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TUESDAY, MAY 26, 1998 <br /> <br />WHEREAS, the students of Ms. Carolyn Tumer's Middle School Class carried out an award <br />winning Community Problem Solving project to examine the issue of the need and potential for <br />Recycling in the City of Martinsville, and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, the findings of these students efforts clearly showed a strong interest within the <br />Martinsville community for greater recycling of waste and, specifically, interest in the potential <br />for curbside recycling, and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, such civic consciousness and dedication to the community at large is a quality which <br />deserves encouragement in the youth of the Martinsville community, now, therefore <br /> <br />BE IT RESOLVED by the Council of the City of Martinsville, Virginia, in regular session <br />assembled May 26, 1998, that it does hereby commend the students of Ms. Carolyn Turner's <br />Middle School Class t~r their exemplary effort on behalf of the citizens of Martinsville, and <br />further does hereby endorse and support the concept of recycling, and specifically any efforts <br />which might result in a cost effective and environmentally responsible curbside recycling program <br />for the City. <br /> <br />Vice-Mayor Crabtree noted that the project done by the students had won second place in a <br />statewide competition, and that first and third place had also been won by Martinsville students. <br />Council agreed that a greater focus on recycling could save the community money over the <br />coming years, and Vice-Mayor Crabtree suggested that a future survey should ask residents if <br />they would be willing to pay a specific mount for curbside recycling. <br /> <br />Council next considered a report from a second group of students, Middle School Teacher Betsy <br />Ivey's Eighth Grade class, on their We the People Project sponsored by the Center for Civic <br />Education. It was noted that these students had placed first in the finals competition in <br />Richmond, Virginia, with their project on Homelessness in the Martinsville-Henry County area. <br />The students noted that their focus was on encouraging local government to raise awareness of <br />the homeless issue and how homelesshess affects the entire community. Their report noted that <br />there is no full~time shelter for the homeless in the area, that there was a need to keep existing <br /> <br /> <br />