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-3- Recognition of Rochester "Green Up, Clean Up" activities. For the fifth consecutive year the city of Rochester will be conducting a city-wide cleanup project. This highly successful program combines business sponsorship with youth group involvement to pick up the Rochester area and increase community awareness of litter problems. This year more than 100 miles of roadsides and stream banks will be beautified and picked up as part of this effort. Charitable organizations and youth activities profit as young people obtain pledges and are later paid by sponsors for the amount of litter and refuse they collect. Mrs. Quie will travel to Rochester on April 26 to be a part of this community-wide activity. These kinds of activities could be duplicated in many parts of the state, but you have to decide for yourself what you are willing to do and what can most benefit your community. If you need assistance with your particular project, several state agencies have offered to help. The Minnesota Department of Transportation (Mn/DOT) will provide bags for litter pick up. They have also offered to give safety instructions and lend safety vests for those involved in roadside cleanup activities. Mn/DOT will pick up full litter bags along trunk highways only. If you would like such help contact your area Mn/DOT maintenance engineer. A list of these contacts is enclosed. Major General James G. Sieben, the Adjutant General for the Minnesota Army and Air National Guard, informs me that Guard units may be able to provide vehicles and some personnel to assist with cleanup work. Contact your Local Guard commandant if you desire Guard help. Information about Arbor Day may be obtained from Minnesota Department of Agriculture's Shade Tree Program, through its director Richard Haskett (612-296-8580) or from Arbor Month coordinator Michele Gran (612-296-6909).