Scrap Tire Collection a Huge Success

Despite the wet weather, the Nebraska Loess Hills Resource Conservation & Development (RC&D) Council’s scrap tire collection at the Cuming County Fairgrounds in West Point, Nebraska was a big success! More than 454 ton of tires were collected from 354 vehicles at the fairgrounds.

A big thank you to the City of West Point and Cuming County Roads for sending over loaders to pile the tires, and to Mike Woerman, Veryl Villwok and Daniel Niemeyer, Sr. for operating them. This collection would not have been possible without their support. Many thanks toLarry Howard (Cuming County Extension), Harold Swanson II and Harold Swanson III ( Stalp Gravel), Abby Simonsen (Rhea Cattle) and Judy Mutzenberger, Steve Meister, Les Ott, and Glen Wichman (Cuming County Supervisors) for their assistance with surveys, unloading and traffic. Also HUGE thanks to the 13 employees of the Papio Missouri River NRD and directors of the Nebraska Loess Hills RC&D Council who assisted with traffic, unloading, surveys, and event coordination. Donations of food, bottled water and ice from Pizza Ranch, Subway, Casey’s South, Graybeal Foods and Lincoln Street Market were much appreciated by all volunteers.

Many thanks to these West Point businesses for their generosity. And finally, the Council thanks the Cuming County Fair Boardfor its effort and support. The collection was made possible through a grant from the Nebraska Department of Environmental Quality. This was truly a team effort which resulted in a very successful collection.

For more information about the collection, or the RC&D Council and its projects, contact Jean Schultz at the Nebraska Loess Hills RC&D Council office, (402)685-4020, or, visit the RC&D website at www.nlhrcd.org . The RC&D Council exists to improve the quality of life in your community.

Program Assistant

Nebraska Loess Hills RC & D Council

P O Box 24

Oakland, NE    68045

402-685-4020