VIC MAGARY AND HIS FAMILIES ARE THE BEST

This is the second year Vic asked his families to “practice defense” and, in this case, it’s our neighborhood brook’s health their defending. Approximately 80 people (youth/families) removed litter from the brook. Each person took a bag to fill with brook litter. Then we recycled it! That left only 13 bags of trash to haul to the city landfill. The Durst family took the recyclables to CURB at the Weiland Shopping Center. Our group provided pizza, fruit, and water to the volunteers. We composted, used cloth napkins, taught our children what is recyclable and what goes to the landfill, and talked about clean water as good for our bodies, neighborhood, wildlife, and the planet.

These 23 Adena Brook neighbors joined Vic’s families: 

Jeff and Phyllis Beuter

Ken Burkhard

Stacy and John Durst, Tanner

Molly Fisher Ryan

Lisa Fosco and James

Ann Laubach, Manny and Dominic

Nan and Bill Platt

Christy Tull, Mitchell, Rayna

Karen Snyder

Susan Michael Barrett

John Carney, candidate for Ohio House Representative, District 22, and Mark Lundine, Vision 2012 Commission City Planner, worked with families to remove litter.

Maureen Lorenz, Columbus Recreation and Parks, planted more swamp milkweed in the rain garden.

Greg Schneider, ODNR, Natural Areas and Preserves, led Will and Marilyn Weiss, Bishop Watterson teachers, on a plant walk as a step towards developing study projects with their students next year. 

Mark and Carina Carter continue to maintain the Cooke Road/Indianola/Overbrook corner. Mark mows weekly. Their work is more than our once a month effort. Many thanks for their efforts to improve this area of the neighborhood.

Thank  you Bill Platt for photographs.