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CLEAN UP PERRY PARK! see lots of residents and their pets walking along our streets and
Pati Palumbo... back-country roadways, enjoying the fresh air and exercise. We
would like to ask all residents to grab a recyclable green litter
What started out as a beautiful day ended in sheer disappoint- bag and take a walk along your street and pick up trash; then
ment. As I rode along the undulating hills and streets on my when you get home, deposit it into your trash receptacles. This
bicycle, I savored the beauty around me: the clear, birds-egg would be a great activity for families, to teach our youth the
blue skies without a cloud anywhere to be seen, the warm gen- importance of how littering can destroy the beauty of our com-
tle breeze coming from the chinook winds cascading down the munity, state and country.
slopes of the nearby foothills, the pungent smell of the crisp,
clean Ponderosa Pines and the majesty of the ancient rock for- There will be a receptacle at the entrance to the Draper’s Ranch
mations that lie in the heart of the serene valley we call Perry on Perry Park Boulevard starting April 1st. There will be a sign
Park .... Now, who wouldn’t want to live in a superlative loca- on the container. Please take a few bags with the intent of beau-
tion like that ? THEN I LOOKED DOWN! tifying our community and encourage your friends and neigh-
bors to do the same
Everywhere I
looked, the road- PET TALK WITH PILAR
sides were littered Pilar Starman, DVM...
with trash: ciga-
rette stubs, beer
BUGS THAT BUG US ALL
cans, food wrap-
As the temperatures warm up and (if)
pers of all kinds,
precipitation increases, we will see an
plastic water bot-
increase in parasites. These parasites
tles, etc.. It put such a damper on my spirits that I decided that
include both internal (heartworm, in-
something needed to be done about it. I only hope that many
testinal parasites) and external “bugs”
of you out there feel as I do and recognize the need and desir-
(fleas, ticks, mites, mosquitoes). These parasites can cause our
ability for a litter-free community!
dogs and cats (and other pets) significant illness and discom-
fort. These parasites may even cause humans (mostly children
Twice a year a group of members of Perry Park Country Club
under the age of 5) medical problems, which can be as severe
walk along Hwy. 105 from Tomah Road to the entrance of
as blindness. Tapeworms may cause cysts to develop in the
Perry Park Ranch, picking up trash as part of Douglas County
liver/brain (or other organs) and can lead to serious illness. It
Adopt-A-Roadway program. The Adopt-A-Roadway Program
is much better to prevent disease than to have to treat it when
has been established for civic-minded volunteer organizations
it happens.
to contribute toward the effort of maintaining litter-free road-
ways.
In our semi-rural environment with so much wildlife and oth-
er dogs around, intestinal parasites are common and may be
But once you enter
a year-round problem. The heartworm prevention we recom-
the boundaries of Per-
mend protects not only against heartworms, but also treats for
ry Park Ranch, you
roundworms, hookworms, whipworms, and tapeworms. Due
will find unsightly
to the harm of intestinal parasites to pets and people, all dogs
roadsides and ditches
should be on year-round heartworm prevention (unless there is
filled with TRASH!
a specific reason it is not appropriate for that dog). If cats go
We need caring resi-
outside or live near a significantly wet area they should also
dents to come out and
be on heartworm prevention. To start your dog on heartworm
volunteer to help make our community beautiful and appealing
prevention they need a heartworm test first (if they are over 6
to not only those who abide here in our gorgeous valley, but
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also to potential residents hoping to make this their home. All
this beauty surrounding us is spoiled by the unsightly litter on
our streets.
So please join electric
your neighbors in
this worthwhile
endeavor to Clean
Up Perry Park! Pete Dunbar 1341 Quartz Mountain Drive
I would like to Larkspur, Colorado 80118
declare April as 303-681-3809
“Clean Up Perry Cell 303-638-6762
Park” month. I
Photos by Pati Palumbo
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