Don Yarbrough is hard at work, in more ways than one.
The progenitor of the Weald Workers of Lamar County not only is walking around picking up trash in an effort to clean up, heâs also making sure Weald Workers is OK on the backend, filing paperwork so it is registered as a 501(c)(3) nonprofit with the state and federal governments.
âWeâve got a two-year business plan right now,â Yarbrough said, âand Iâm doing all the budget stuff I need to do for grants.â
For the past several years, Yarbrough has been cleaning up the Trail de Paris, sometimes with help and often without, graduating from a normal trash bag to giant, 42-gallon construction trash bags. The groupâs name âWealdâ comes from the old English language meaning âthe forestâ or âthe wilds,â and the goal of the cleanup is to keep the wild enjoyable and clear from human debris.
Chocolate tempted people to get out and about around Paris Thursday evening, as many participated in the delayed Valentine Chocolate Stroll hosted by the Lamar County Chamber of Commerce.