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Bluebag Media
Majority kids clean
up East Main bridge graffiti
GREENVILLE – “We Are the Majority” leaders and their young charges were
walking the bike path under the East Main Street bridge on their way to
play Putt Putt Golf.
“We saw the graffiti (on the wall),” said Kelly Harrison, Prevention
Specialist with Recovery & Wellness Centers of Midwest Ohio. “One
of the leaders said ‘sure wish we could paint over this’.” A Majority
leader said she saw the markings… “One of the younger kids asked what
was on the wall,” she added. “Not appropriate! We need to make a
change.”
Some of the Majority kids met with Safety Service Director Curt
Garrison. After that they made a presentation to the Greenville City
Council. “The Peer Leaders came up with it,” Harrison said. Council
approved it. Bright and early Aug. 31 the Majority leaders started
arriving. Harrison and Greenville Street Supt. Ryan Delk were waiting
for them; Delk’s department provided the supplies.
“We’ll give them the supplies,” he said. “They get to provide the
labor...
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