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Bluebag Media
Over 40 needles
found during Trash Bash
GREENVILLE – Sheriff’s deputies collected more than 40 needles
(syringes) as a result of calls from Trash Bash volunteers cleaning up
trash in the annual county event April 18 and 19.
“We received 25 calls Saturday and Sunday,” Chief Deputy Mark Whittaker
told Darke County Solid Waste District Director Krista Fourman in an
event follow-up letter. Thirteen calls had to do with multiple needles
found; two calls were about meth labs. Miscellaneous trash, medical and
drug materials composed the rest.
“This is probably the busiest Trash Bash weekend we have had, so the
requirement to listen to your safety talks was taken to heart and it
worked,” he added. Volunteers picking up their supply bags were focused
on Whittaker as he discussed the concerns April 18. “We’re glad people
were calling in and being safe,” Whittaker said later.
Supply bags had either one or two blue flags in them, depending on the
location in which they were going to be used. When volunteers found an
item of concern they ‘planted’ the flag and called the sheriff’s
office...
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