Soap Lake's 2010 beach cleanup, sponsored by SLIC (Soap Lake Improvement Crew), took place on Saturday, Sept. 11. Starting at the East Beach Park, volunteers worked their way from the gazebo in the Soap Lake City RV Park all the way to the west end of the West Beach. The group celebrated with a BBQ at the West Beach.
In the interest of promoting Soap Lake's businesses, Soap Lake for Locals notes that the following had representation at the beach cleanup: Complexions by Carol (Randy--wearing hat, front row in photo below) Home Varieties (Eleanor--in pink blouse in second row in photo below) Help Desk (Tony, appears in later photos by the BBQ) JACOL Filmworks (Kathy, pictured in later photos) Soap Lake Liquor Store (Gary, in later photo) Westhaven Second Hand (Tom--second row, second from left in photo below)
(If a represenative of your Soap Lake business participated and is not named, please call 246-1339 so we can make a correction.)
Front row from left: Bingo (dog), Kim, Randy, Eileen, Mayor Wayne. Second row: Judith, Tom, Nels, Kayleen, Chris, Eleanor, Burr, Theresa. Back row: Chris, Steven, Barney, Dan, and Dwight. Kathy K. was there, but she was taking pictures of the group and missed being in this picture. Others joined the project later, and they appear in the following photos, including Soap Lake Fire Department members who did the BBQing as part of the project. (Randy Bracht photo, Grant County Journal)
Judith, Steven, Kim, Dan, Kathy, Eileen, and Theresa get SLIC litter bags and instructions from Barney (in the pickup). Randy Bracht, in the green shirt, was there to cover the event for the Grant County Journal. Kim's dog Bingo came along to help too. (Randy Kletke photo)
Kathy, Andy, Alex, Nell, and Mayor Wayne visit with Barney and sign in. Kathy is the owner of Soap Lake Business JACOL Filmworks. You can see her with her ever-present camera in the picture at the left. (SLFL photo)
Part of Judith, Rosalyn, Steven, Kim, Barney, Dan, Eileen, and Randy. (Randy Kletke photo)
Nels checks out the sky while Kayleen and Burr visit. (Randy Kletke photo)
Eleanor, Steven, Chris, and Tom tackle the area by the city's RV park. (SLFL photo)
Steven and Tom by the city's RV park. Tom found the old pipe on the shoreline. (SLFL photo)
Chris found this old pipe. (SLFL photo)
Randy picks up litter while Nels pulls weeds in the city's RV park. (SLFL photo)
Chris, SLIC's secretary, wears her new SLIC hat. (SLFL photo)
Kathy, Nell, Kim, and Dwight scour the area near the Inn at Soap Lake. (SLFL photo)
Kayleen proudly displays a length of pipe she found. (SLFL photo)
Kim picks up litter in the area below the library and the church. (SLFL photo)
Chris wades out in search of debris. (SLFL photo)
Dwight stops to rinse his shoes after sinking down in some of Soap Lake's famous mud. (SLFL photo)
Kathy checks the area between the library and the lake. (SLFL photo)
In a chache of discarded beverage cans, Kathy found this one that had not been opened. Filmmaker Kathy is the owner of JACOL Filmworks. (SLFL photo)
Chris picks up more litter while Eileen cautiously treads over the slick rocks in her Aquasox. (Randy Kletke photo)
Theresa and Dan decide to climb to the uper level in search of litter while Eleanor looks on. (SLFL photo)
Randy, Gary, and Steven at the West Beach. Gary owns the Soap Lake Liquor Store and is an agent with Les Parr Realty. (SLFL photo)
Steven looks for litter, as the ladies in the distance collect and bag more Soap Lake mud to apply to their skin. (SLFL photo)
Nels shows off the litter he has picked up. He's on his way to toss the sack into the SLIC pickup to go to the dump. (SLFL photo)
Volunteers dropped their litter bags into the SLIC truck. Larger items (pipes, etc.) were stacked at various points on the shoreline to be picked up later by the Soap Lake City maintenance crew. (SLFL photo)
SLIC's truck even has banners. (SLFL photo)
The view of the coulee from the West Beach. (Randy Kletke photo)
Waiting for the food to come off the grill. From left: Kathy, Nathan, Eileen, Tony, Bingo the dog), Chris, Burr, Judith (behind Burr), Kim, Mayor Wayne, Nels, Kayleen, Nell, and Barney. (Randy Kletke photo)
Soap Lake Fire Department members grilled the hot dogs and corn. (SLFL photo)
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SLFD members and BBQ chefs Nathan and Tony. Tony is the owner of Help Desk, Soap Lake's computer tech support business. (SLFL photo)
SLFD members Nathan, Chris, Anthony, and Tony gather around the grill while Alex enjoys his pop. (SLFL photo)
Burr brought this beautiful dog to the BBQ for a hot dog. (SLFL photo)
Kathy, Nell, Barney, and Andy...don't know whose legs those are. (SLFL photo)
Barney and Dwight. (SLFL photo)
Nathan, Anthony, Tony, and Chris (SLFL photo)
From left: Dan, Nathan, Burr, Chris, Kathy, Mayor Wayne, Kim, Nels, Kayleen, Nell, and Rosalyn. Looks like Bingo is waiting in line for a hot dog. (SLFL photo)
Group photo taken at a previous Annual Beach Cleanup. (Randy Bracht/Grant County Journal photo)
