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A group of Dimi volunteers participated

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in the Adopta Highway program recently

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when they spent their morning picking

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up litter and debris alongside a

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roadway here in Brevard County . In

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this case , avocado Avenue in Melbourne .

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It is a one mile stretch of road that

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starts at one end and dead ends at the

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other end . It is a residential area

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and it's a really good road for us to

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adopt . The volunteers brought not only

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themselves but members of their

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families on what was also National

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Military Brats Day , an annual event

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that honors the Children of military

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personnel . It is important and

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incumbent upon us to lead by example

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and not just lead by example , but to

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show the next generation of our family

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members here how to take care of the

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community and give back your free

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personal time because it matters . The

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Adopta Highway program began in the 19

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eighties when a man named James Evans

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who worked for the Texas Department of

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Transportation saw debris flying out of

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the back of a pickup truck , litter

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cleanup in his city was expensive . So

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he sought the help of local groups to

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help clean up sections of the highway

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and it just grew from there . Not only

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is it an eyesore , but litter can also

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hurt wildlife deter tourism . And over

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time begin to erode the value of the

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surrounding area . On this day , Dimi

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did its part to help at least one road

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look a little nicer . We collected

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pilot tires and many , many bags of

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trash . So I'm very proud of their

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efforts . I would estimate we have

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somewhere in the ballpark of 200 plus

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pounds . Currently , the plans are for

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Dimi to host and adopt a highway clean

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up on the same avenue on a regular

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basis . We're going to keep continuing

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to make River County a beautiful place

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reporting for Dimi Minute from Avocado

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Avenue . I'm Rich FEG .

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Bye bye .