<div class="gmail_quote">---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>From: <b class="gmail_sendername">Miles, Karen</b> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:karen.miles@deq.ok.gov">karen.miles@deq.ok.gov</a>></span><br>Date: 2012/3/20<br>
Subject: April 21st: Lake Overholser/Stinchcomb Wildlife Refuge Clean-Up<br><br>








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<p style="background:white;text-align:center" class="MsoNormal" align="center"><b><font color="#0f243e" face="Arial"><span style="color:rgb(15,36,62);font-size:11pt;font-weight:bold">Volunteers
 Sought to Clean-Up Lake Overholser and the Stinchcomb Wildlife Refuge<u></u><u></u></span></font></b></p>
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<p style="background:white;text-align:justify" class="MsoNormal"><font color="#0f243e" face="Arial"><span style="color:rgb(15,36,62);font-size:11pt">In celebration of Earth Day, citizens will be banding together
 as part of</span></font><font color="#0f243e"><span style="color:rgb(15,36,62);font-size:11pt">
<a href="http://www.keepoklahomabeautiful.com/great-american-cleanup" target="_blank">
Keep Oklahoma Beautiful’s (KOB) Great American Clean-Up</a>, <a href="http://www.okcbeautiful.com/programs/litterblitz" target="_blank">
OKC Beautiful’s Litter Blitz</a>, <a href="http://www.keepoklahomabeautiful.com/odot-trash-off" target="_blank">
OK Dept. of Transportation’s Trash-Off</a>, and <a href="http://www.americanrivers.org/our-work/restoring-rivers/national-river-cleanup/" target="_blank">
American Rivers’ National River Clean-Up</a> </span></font><font color="#0f243e"><span style="color:rgb(15,36,62);font-size:11pt">to clean-up
<b><span style="font-weight:bold">Lake Overholser and the Stinchcomb Wildlife Refuge</span></b> on Saturday, April 21^st. Because a large portion of Oklahoma City gets its drinking water
 from water that has gone through the Stinchcomb Wildlife Refuge to Lake Overholser (or to Lake Hefner via the canal), it is important to keep these areas clean. Clean water is healthier water so everybody is invited to help us clean the Stinchcomb Wildlife
 Refuge and Lake Overholser.<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
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<p style="background:white;text-align:justify" class="MsoNormal"><font color="#0f243e" face="Arial"><span style="color:rgb(15,36,62);font-size:11pt">Volunteers will meet at 8:30am at the Overholser Pavilion which
 is located around NW 14^th and East Overholser Drive in Oklahoma City (35^o 29’ 00” N; 97^o 39’ 51.3” W). This clean-up has been made possible with financial support from Chesapeake Energy, KOB/OG&E Growth Grant,</span></font><font color="#0f243e"><span style="color:rgb(15,36,62);font-size:11pt">
<a href="http://www.oclwa.org/index.php" target="_blank">Oklahoma Clean Lakes & Watersheds Association (OCLWA)</a>,
</span></font><font color="#0f243e"><span style="color:rgb(15,36,62);font-size:11pt">and the DEQ Green Team.  This clean-up also receives in-kind donations from</span></font><font color="#0f243e"><span style="color:rgb(15,36,62);font-size:11pt">
<a href="http://www.okckayak.com/" target="_blank">OKC Kayaks</a> </span></font><font color="#0f243e"><span style="color:rgb(15,36,62);font-size:11pt">who will once again be donating use of their kayaks for the
 flotilla to clean the waterways in Overholser & Stinchcomb, the City of Oklahoma City, the Oklahoma Department of Environmental Quality, and Pepsi Bottling Group. To clean-up via kayak, volunteers need to contact Rodney Boegel at</span></font><font color="#0f243e"><span style="color:rgb(15,36,62);font-size:11pt">
<a href="mailto:rodneyboegel@att.net" target="_blank">rodneyboegel@att.net</a> or <a href="tel:405-802-3678" target="_blank" value="+14058023678">405-802-3678</a>.
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<p style="background:white;text-align:justify" class="MsoNormal"><font color="#0f243e" face="Arial"><span style="color:rgb(15,36,62);font-size:11pt">If people want to participate in this fun event, either e-mail
 Karen Miles at </span></font><font color="#0f243e"><span style="color:rgb(15,36,62);font-size:11pt"><a href="mailto:Karen.Miles@deq.ok.gov" target="_blank">Karen.Miles@deq.ok.gov</a>
</span></font><font color="#0f243e"><span style="color:rgb(15,36,62);font-size:11pt">or call her at <a href="tel:405-702-8192" target="_blank" value="+14057028192">405-702-8192</a> so that there will be enough food and supplies.<span> 
</span>After the clean-up, there will be a free lunch courtesy of Earl’s Rib Palace, Jersey Mike’s, and the Cimarron Steak House.  There will also be a drawing for free prizes during lunch.  Volunteers should wear sturdy shoes, hat, sturdy gloves, insect repellant,
 and sunscreen. The clean-up will be held whether rain or shine. <span>
 </span>We hope you choose to join us and h</span></font><font color="#0f243e"><span style="color:rgb(15,36,62);font-size:11pt">elp us rid Lake Overholser and the Stinchcomb Wildlife Refuge of trash and restore these areas to their natural beauty! 
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 Miles<u></u><u></u></span></font></p>
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 join us for the Lake Overholser/Stinchcomb Wildlife Refuge Clean-Up on 4/21/2012 @ 8:30am!<u></u><u></u></span></font></b></p>
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