For the fifth straight year, the 4-H club members and leaders who call the Seipstown Grange their home came out in droves recently to assist the Grange with their Springtime Adopt-A-Highway cleanup of 11 miles of highway; 8 miles of which are Route 100 between Fogelsville and Pleasant Corners and 3 miles of Claussville Road between Route 100 and Seipstown.

Orange vests colored these two highways for several hours as 4-H leader Jenny Gehringer noted this was "unfortunately" the heaviest infestation of litter they have removed in their five years of service.

Six Grange members and friends completed the task by scouring the lower and upper sections of Route 100.

One visitor to the Grange was in disbelief looking at the hefty pile of approximately 50 large garbage bags, lumber, car parts, rubber treads, etc., could have come from these 11 miles of highway, which was cleaned in preparation for the winter just six months earlier.

The Grange has cleaned these two portions of state highways for 25 years, generally in spring, summer and fall and occasionally during a mild winter if there is no snow cover or extremely cold temperatures.

"Just an hour or two is a great contribution to the cause," she said. "Spring is by far the biggest cleanup time and with the aging and decreased membership of our Grange we may be forced to abandon this worthy program without these wonderful young people.

"I shudder to think that this scenic area may once again look like our interstates…certainly not testimony to the regal beauty of our commonwealth."

Anyone who would like to be part of this beautification can do so by calling Ann Wertman at 610-298-3254.