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Photo by John Beal

After the tires were hauled up the hill, they were stacked ready for loading on a truck for disposal. Here, Roberto Remose of Kaw Valley Sand and Gravel unties the tires from Vickie Matney's ATV.

Almost 100 volunteers gathered Saturday, March 11, at a remote spot along the Kaw River south of Linwood, Kan. Their purpose was to clean up about 1,000 old tires littering a sandbar. The project was organized by Friends of the Kaw and the Kansas Department of Health and Environment. Helping out were 46 employees from AMCOR, a Lenexa plastics manufacturing plant.

March 15, 2006