After a number of blisters and cuts and bruises and hours and hours of work, the last of three information kiosks is now in place. (Click for larger views of photos).
I want to thank several people who helped make this idea become a fact: That would include Charlie Huguenard and Joe Douglass at Longview Power Plant for funding, Kevin Nuce and Robert Lloyd at Star City for help in site preparation and Mary Davis with Greenspace Coalition for keeping track of expenses. Also thanks to Anthony Giambrone for taking the idea to Star City's leadership for support.
This took longer than I expected, but it's hard to do weekend projects such as river cleanups and kiosk construction and also work for WVU. Regardless: Number one is at Deckers Creek (finished in
2010); number two is at Walnut Street (completed in spring 2012) and the Star
City riverfront kiosk is number three (completed in late summer 2012). I can
tell you that the one at Deckers Creek (for which Charlie and Joe actually dug
post holes) is definitely working: we've emptied the litter barrel several times
this summer.
You can see our messages about litter if you click on the photo to enlarge. The left side has a river history, an
appeal for better public consciousness about litter, and a no wake notice
(regarding the Morgantown no wake zone). The right has DNR information on
invasive aquatic fishes and the fish tagging program, sent by Frank Jernejcic of
the WV DNR.Special thanks to Chris Wilson and Biao Qiu who helped with construction and some very tough digging at the Walnut Street location. Aslo Jennie Terman, my daughter, and David Helsabeck helped with the final stages of the Star City installation.
