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Bob McAloney breathes a sigh of relief as their van is unloaded of the tires, propane tanks, and various disgusting garbage strewn about the valley by the unscrupulous.
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Ron Gillentine looks over his haul |
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A forest service firefighter unloads Ron and Bob's van. |
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Bill & Birdie Foster wait in an ever increasing line of vehicles waiting to dump their load. |
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Environmentalist's rock when it comes to cleaning up other's thoughtless leftovers. |
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Bill & Birdie along with Richard Rudnick were responsible for bringing in a whole lot of trash. |
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Yes, Birdie you can rest now! |
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Bill Foster, Birdie Foster and Richard Rudnick stand in front of the dumpster that they almost filled by themselves.
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Bob Jameson starts reading off the names of the other participants. It will be a while before they announce the winner. |
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In the meantime, Valerie Cassity and Laurie Robinson enjoy the "free lunch" provided for their participation. |
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Some of the Friends of the Kern River Preserve enjoying the end of lunch. |
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Bill Foster, Dave Kurdeka, Birdie Foster, Sandra Wieser, Dan Portway, Ron Gillentine
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Sandra, Ron, Richard and Bob enjoy waiting for the results, hee, hee, hee. Ya think we won? |
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Notice Phil in the background pitching into the recycling container. |
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Tony Cassity stole away and got a shower, so he enjoys a late lunch. |
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The gang start lining up for the obligatory picture. |
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Dan, Erin, Birdie, Bill, Ron, Bob, Dave and Phil. |
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Hail, hail, the gang's almost all here! |
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Dan, Erin, Birdie, Bill, Ron, Bob, Katie, Sandra, Dave, Emily, Valerie, Richard, Laurie, Tony, Phil, Laydon, Esteban, and Bob. |
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Try again... |
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Dan, Alison, Erin, Birdie, Bill, Ron, Bob, Katie, Sandra, Dave, Emily, Valerie, Richard, Laurie, Tony, Phil, Laydon and Esteban.
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Hey, everyone look this way... oops, I can't get back far enough. |
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Dan, Erin, Birdie, Bill, Ron, Bob, Katie, Sandra, Dave, Emily, Valerie, Richard, Laurie, Tony, Phil, Laydon and Esteban.
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Well, have to take two shots to get everyone in, boy what would happen if Jeff, Ann, Adolphe, Terri, Reed, and Ron had shown up? |
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Erin, Dan, Bill, Birdie, Katie, Ron, Bob, Emily, Dave, Sandra, Richard, Phil, Laurie, Valerie, Laydon, and just a sliver of Esteban, and Tony.
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Birdie asks "alright already, announce the winner!" ;-) |
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Sandra, Bill and Birdie in anxious anticipation. |
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The Oliveras Family |
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Esteban, Lydon, and Katie. |
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The tension is mounting |
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Esteban, Lydon, Katie, Emily and Phil |
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Have they announced the winner yet? |
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Phil, Sandra, Bill, Birdie, Richard |
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FRIENDS OF THE KERN RIVER PRESERVE |
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Sandra's smile tells it all! |
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Sandra gladly accepts the certificate and the cash award for the Friends of the Kern River Preserve. |
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After years of working our butts off... we finally show the valley who the champions of the environment are!!! |
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The Friends of the Kern River Preserve take pride in our beautiful valley. |
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We hope that the next year will bring out the pride in all and the valley will continue to be the least despoiled and polluted region of the county. |
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