L’Observateur / February 15, 1999

LAPLACE – Four local students did their part recently to help “Keep Louisiana Beautiful and Litter Free.”East St. John Elementary’s Corey Joseph, Ethel Schoeffner Elementary’sTimmy Schaeffer and Albert Cammon Middle’s Tyler Quaranta and Evan Satterlee were among the students statewide to have their drawings included in the Department of Environmental Quality’s 1999 Anti-Liter calendar.

Joseph, a fourth-grader from LaPlace, had his picture featured with the month of November 1998. Joseph drew an alligator saying to “KeepLouisiana Clean.””The Louisiana yarddog,” Joseph said in explaining why he chose the alligator. “We should keep Louisiana clean and pretty so it doesn’t turninto a wasteland or a big dump,” he said.

Schaeffer, also a fourth-grader, drew a picture of a person picking up garbage with the sun pleading “We are the future, don’t destroy it!” There is also a duck with a six pack holder wrapped around his foot pleading to get it off.

“We drew drug free and free posters and I got the idea,” Schaeffer said.

“The duck with the six pack I got from commercials.”Quaranta, a seventh-grader, had his poster featured in January. Quarantadrew a picture of a magnolia bloom over the state of Louisiana with the caption “Keep Louisiana Clean.””I wanted to make it look good to show what it would look like if it was clean and how good clean stuff can look,” Quaranta said.

Satterlee is also in the seventh grade. His picture is featured withNovember and shows a house in the swamp with the theme “Louisiana is our heritage. Keep it clean.” Satterlee said the picture is of an actualscene.

“I thought of a place on St. Rose Avenue that needed to be cleaned up,”Satterlee said.

Donald Haywood, a volunteer in St. John Parish, said about 25 entries werebrought in to him last year. Haywood said the calendars are also learningtools.

“Litter awareness,” Haywood said of the goal of the contest. “It istraining tool. We are trying to educate the students about litter andhelping keeping the place clean.”The calendars can be picked up at any library.

Entries are now being accepted for the 2000 Litter Calendar. The themefor this year’s contest is “Keep Louisiana Beautiful and Litter Free for the Upcoming Millenium.” The contest is open to students grades 1-8.Contestants should submit their artwork using crayons, marking pens or colored pens on an 8.5″ x 11″ sheet of recycled plain, drawing or posterpaper, illustration or poster board.

Entry forms can be picked up at any St. John Parish public library. Entriesmust be returned to the libraries by May 15. Entries may also be mailed inby June 1 to DEQ/Waste Services, Litter Reduction Section, Post Office Box 82178, Baton Rouge, LA 70884-2178. The winning entries will bepublished in the DEQ’s 2000 Litter Calendar.

Haywood also reminds the public that “Don’t Trash Louisiana” bumper stickers can be picked up at any library and that to report a litterer to call 1-888-LITRBUG.

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