By Gary Meyer, TME

The front porch of our Mountain Communities got a gift on Thursday, March 31 from non-violent offenders on the Kern County Sheriff’s Work Release Program.

About six men worked through the day to clean the stretch along Frazier Mountain Park Road’s white fence across from Flying J. This area collects tumble weeds which, in turn, collect smaller bits of trash over time.

Contrary to what many may think, the Sheriff’s Work Release Program does not pay the men to do the work.

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These are three of the half-dozen work release program members who spent most of the day cleaning up fast-food wrappers and cups that littered Frazier Mountain Park Road in Lebec.

A Kern County dump truck took away the bags of litter at day’s end.

Above: Picking up litter. Below: The next morning, clean as a whistle.

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This is part of the April 8, 2016 online edition of The Mountain Enterprise.

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