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Article: HAPPY TAILS TIPS Good citizens, pet owners embrace responsibilities
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- Columbia Daily Tribune
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- July 29, 2007
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I have several issues to address.
I just returned from working on our city of Columbia Adopt-A-
Spot. This program is run by the city and works with volunteers and
organizations to beautify various medians throughout town. We have
had our Happy Tails spot on Nifong for four to five years. Our spot
is on a very busy intersection, and it takes a lot of work to keep it
looking nice - weeding, hauling water, fertilizing, trimming and
laying down new mulch every year.
Today I stopped by to pull a few weeds that had crept through. To
my dismay, there were beer bottles, trash, soda cans and cigarette
butts all around. Plus those weather-worn garage sale signs were
taped on the stop signs and ...