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Adopt-a-Highway

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  • On MLK Day, Ms. White will be leading her students in cleaning a two mile stretch of road as a part of their ongoing commitment to the Adopt-a-Highway program.

    Patrick Corvington: Living Dr. Martin Luther King's Example: Drum Majors For Change In Our Communities Patrick Corvington 2011

  • On MLK Day, Ms. White will be leading her students in cleaning a two mile stretch of road as a part of their ongoing commitment to the Adopt-a-Highway program.

    Patrick Corvington: Living Dr. Martin Luther King's Example: Drum Majors For Change In Our Communities Patrick Corvington 2011

  • Caltrans, the agency that oversees California ` s highways, recently gave the San Diego chapter of the Minutemen a new stretch of road to clean up for the Adopt-a-Highway program.

    CNN Transcript Jan 30, 2008 2008

  • That ` s what normal people to when they ` re involved in this Adopt-a-Highway.

    CNN Transcript Jan 30, 2008 2008

  • After winning a seven-year legal battle that allowed it to participate in Missouri's Adopt-a-Highway program, the Ku Klux Klan has been booted out for not tending to its one-mile stretch of Rosa Parks Highway.

    Periscope 2007

  • A U.S. District Court judge, however, ruled that Missouri's refusal to allow the Klan to participate in the Adopt-a-Highway program was unconstitutional, and when the 8th Circuit Court of Appeals confirmed that finding in March 2000, the state had to erect signs announcing the Klan's sponsorship of a portion of I-55.

    Archive 2005-10-01 Jessica 2005

  • A U.S. District Court judge, however, ruled that Missouri's refusal to allow the Klan to participate in the Adopt-a-Highway program was unconstitutional, and when the 8th Circuit Court of Appeals confirmed that finding in March 2000, the state had to erect signs announcing the Klan's sponsorship of a portion of I-55.

    Farewell, Rosa Jessica 2005

  • The Supreme Court today upheld a lower court ruling that will allow the Ku Klux Klan to take part in Missouri's Adopt-a-Highway program.

    CNN Transcript Jan 10, 2005 2005

  • In related stories, the Salvation Army has announced that it will begin charging $1 for every bag of donations left at its center, VDOT has announced that it will begin charging “Adopt-a-Highway” cleanup crews $5 for every bag of waste they collect for disposal, and the American Red Cross has announced that although it will not institute charges for volunteers wishing to donate blood, they will be required to supply their own hypodermic needles.

    Major Changes Proposed for Recycling at cvillenews.com 2002

  • I imagine the street cleaners and Adopt-a-Highway folks leave the memorials alone, these crossed iron bars or PVC pipes festooned with plastic flowers and a single name.

    1/31/03 Day XLI of the 2003

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