Folksville USA Cash for Trash program photo by Brent Geer Maupin c2012 Sedona AZ (October 5, 2012) –  In a Letter to the SedonaEye.com Editor, Gary Chamberlain, Folksville USA, writes of the continuing success of the recently launched Folksville USA Litter-Aid Stand 101 and Trash-4 Cash programs: Dear Folksvillers, Folksville USA Litter-Aid Stand 101 and Cash-4-Trash has been developing opportunities for... 

Gary Chamberlain, Folksville USA Point Man Sedona AZ (September 27, 2012) – Folksville USA Point Man, Gary Chamberlain, was interviewed by Arizona Eight this week about the Folksville USA effort to “point” the Arizona Department of Transportation in the right direction to clean up its ineffective taxpayer funded litter abatement program. Read below Chamberlain’s Letter to the... 

Arizona highway litter  Sedona AZ (August 28, 2012) – The Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT) Adopt-A-Highway blue trash bags left on Arizona highway shoulders are a visual indication and confirmation of local pride in the cleanliness of state highways and its communities.  That pride demands continued teamwork, cooperation, and participation by Verde Valley community residents,... 

Dear Mr. Halikowski (ADOT),  As you know, it only takes a few bad apples to spoil the barrel.  ADOT Highway 89A reflectors While cleaning the Folksville USA one-mile section of Highway 89A between Cottonwood and Sedona (MP-356 to 357) today, I noticed the new reflectors that were recently installed.  I also noticed that the old reflectors were thrown in the grass and many ended up in the asphalt... 

El Paso Texas Folksville USA Anti-Litter 1-1 CAV effort bags of highway trash Sedona AZ (April 9, 2012) – In 2010, the 1/1 CAV was invited and agreed to work with two former Vietnam 1/1 CAV members, one of whom founded Folksville USA whose mission is to restore the beauty to American highways and communities. Vietnam veteran and Folksville USA founder, Gary Chamberlain, and seven Arizona... 

Sedona AZ (April 2, 2012) – The Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT) will repair highway safety guard rails on southbound Interstate 17 from Mile Posts 245 to 248, south of the Sunset Point Rest Area, from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Tuesday, April 3, 2012. The work will require the southbound right lane to be closed during work hours to provide a safe work zone for maintenance crews. In addition,... 

Sedona AZ (February 29, 2012) – Village of Oak Creek residents Richard and Eloise Baldauf joined Friends of the Forest (FOF) soon after retiring and relocating to Sedona Arizona from Milwaukee Wisconsin in 2008. Milwaukee had been home for thirty five of the Baldauf’s now thirty seven year marriage, and Friends of the Forest was to be the first of many Sedona civic and community... 

Dear Sedona Eye Editor, This is my exchange of emails with Donald Casssano (ADOT). It appears that we, as volunteers, really have no voice in how things are run.  Mal Otterson, Highway Clean Up Volunteer Verde Village Property Owners Association   Begin forwarded message: From: Donald Cassano Date: February 27, 2012 11:11:01 AM GMT-07:00 To: ‘Mal Otterson’ Subject: RE: highway cleanup Dear... 

Arizona Veterans Highway I-17 litter Sedona AZ-A Sedona Eye Letter to the Editor from contributing Sedona Times Publishing writer, Gary Chamberlain, provides an update to Folksville USA anti-litter initiatives in Arizona.   Chamberlain writes, “In and Out Magazine has helped to bring more attention to the “cancer” that is slowly killing the economy of Arizona. Litter destroys... 

Sedona AZ (May 28, 2011) – This message brought to you by Gary Chamberlain, in support of the Oak Creek Watershed Clean Up and Folksville USA Scenic Highway 89A Litter Lifters: It’s time to get tough on litterers, Arizonans! Politicians, wake up! Gary Chamberlain, Folksville USA Point Man challenges all to get involved in keeping America and Arizona the Beautiful This is the anti litter...