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Medical Leader News - County, schools going GREEN: Pike County Central students collect 500 pounds of trashCounty, schools going GREEN: Pike County Central students collect 500 pounds of trash

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Published: 06/13/2008

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PROMOTING RECYCLING: Pike County Central High School held its first recycling pick up on June 3. Pictured are: Pike Central teacher Jaime Layne, Pike Central Principal David Rowe, Don Combs, Chairman of the Pike County Board of Education Earl Thacker, CAM representative Dale Dotson, Pike County Judge-Executive Wayne T. Rutherford, Superintendent of Pike County Schools Roger Wagner, Don Mullins, Pike County Deputy Commissioner of Solid Waste Mike Lyons, District 1 Magistrate Jeff Anderson, Jack Hopkins and students Austin Williams and Lucas Miller.

BUCKLEY’S CREEK — Add Pike County Central High School to the list of Pike County schools that are recycling. With the support of Central Appalachian Mining (CAM) and the Pike County Solid Waste Department, the high school’s National Honor Society collected over 500 pounds of recyclable material that had been collected in recycling bags donated by CAM.

The Pike County Solid Waste Department collected the materials and took them to the county recycling center at Johns Creek.

Recycling has been a part of the Pike County School System at the grade school level since 2001. The growth of this initiative to the high school level marks an increased interest by the county and schools in fostering favorable environmental behaviors.

Jamie Layne, a physical science teacher at Pike Central, understands the responsibility and significance of the effort set forth by the students.

“I’m so proud of what these students have accomplished,” said Layne. “It started in the science department and now it’s spread throughout the whole school.”

Don Combs, a senior at Pikeville Independent High School, came to Mike Lyons, the commissioner of solid waste, six months ago with the idea of recycling in high schools countywide. He also secured funding from PRIDE to have recycling centers built on school grounds.