Colorado Springs man takes on litter every day
A Colorado Springs man is determined to pick up trash every day this year, all to help reduce litter in the area.
and last updated 2021-04-22 23:19:14-04
COLORADO SPRINGS â It is Earth day and litter is always one of the important topics discussed, only it is more than a one day issue. We did 1,712 clean-ups last year,â said Colorado Springs Mayor John Suthers. The non-profit Keep Colorado Springs Beautiful accumulated more than 1,900 cubic yards of trash and debris. Then you have crews working with the Colorado Department of Transportation out numerous times a month cleaning up tons of trash scattered along roadways like I-25.
TCA SENIOR WINS NATIONAL WRITING AWARD
Daniel D’Agnese, a senior at The Classical Academy, was recently awarded a Scholastic Art & Writing Awards Silver Medal for his writing portfolio, “I’m Not Myself Today.”
The portfolio contained six writing pieces, including short stories. His work previously won a Gold Key at the West Region Writing-at-Large, competing with other writers across the western states. The Gold Key qualified D’Agnese to compete at the National level.
More than 80,000 students submitted nearly 230,000 works of art and writing to the 2021 Scholastic Awards. Only 2,000 works received National Medals, which means D’Agnese’s work is within the top 1% of all submissions. He was selected by some of the foremost leaders in the visual and literary arts, for excellence in originality, technical skill and the emergence of a personal voice or vision.