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Large items not accessible to Caltrans were pulled out from the side of the mountain using chains and trucks. Three Kings Mountain residents brought their trailers to haul away the debris scavenged. Photo by William Goebner.
Couches, mattresses, car seats and even a quarter of the body of a car were among the piles and piles of trash that lay untouched on a scenic corridor of state Highway 35 near Highway 92.
Two Kings Mountain residents decided the area deserved a cleanup.
Friends and neighbors Aiden Zahedi, 10, and Niamh Dawes, 14, arrived at the location on Saturday, Dec. 19, with dumpsters, trash grabbers, trailers, masks and work gloves in hand to scavenge 18 cubic yards of trash, said Niamh. The two- to three-hour cleanup drew 32 community members.