Thumbs Up! July 13, 2015

Jim Wright, director of Lee County Code Enforcement, has a problem rarely seen. The annual Rivers Alive, an all-volunteer event focusing on cleaning up the bodies of water in the county, has no more room for help. At least 10 days before the Saturday event, the number of folks already signed up to help equaled the T-shirt order and all the kayaks for the day were full. On that no-doubt hot and sticky Saturday, 100 percent of the Kinchafoonee Creek will be swaped with workers, as will a stretch of the Muckalee Creek. Since first heading up the Rivers Alive effort in 2006, Wright says 23 tons of debris have been removed from the county