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Join Catch A Rising Star and Keep Truckee Meadows Beautiful for an exclusive evening of comedy on Friday, September 8, 7:00 p.m. at the Silver Legacy.

Join the fun for only $20 including a free drink and participation in KTMB’s Silent Auction. To purchase tickets call the Silver Legacy box office at 1.800.-687.8733 or Keep Truckee Meadows Beautiful at 775.851.5185. Proceeds from this event will benefit Keep Truckee Meadows Beautiful. Click here for more information.

Seventeen volunteers surveyed the Truckee Meadows on Tuesday, August 8 as part of the 2006 Keep Truckee Meadows Beautiful annual Litter Index. The Litter Index is a national initiative of Keep America Beautiful that provides a starting point for the litter prevention process. The Litter Index is conducted by volunteer teams who rank areas of town on a cleanliness scale of one to four. Keep America Beautiful guidelines signify that a "1" means "virtually no litter can be observed," while a designation of "4" indicates that major illegal dumpsites are present, requiring equipment or extra manpower for removal." The lower the number the lower the amount of litter in the area.

This year’s results showed that the Truckee Meadows was even cleaner than last year with a score of 1.5. According to Christi Cakiroglu, Executive Director of Keep Truckee Meadows Beautiful “the results are encouraging and indicate that more people are doing every day things to prevent and get rid of litter like securely closing trash can lids, keeping trash out of the back of their pickup trucks, and picking up litter when they go for a walk.” Cakiroglu cautions that "although some of our neighborhoods may be looking cleaner we still have a lot of work to do with our Open Space areas. Transfer station fees are less than the cost of a tank of gas – yet people are still dumping in the hills illegally.” To see how your neighborhood rated this year and in the past visit www.ktmb.org.

Truckee River Clean-up is Saturday, September 16, 2006. Last year approximately 250 volunteers pulled 7.4 tons of trash from the river. Keep Truckee Meadows Beautiful is working in partnership with Nevada Eco-Net (formerly Environmental Leadership), with support from the Community Foundation of Western Nevada, City of Reno, City of Sparks, Washoe County, Reno-Sparks Indian Colony, Champions of the Truckee River, Truckee River Yacht Club, Big Brothers Big Sisters, REI, dSk, Tahoe Whitewater Tours, Starbucks, Albertsons and Great Basin Brewery to engage over 500 volunteers in this important community event. All volunteers will receive a lunch.

To volunteer and view a list of sites for this event, please fill out our volunteer form.

August 26th is “Get To Know Your Neighbor Day” as part of the Conscious Community Campaign. The campaign is a new regional-wide movement for social renewal, that, as part of its mission, encourages creating a purpose driven community that focuses on demonstrating Goodness in our lives. One way to better get to know your neighbor is to organize a cleanup for your neighborhood. For more ideas on how you can better get to know your neighbor visit www.ccbnreno.org.

KTMB would like to recognize all of our 2005-2006 Adopt-A-Spot sponsors. As well as remind all sponsors that they will be receiving information about the 2006-2007 Adopt-A-Spot year shortly. These sponsors are dedicated to creating a cleaner, more beautiful region through roadside litter cleanup.

These sponsors include: Allstate Insurance, Armed and Safe, Bennett Medical Services, Bishop Manogue Softball, Bubblegirl Cleaning, CDS Health Group, Clifton Young, Attorney At Law, Covenant Presbyterian Church, Cub Scout Pack 512, Damonte Ranch Junior National Honor Society, Damonte Ranch Hispanic Club, David Branby Advertising, Inc., Deluxe Travel/American Express, Desert Research Institute, Faith Bible Church, Family and Friends of Doug Waugaman, Fellowship Youth, Fun Unlimited Inc., Grace Church, Girl Scouts Troop #392, Scott Groach Hidden Valley Homeowners Association, Holy Cross/FWS, Hometown Health Plan, IBEW, Local 401, Intuit: We Care and Give Back Program, Ironworkers Local 118, Jim Smith & Family, Leadership Reno/Sparks, McQueen High School, Nevada Landscape Association, Nevada Amateur Radio Association, Nevada Wilderness Project, New Life Baptist Church, Pasha-Vehicle Relocation Services, R.R. Donnelley, Re/Max Realty, Reno Enrichment Program, Reno Host Lions Club, Rainshadow Charter High School, Richter Financial, Rosewood Park Apartments, Shepherd of the Mountains Lutheran Church, Sierra Nevada Figure Skating Club, Sierra Nevada Job Corps, Sierra Pacific Power Company , Silver Peak Restaurant & Brewery, Spanish Springs Presbyterian Church, Sparks Centennial Sunrise Rotary Club, Sprinkle Family, State Farm, Waddell & Reed Financial Services and YMCA of the Sierra Youth Committee.

This program is coordinated through the City of Reno, City of Sparks, Washoe County and Waste Management.

For more information on how to become a sponsor visit www.ktmb.org/programs.

Donations by community members like you are what keep all of our great programs going.

KTMB is a 501(c)3 non-profit and all donations are tax-deductible by using our tax-exempt #88-0254957.

Visit www.JustGive.org to make a secure online donation or give through the mail to P.O. Box 4712 Reno, NV 89510. You can also donate while shopping for your groceries. Become a member of the Scolari’s Friendship Fund, by going to Customer Service and adding KTMB (#1990) as your Friendship Fund recipient. Every time you use your Preferred Value Card Scolari’s donates a portion of their profits to us.

Also, through the end of August bring your own bag to Wild Oats and receive a wooden nickel to put in the KTMB box.