hughes Shelter.  Near the bridge this is known as Volunteer Park while at the north end it is called Chahinkapa Park-Hughes Shelter.   To quote our President, “in redneck terms we filled one pickup truck box”; a total of 17 bags of trash and several large loose items.  Involved were Darcie Huwe and her son Jefferson, Tully and Marilyn Chambers, Shawn Longhenry with Wyatt and Madison as well as Jace Picken with Weston and McKade.  The whole project took about three hours.  Unfortunately much of what was picked up was plastic which degrades over centuries not months or even years.  The project was fun, easy and the park area looked much better by afternoon.  A few large or inaccessible items were reported to Park District Director Wayne Beyer as well as the finding of beaver doing significant damage in the 4^th and 5^th Avenue areas.