Harper searches for new site to house green boxes

By By Steve Gillespie / staff writer
August 31, 2004
Lauderdale County Supervisor Eddie Harper is looking for a new location for 10 green boxes large trash containers in which county residents discard their garbage.
The boxes originally were on David Newell Road, off U.S. 45 north of Marion. Because a new home is planned for that site, the boxes were moved in June about a quarter of a mile away across U.S. 45 on Sam Lackey Road.
But residents using the second green box site opposed the move. More than 60 people signed a petition asking that the containers be moved from Sam Lackey Road to a more open, less secluded place.
While the Sam Lackey Road site is not far off of the highway, it is near railroad tracks and woods with no residences or businesses nearby.
Glynn Lackey was one of the first to sign the petition that was started by her sister, and neighbor, on Sam Lackey Road, Lynn Vance.
She said many of her neighbors told her they felt the same way, and both she and Vance said they don't mind taking their garbage to a green box site near Northeast Elementary School.
Signers of the petition also included residents on U.S. 45 North, Russell Topton Road, Cottonwood Drive, Cotton Gin Road, Grand Oak Drive, David Newell Road, Van Zyverden Road and Ken Davis Road.
But Harper said he is receiving complaints over the green boxes being gone; they are now being held in storage.
Harper, who represents District 1, said he is asking his constituents to "please be patient" and let him know of any alternate locations for a green box site where residents will feel safe.