McDaniel Tapped For County
Adopt-A-Road Campaign

 

by: Bobby McDonald

 

Beckham Community resident, Wyvonne McDaniel, has been asked by the Hopkins County Commissioner's Court to chair the newly formed Adopt-A-Road Campaign and oversee the solicitation of volunteers, all across Hopkins County. McDaniel readily admits that she doesn't know how she got named to the post, but guesses it was her efforts to prevent illegal dumping in her own home community. "It makes me angry to see our creeks, streams, and countryside destroyed by harmful chemicals, trash, and debris being illegally dumped," fumes McDaniel. "And, I just decided that if nobody else was going to organize the effort, then I would try to voice my concerns!"

Well, McDaniel found that the more she talked in her neighborhood, the more people she found that shared her own ideas about preventing the problem. "My husband, Charles, and I soon found that there were many, many other people, all across Hopkins County, that shared our same concerns of the potential health hazzards, as well as the unsightliness of the dumping," inserted Wyvonne. "We began meeting and discussing the options that we had and how to contact our county officials to get them involved."

A small group of people met with members of the TNRC in the Hopkins County Courthouse, approximately a year ago, and have continued to monitor the dumping in their section of the county. Then, more recently a group of concerned citizen in the Peerless and Posey Communities met to see what could be done to monitor dumping in their area and to clean-up their own roadways.

As a result of this most recent meeting, McDaniel was named to the county post and is seeking interested individuals all across Hopkins County, who would be willing to volunteer their time in getting help to clean-up the various communities across the county. "I've been given some key individuals in almost every area of the county, and I'll be calling them to help organize meetings and solicit interested volunteers," denoted McDaniel. "Our next community meeting is scheduled for July 25th, at 7:00 p.m., in the Tira Community Center, and we're hoping for a large crowd from that section of the county."

 

For questions regarding volunteering for the Adopt-A-Road Program or concerning becoming involved in one of the meetings, McDaniel can be reached at (903)439-4997.

McDaniel is no stranger to Hopkins County, as she allowed that she was born in Hopkins County and lived here until about age 11 years old, when her family gave-up on cotton farming, and moved to West Texas. McDaniel and her husband, Charles, married and reared their family in the "oil patch," and then returned here to retire. "And, some of our kids and grandkids have followed us here!" exclaims Charles. "And, we want this to be a great community for many, many years to come!"

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