Green Day targets overpass
Volunteers with Springfield Green are expected to
converge on the Fifth and Sixth street overpass at Stanford Avenue on from
8 a.m. until 4 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 27, in the city-sponsored group’s
first “Clean & Green Day.” Volunteers will remove debris
and brush, pull weeds, and mow the grass. The overpass was identified in a
Springfield Green survey last year as one of the areas most needing
beautification. The cleanup is just the first phase of work; the city is
urging the Canadian National Railroad to landscape the property and paint
or screen the overpass. For more information on the cleanup, call
217-789-2116, ext. 529, or e-mail green@springfield.il.us/green.
Where dirty dogs belong
Illinois Humane sponsors a dog wash 11 a.m.-2 p.m.
Saturday, Aug. 27, at House to Homes Interior West, 3740 W. Wabash Ave. The
event will raise money for the Springfield-based animal-welfare
organization’s medical-rehabilitation and behavior fund. Prices range
from $7 to $12, depending on the dog’s size. Cats will not be washed.
For more information about Illinois Humane, visit www.illinoishumane.org.
or call 217-698-3804.
Yeh to top the tree
The Salvation Army’s Tree of Lights campaign will
be headed this year by Sandra Yeh, M.D., president and founder of the
Springfield-based Prairie Eye Center. The campaign, which provides more
than half of the local Salvation Army’s annual operating budget,
raised more than $383,000 in 2004, exceeding its goal by nearly 10 percent.
This year’s campaign begins Nov. 9.
CWLP to offer heater rebate
City Water, Light and Power will offer a rebate of $200
to customers who replace gas water heaters with qualifying electric water
heaters. The program begins Sept. 1 and runs through Feb. 28, 2007. The
rebates, which are provided as credits on utility bills, are also available
to customers install electric rather than natural gas in new homes. To
qualify, customers must be pre-certified to participate. For more
information, go to www.cwlp.com or call CWLP’s Energy Services Office
at 217-789-2070 or e-mail nrgxprts@cwlp.com.
This article appears in Aug 25-31, 2005.
