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Spring Fling Cleanup Day opened to a beautiful wet morning. This did not stop the volunteers, though, from gathering more than 225 gallons of used oil, three large bins of metal to be recycled and 104 loads of non-household garbage from curbs throughout Moorcroft.

According to co-organizer Elaine Buckmiller, "This year, the barbecue grills were the most collected; some years, it is washers and some years, it is dryers."

The young people who had been scheduled to help were not present, however; after further consideration, MHS principal Nick Redden advised the event organizers that the more...